🍗🔥 Sweet & Spicy Korean Fried Chicken — perfectly crispy, sticky-glazed, and bursting with bold Korean flavours that hit sweet, fiery, and addictive all at once! 😋🍯🌶️

🍗🔥 Sweet & Spicy Korean Fried Chicken

Ultra-Crispy, Sticky, and Seriously Addictive😋

Sweet & Spicy Korean Fried Chicken is all about contrast — shatteringly crispy chicken coated in a glossy, finger-licking sauce that’s sweet, spicy, garlicky, and slightly tangy. This recipe follows the double-fry method used in Korea, giving you that iconic crunch that stays crispy even after saucing 😋🔥

🧺 Ingredients (Serves 3–4)

🍗 For the Chicken

• Chicken (boneless or bone-in) – 700 g

• Salt – 1 tsp

• Black pepper – ½ tsp

• Ginger-garlic paste – 1 tsp

• Milk or buttermilk – ½ cup (for soaking)

🌾 For the Crispy Coating

• Cornflour – ½ cup

• All-purpose flour (maida) – ¼ cup

• Baking powder – ½ tsp

• Garlic powder – ½ tsp

• Salt – ½ tsp

🍯🌶️ Sweet & Spicy Korean Sauce

• Oil – 1 tbsp

• Garlic – 1 tbsp, finely chopped

• Gochujang (Korean chilli paste) – 2 tbsp

• Tomato ketchup – 2 tbsp

• Soy sauce – 1 tbsp

• Honey or brown sugar – 2 tbsp

• Rice vinegar or apple cider vinegar – 1 tbsp

• Red chilli flakes – 1 tsp (adjust heat)

• Water – 2 tbsp

🔥 For Frying

• Oil – for deep frying

👩‍🍳 Step-by-Step Method

1️⃣ Marinate the Chicken

• In a bowl, add chicken, salt, pepper, ginger-garlic paste

• Pour milk/buttermilk, mix well

• Rest 20–30 minutes
  👉 Keeps chicken juicy inside

2️⃣ Prepare the Coating

• Mix cornflour, flour, baking powder, garlic powder & salt

• Drain chicken (do not rinse)

• Coat chicken pieces well, pressing coating onto the surface

3️⃣ First Fry (Cook the Chicken)

• Heat oil to 160–165°C (medium heat)

• Fry chicken in batches for 5–6 minutes

• Remove when lightly golden

• Rest chicken 5 minutes

4️⃣ Second Fry (Extra Crunch)

• Increase oil temperature to 180°C

• Fry chicken again for 2–3 minutes

• Remove when deep golden and super crispy ✨

👉 This double fry is the secret to Korean crunch

5️⃣ Make the Sweet & Spicy Sauce

• Heat oil in a pan on low

• Add garlic, sauté till fragrant

• Add gochujang, ketchup, soy sauce, honey, vinegar, chilli flakes & water

• Simmer 3–4 minutes till thick and glossy 🍯🌶️

6️⃣ Toss the Chicken

• Add fried chicken to the sauce

• Toss quickly on low flame till coated evenly

• Turn off heat immediately to keep chicken crispy

🍽️ Garnish & Serve

• Sprinkle sesame seeds 🌰

• Add chopped spring onions 🌱

• Serve hot with pickled radish or coleslaw

💡 Pro Tips (Korean-Style Secrets)

✔ Double fry = long-lasting crunch
✔ Cornflour gives lighter crispiness
✔ Toss chicken just before serving
✔ Adjust sweetness & heat to taste

😍 Final Result

Ultra-crispy 🍗
Sticky & glossy glaze 🍯
Sweet-heat balance 🌶️
— Korean Fried Chicken done right💛

Thank You😙💕