Korean · Lunch or dinner

Korean BBQ Chicken

Name: Korean BBQ Chicken
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 155 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 2 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs; ⅓ cup soy sauce; ½ Asian pear, grated; 3 tbsp brown sugar; 2 tbsp toasted sesame oil; 6 garlic cloves, minced; 1 tbsp fresh ginger, grated; ½ medium yellow onion, grated; 3 scallions, sliced (half in marinade, half garnish); 1 tsp black pepper; 1 tbsp neutral oil, for grill; 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds, toasted; 1 head red leaf lettuce, leaves separated; 2 tbsp ssamjang

Soy-pear-garlic marinated chicken thighs, charred and lettuce wraps.

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Prep: 20 min
Cook: 15 min
Makes: 4 servings
Skill: Beginner
Heat: Mild, adjustable

Halal Contains soy Contains sesame

Maui says

This is the halal-friendly cousin of beef galbi - same flavor logic, no alcohol marinade needed. Chicken thighs hold the soy-pear glaze without getting tough.

Ingredients

Everything below makes 4 servings.

2 lbboneless skinless chicken thighs
⅓ cupsoy sauce
½Asian peargrated
3 tbspbrown sugar
2 tbsptoasted sesame oil
6garlic clovesminced
1 tbspfresh gingergrated
½ mediumyellow oniongrated
3scallionssliced (half in marinade, half garnish)
1 tspblack pepper
1 tbspneutral oilfor grill
1 tbsptoasted sesame seedstoasted
1 headred leaf lettuceleaves separated
2 tbspssamjang

In the app these rescale to however many people you're feeding.

Nutrition

Per serving, as written.

481calories
49gprotein
22gcarbs
22gfat

Swaps move these numbers. A different protein or base changes them.

Instructions

Knife work first, then the stove. Nothing below asks you to chop while something burns.

Before you start

Trim chicken thighs of excess fat; leave whole.
Grate pear and onion and ginger. Mince garlic. Slice scallions (split).
Whisk soy and pear and brown sugar and sesame oil and garlic and ginger and grated onion and half the scallions and pepper for marinade.

Marinate

Toss chicken with marinade in a bowl or bag. Refrigerate 2 hr minimum, overnight ideal.

120 min · hands off

Heat grill

Heat grill or grill pan to medium-high. Lightly oil the surface.

8 min · hands off

Grill

Shake excess marinade off chicken. Grill 5-6 min per side until internal 165F and edges deeply charred. Sugar in the marinade chars fast - watch heat.

11 min · hands on

Rest and plate

Rest chicken 5 min. Slice across the grain. Pile on platter. Scatter scallions and sesame seeds. Serve with lettuce and ssamjang and rice.

5 min · hands off

Make it yours

Every swap here is one Maui already knows how to make, including what it does to the timing.

Instead of boneless skinless chicken thighs Boneless chicken breast

Slice in half horizontally to even thickness; grill 4 min per side max. Saves about 3 minutes.

Instead of boneless skinless chicken thighs Bone-in chicken thighs

Bone-in needs 7-8 min per side; finish in oven if browning too fast. Adds about 10 minutes.

Instead of rice and lettuce wraps and ssamjang Rice only

Skip the wraps.

Instead of rice and lettuce wraps and ssamjang Rice and kimchi banchan

Add kimchi alongside.

What keeps

Marinated chicken freezes 1 month raw. Cooked chicken reheats well - slice it cold over salads or grain bowls all week.

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