Love Korean fried chicken? Try these 6 dishes next

If you like Korean fried chicken, try General Tso’s chicken, tonkatsu and Nashville hot chicken. General Tso’s chicken is the closest flavor match (92/100): rich and sweet fried dish, like Korean fried chicken.

Korean fried chicken is double-fried for a thin, glassy crust, then served plain or glazed in a sweet-spicy gochujang sauce (yangnyeom). Its strongest traits: crunchy, rich, deeply savory.

Try tonkatsu: rich and crunchy fried dish, like Korean fried chicken, but milder. It scores 88/100 against Korean fried chicken on flavor.

General Tso’s chicken is sweeter (5 vs 3), less savory (3 vs 4), milder (2 vs 3) and tangier (2 vs 1) than Korean fried chicken, and differs on 1 more trait. The two rate the same on richness, freshness and smoke. Ratings are 0 to 5, written as General Tso’s chicken vs Korean fried chicken. Overall it scores 92/100 against Korean fried chicken on flavor.

Each dish has a flavor profile rated 0 to 5 on richness, savoriness, heat, tang, sweetness, freshness, smoke and crunch. The match score compares two profiles and gives a small boost to dishes eaten the same way, like two noodle soups. In the Palytt app, your match score uses your own taste instead.