Korean Popcorn Chicken

Korean Popcorn Chicken

🔥 Cook 20 minutes Medium
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Ingredients

  • 1.5 lbs boneless chicken thighs, cut into 1 in pieces
  • 4 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 cup potato starch
  • 1/4 cup gochujang
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 1 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 1 tbsp ketchup
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 5 cloves garlic, grated
  • 1 tbsp butter

Instructions

  1. To a bowl of chicken thighs, add soy sauce, an egg, salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Give it a mix.
  2. Pour in potato starch and mix again.
  3. Add to an air fryer at 400 for 20 minutes, shaking it halfway through.
  4. For the sauce, combine gochujang, soy sauce, rice vinegar, ketchup, honey, brown sugar, sesame oil, and grated garlic in a pan.
  5. Give it a mix and let it simmer for a few minutes.
  6. Finish the sauce with butter and mix until glossy.
  7. Pour the sauce over the chicken and give it one last good mix.