This recipe for Korean BBQ chicken could be the ultimate in BBQ foods. My easy sweet and spicy Korean marinade uses Gochujang to give the chicken a deep savoury kick that you only seem to get from a takeaway.
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Yields:
3 - 4
Prep Time:
25 mins
Cook Time:
30 mins
Total Time:
55 mins
Ingredients
10 skinless, boneless chicken thighs
For the marinade
3 garlic cloves, crushed
1 inch piece of ginger, peeled and grated
2 Tbsp. gochujang
5 Tbsp. soy sauce
3 Tbsp. rice vinegar
2 Tbsp. sesame oil
4 Tbsp. light brown sugar
1 Tbsp. sweet chilli sauce
8 spring onions
To serve
1 tsp. sesame seeds
Jasmine rice, cooked
Directions
Step 1In a large bowl, add the garlic, ginger, gochujang, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, light brown sugar and sweet chilli. Stir to combined and add the chicken breast. Ensure the chicken is nicely coated in the sauce, cover marinade in the fridge for 20 minutes or overnight.
Step 2Preheat the oven to 210°C (190°C Fan) and line a baking tray with foil. Prepare the spring onion by removing the roots and cutting the green tops off. Discard the roots and keep the green tops for later as they will become our garnish. Cut each spring onion in half so you have sixteen two inch pieces.
Step 3Take both skewers and thread one piece of spring onion onto each skewer. Next, open out a chicken thigh and thread each side onto both skewers. Repeat with another chicken thigh and top with spring onion, repeat with remaining ingredients.
Step 4Place onto a rack set over a lined baking tray and roast in the oven for 15 minutes.
Step 5Meanwhile, place the remaining marinade into a small saucepan and set over a medium heat. Simmer for 5-6 minutes or until starting to thicken. Be sure the marinade comes to a rapid boil for at least 3 minutes before tasting as it has come into contract with raw chicken.
Step 6Remove the chicken from the oven and brush one side with the marinade. Return the oven for another 10 minutes, turn then brush the other side. And return to the oven for another 10 minutes or until starting to caramelise and the chicken is cooked through.
Step 7When you’re ready to serve, finely slice your reserved spring onion tops and serve the chicken over top and finish with sesame seeds.
Chloe is our Food Content Producer at Good Housekeeping, where she develops, tests and creates recipes that are as reliable as they are delicious. After studying Culinary Arts, she began her career as a cookery teacher before moving into recipe development. Over the past decade, she’s worked with some of the UK’s leading food brands and previously created food content for Red, Women’s Health, Men’s Health and Country Living, where you may have spotted her on their social channels. Raised in a family of chefs, Chloe’s love of food was inevitable. She’s the person friends and family turn to for recipe ideas, cooking advice and help rescuing kitchen mishaps. She believes food is so much more than fuel – it’s an experience, a way to bring people together and the maker of life’s best memories.
