It's an ubiquitous street food of bite-sized pieces of chicken flavored with Asian spices and seasonings, coated in starch and deep fried until a crispy crust forms on the surface.
Spicy, sticky and crispy, there are two secrets to good Korean popcorn chicken. A thick sauce that's sweet, spicy and tangy all at the same time, and a light but ultra crisp crust made possible by twice frying the chicken.
The irrepressible appeal of sweet sour sauce meets lightly crisp chicken thigh fillets cooked Japanese karaage style. The pork version has always been my comfort food, but sweet and sour chicken is just as good. Make the sauce even tastier with the addition of grated garlic and ginger, and a little hoisin sauce.
Cook your pork and chicken adobo as usual, and pour in diluted sweetened peanut butter during the last few minutes of cooking. The result is a rich and subtly sweet stew with all the sour-salty-garlicky-peppery goodness of traditional Filipino adobo.