Korean Fried Chicken in Honey and Peanuts

Korean chicken was first introduced to me by a friend many years back. And ever since I had a taste of it, i never went out of my way to say "It's one of my favorite chicken recipe."

BonChon Chicken has been my guilt-free treat resto since it served the Korean Chicken I so love. I know that there are a lot of Korean restaurants in the Philippines, but this particular resto is always close to my heart. 

My ex-bf (now my hubby) and I used to eat at this resto whenever we crave for fried chicken. Those happy memories 😋😍

I've tasted dishes mimicking Korean's fried chicken and it didn't disappoint me at all; knowing that it isn't even 100% Korean. Just the taste of it makes me happy ♥

So, I decided to make my own version of it so I can cook it at home, any time  I want ♥

Recipe:

Marinate:
1/2 t salt
1/2 t pepper
1/2 t ginger powder
Corn starch

7 pcs chicken drumsticks

 ** Wash and dry your chicken drumsticks well and mixed with salt, pepper, and ginger powder. Then, coat the chicken with corn starch.

** In a deep fryer or cooking bowl, pour 3-4 cups of cooking oil. Heat it to prep for frying.

Note: Korean's chicken are fried twice to get that crispy and crunchy taste.

** Fry your chicken for 10 minutes the first time. What I did is, fried each side of the chicken for 5 minutes and turned over for another 5 minutes. Then, I took them out of the fryer and set it aside for 5-10 minutes to cool. 

After which, I lower the heat of the stove to medium then started to fry the chicken again for the second time. I did the same method; 5 minutes each side BUT, I did several turns until I got the crispiness I'm looking for.


Sauce:

2 T olive oil (or a regular cooking oil)
4 cloves of garlic
1 pc red pepper (depending on how spicy you want your chicken to taste like)
1/4 cup soy sauce
3-4 T honey
1 T vinegar
1 T honey mustard sauce
1 T brown sugar
Peanuts



In a different cooking pan, put 2 T of olive oil to fry the garlic and green pepper. Add the soy sauce and honey syrup. Mix well, then add the vinegar, honey mustard sauce and brown sugar. 

Taste your sauce first before adding the chicken to adjust the taste to your liking 😉 

Then, dunk your fried drumsticks to the sauce and mix well to evenly coat the chicken.

To add a twist into your dish, add a fried peanut ♥

I think I did pretty well... I tasted the sauce and I didn't expect for it to taste close enough to the BonChon chicken i love 😁👀 I was even surprised haha

Enjoy dearS 👄💋