Spicy Chicken Bowl (Dakgalbi-style)
Gochujang-glazed chicken thighs, rice, cabbage and scallion.
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The sweet potato is doing more work than it looks - it absorbs glaze, gets caramelized edges, and balances the chile. Don't skip it.
Ingredients
Everything below makes 4 servings.
- 1½ lbboneless skinless chicken thighscut into 1.5-inch chunks
- 3 tbspgochujang
- 1 tbspgochugaru (Korean chile flakes)
- 2 tbspsoy sauce
- 1½ tbspbrown sugar
- 1 tbsptoasted sesame oil
- 4garlic clovesminced
- 1 tbspfresh gingergrated
- 1 mediumyellow onionsliced
- ¼ headgreen cabbagechopped into 2-inch pieces
- 1 mediumsweet potatothinly sliced into 1/4-inch rounds
- 3scallionssliced
- 2 cupsshort-grain white ricerinsed
- 2 tbspneutral oil
- 1 tbsptoasted sesame seedstoasted
- 1 tspkosher salt
In the app these rescale to however many people you're feeding.
Nutrition
Per serving, as written.
- 768calories
- 44gprotein
- 102gcarbs
- 20gfat
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.
- Cube chicken. Slice onion and sweet potato. Chop cabbage. Mince garlic, grate ginger, slice scallions.
- Whisk gochujang and gochugaru and soy and brown sugar and sesame oil and garlic and ginger for the glaze.
- Rinse rice; start cooking.
Cook rice
Cook rice per package or rice cooker (~20 min).
20 min · hands offSear chicken and sweet potato
Heat neutral oil in skillet over medium-high. Season chicken with salt. Add chicken and sweet potato in a single layer; sear 4-5 min undisturbed, then flip. Sear another 3 min.
8 min · hands onAdd vegetables
Add onion and cabbage. Toss 3 min until cabbage starts to wilt but still has crunch.
3 min · hands onGlaze
Pour glaze over everything and add 1/4 cup water. Toss to coat, reduce heat to medium, simmer 5-7 min until chicken is cooked through (165F internal) and sauce thickens to a glaze.
6 min · hands offPlate
Scoop rice into 4 bowls. Spoon chicken and vegetables on top. Garnish scallions and sesame seeds.
2 min · hands onMake it yours
Every swap here is one Maui already knows how to make, including what it does to the timing.
Breasts overcook fast - sear 2-3 min per side, finish in glaze 5 min. Saves about 5 minutes.
Press tofu 10 min, cube, sear 3 min per side, then glaze 5 min. Saves about 5 minutes.
Add 1 head red leaf lettuce, washed and separated. Adds about 5 minutes.
Verify GF gochujang - many brands contain wheat.
What keeps
Glazed chicken keeps 4 days fridge, reheats well in a covered skillet. Cook rice fresh.
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