yup, it's that simple. i came across a recipe for korean chicken on aromacookery.com, a great food blog from singapore. i was dying for korean food but, since it was already 5 p.m., couldn't make anything that required a long marinade time. i found the aroma recipe (which says to marinate overnight but in fact it's not necessary).
interesting.
i'd never used gochujang as a marinade, but i thought i'd experiment with it a bit. wow. it looks a lot spicier than it is. it's mostly just savory and tasty. delicious. despite being bright red, gochujang is actually quite a mild chili paste (well, compared to chili pastes in thailand). it's one of the staple ingredients in korean cooking, so you should be able to find it in any korean food store. or find it here.
the panel of experts (consisting of a lone man named john whose primary household duty is food taster) says this is one of the five best things i've ever made. bear in mind that's not necessarily saying much, but it is really good. and easy.
korean spicy grilled chicken
1 pound boneless chicken breast, sliced
1 large onion, sliced
4 crushed garlic cloves
3 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp light soy sauce
1/4 cup gochujang
1 tbsp sesame oil
1/2 cup water
mix gochujang, soy sauce, sesame oil and sugar together in a bowl or large plastic bag. add garlic, onions and chicken and mix well to coat chicken and onions with paste.
marinate for at least an hour, preferably overnight.
heat coals or fire up your grill (or turn on your toaster oven or broiler, you can even make this in a frying pan!). grill chicken till done. DO NOT DISCARD MARINADE.
while chicken is grilling put the remaining marinade with onions into a sauce pan and add 1/2 cup of water. cook till the onions are soft and the liquid has boiled. serve onion chutney with chicken.
2 comments:
Where do you get gochujang?
any korean grocery store will have it. in bangkok you can get it at the Central supermarkets in Chitlom and Central World Plaza, too.
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