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Korean fire chicken (cheese buldak)

Chicken braised in Korean red chili paste and chili flakes and then topped with mozzarella, that's broiled until melted and gooey - this is serious deliciousness
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 5 people
Course: Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine: Korean
Calories: 401
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 600 g chicken thighs cut in thin strips
  • ¼ cup Gochujang Korean red chili paste
  • ¼ cup Gochugaru or any chilli flakes
  • 1 tbsp ginger finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp garlic finely chopped
  • 1½ tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp black pepper crushed
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • ½ cup mozzarella roughly torn in chunks
  • 2-3 tbsp oil
  • salt to taste
For garnishing
  • 2 tbsp spring onion greens chopped

Equipment

  • Oven proof skillet
  • Bakeware

Method
 

  1. In a mixing bowl, combine the gochujang, gochugaru, sugar, soy sauce, salt, pepper, ginger and garlic. Add the chicken to this mixture and mix evenly. Leave it aside for 15 minutes
  2. Heat a skillet with the oil and add the marinated chicken along with ¼ cup water. Mix well, cover and cook, on medium heat, for 20 minutes or until the chicken is cooked
  3. Remove from flame and top the chicken with the mozzarella. In case your skillet/cooking pan is not oven proof* transfer the chicken to a baking dish, cover with the cheese and proceed to next step
  4. Place the pan/dish in the oven, under broiler, until the cheese has fully melted and browned in a few spots (about 2 minutes)
  5. Remove, garnish with spring onion greens and serve your mouthwatering Korean fire chicken (cheese buldak) hot, as is or with steamed rice. Enjoy!
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Notes

  • *In case you want to continue cooking on stove top, layer the mozzarella over your chicken, cover and cook over medium high heat until the cheese has melted
  • You can leave the pepper out and reduce the amount to chili flakes (gochugaru) in the recipe, to make it milder 
  • I have used fresh mozzarella balls for this recipe, however, you could also use the pre-shredded ones
  • Traditionally, even Korean rice cakes are added to this recipe, but I haven't used them
  • g - grams
  • tsp - teaspoon
  • tbsp - tablespoon
  • 1 cup = 250 miligrams