Korean fire chicken, also known as buldak, is a popular Korean dish that is known for its spicy and flavorful sauce. It is typically made with chicken, gochujang (Korean chili paste), gochugaru (Korean chili powder), and various other ingredients. The chicken is usually stir-fried or grilled until cooked through, and then coated in the spicy sauce. Korean fire chicken can be served over rice, noodles, or simply as a snack. If you are looking for a delicious and fiery dish, then Korean fire chicken is definitely worth trying.
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SPICY KOREAN FRIED CHICKEN WITH GOCHUJANG SAUCE
It took about two decades for this style of Korean fried chicken to make its way into the American foodie scene. The chicken is deep fried twice to make the exterior extra crispy and to lock moisture in. The gochujang sauce is a hot, honey, spicy mix...and well, it's just fabulous. You'll have the family completely raving!
Provided by Diana71
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian Korean
Time 40m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Whisk milk and egg together in a large bowl until thoroughly combined and smooth. Add chicken tenders to egg wash and let marinate in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
- Combine flour, potato starch, salt, and pepper in a large mixing bowl. Pour mixture into a large, resealable plastic bag. Drain and discard marinade from chicken tenders. Add chicken to the bag, seal it, and shake until each piece is completely dredged in mixture.
- Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- Add chicken pieces to the hot oil about 5 pieces at a time so as not to drop the temperature of the oil. Fry for 2 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate lined with paper towels to drain. Continue with remaining chicken pieces.
- Increase oil heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) until continuously boiling. Carefully add the first batch of cooked chicken and fry again until cooked through and crispy about 2 minutes more. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towels to drain. Repeat with the second batch of chicken pieces. Transfer chicken to a medium-sized serving bowl.
- Heat a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Add honey, brown sugar, soy sauce, gochujang paste, Worcestershire sauce, red pepper flakes, and ginger. Cook and stir continuously until sugar has melted and sauce is smooth, about 5 minutes. Drizzle sauce over twice-fried chicken tenders and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 397.8 calories, Carbohydrate 52.4 g, Cholesterol 111.7 mg, Fat 8.2 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 29.1 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, Sodium 938.2 mg, Sugar 34.1 g
MAANGCHI'S CHEESE BULDAK (FIRE CHICKEN)
Cheese buldak is a Korean dish that is incredibly easy to prepare: a marinade of red-pepper paste and red-pepper flakes that becomes a fiery sauce for braised chicken, which is then served beneath a cloak of broiler-melted mozzarella. A child could do it, or an adult who often acts like one. Mine is an adaptation of a recipe that owes its deepest debt to Emily Kim, the Korean web star known as Maangchi, whose video for cheese buldak has been viewed on YouTube more than seven million times. (Omit the rice cakes if you can't find them easily!) Thanks to subtitling by her fans, the video can be read in 24 languages. There are thousands and thousands of comments below it, mostly positive. One reads, "Can you be my mom?"
Provided by Sam Sifton
Categories dinner, quick, weeknight, finger foods, poultry, main course
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Combine the gochugaru, gochujang, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, soy sauce and black pepper in a medium bowl and mix well. Add the chicken and stir until it is well coated.
- If you're using the rice cakes, swirl the oil into a large, oven-safe skillet set over medium-high heat and wait for it to shimmer. Add the rice cakes and cook, turning the cakes often, until they are a little crisp, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer the rice cakes to a small bowl and set aside. If you're not using rice cakes, simply swirl the oil into the pan and move along to the next step.
- Add the chicken mixture to the pan along with ¼ cup water. Cover and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until the chicken is cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes, adding the rice cakes halfway through, if using. Meanwhile, heat the broiler in your oven.
- Remove the chicken from the heat. Cover the pan with the sliced mozzarella, then slide the pan under the broiler. Cook until the cheese has melted and browned in spots, about 2 minutes. Remove from the oven, and sprinkle with scallions. Serve immediately, with rice.
BULDAK (KOREAN FIRE CHICKEN)
Multiple layers of peppers provide a fiery kick that's tempered by a layer of melted mozzarella in this deeply satisfying Korean dish.
Provided by Joshua Bousel
Time 1h25m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- To make the sauce: In medium bowl, whisk together chicken stock, soy sauce, rice syrup, gochujang, gochugaru, and sesame oil. Set aside.
- In medium saucepan, heat vegetable oil over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add in garlic and ginger and cook, stirring constantly until fragrant, but not browned, about 1 minute. Add in chilies and black pepper and continue to cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in gochujang mixture and Sprite. Bring to a rapid simmer and continue to cook, stirring and scraping down sides of saucepan occasionally, until reduced by about half and sauce coats the back of a spoon, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature.
- Pat chicken thighs dry with paper towels and place skin-side down on cutting board. Working with one thigh at a time, run knife down either side of bone without cutting all the way through the thigh flesh and skin. Run knife under bone to detach it from the meat. Repeat with remaining chicken thighs. Transfer chicken to a large Ziploc bag and pour in half of the cooled sauce. Seal bag, removing as much air as possible, and toss to distribute sauce evenly. Place bag in refrigerator for at least 45 minutes, up to overnight. Transfer remaining sauce to an airtight container and store in refrigerator until ready to use.
- Light one chimney full of charcoal. When all the charcoal is lit and covered with gray ash, pour out and arrange the coals on one side of the charcoal grate. Set cooking grate in place, cover grill, and allow to preheat for 5 minutes. Clean and oil grilling grate. Place bones and chicken, skin side down, over hot side of grill and cook, flipping occasionally, until well charred all over, about 10 minutes total. Move bones and chicken to cool side of grill and, using poultry shears, cut chicken into roughly 1 1/2-inch pieces. Brush chicken all over with reserved sauce and move back over to hot side of the grill and cook, turning occasionally, until well charred, about 2 minutes more. Transfer chicken and bones to a 10-inch cast iron skillet.
- Preheat broiler. Sprinkle shredded mozzarella evenly over chicken pieces. Place skillet under broiler and cook until cheese is completely melted and bubbly, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle with scallions and sesame seeds. Serve immediately.
BUL DAK (KOREAN FIRE CHICKEN)
This dish tastes best when enjoyed with some refreshing beer or rice wine. Also, try adding some melted mozzarella cheese on top if you don't mind the extra calories!
Provided by sungjee
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian
Time 1h3m
Yield 2
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Combine chicken, 2 tablespoons soy sauce, rice wine, 1 tablespoon honey, 1 tablespoon sugar, and black pepper in a large bowl. Marinate in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Combine Asian pear, onion, jalapeno peppers, red pepper flakes, 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 1 tablespoon honey, 1 tablespoon sugar, sesame oil, garlic, and mustard in a blender; puree into a smooth sauce.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add chicken; cook until browned, about 5 minutes. Increase heat to medium-high; pour in sauce. Cook until flavors combine, 3 to 4 minutes. Garnish with green onion and sesame seeds.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 477 calories, Carbohydrate 50.2 g, Cholesterol 58.5 mg, Fat 19.2 g, Fiber 6.4 g, Protein 27.3 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Sodium 1889.7 mg, Sugar 35.7 g
FIRE CHICKEN WITH CHEESE (CHEESE BULDAK: 치즈불닭)
Today's recipe is super-spicy chicken, called buldak in Korean. The Korean word bul means fire, and dak means chicken, so you can call this "fire chicken." I first heard about this dish years ago, when I still lived in Korea. One evening I saw a truck on the street selling barbecued chicken. The...
Categories Main dish
Time 37m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Combine hot pepper flakes, hot pepper paste, soy sauce, 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, ground black pepper, rice syrup, garlic, and ginger in a bowl. Mix it well into a sweet and spicy paste.
- Add the chicken and mix well by hand.
- Heat up a skillet with 1 tablespoon vegetable oil. Add the sliced rice cakes and fry them for a few minutes. Turn them over with a spatula once or twice until both sides are crispy and light golden brown.
- Place the marinated chicken into a heavy pan, preferably cast iron. Use the water to rinse the bowl and get the last of the sauce into the pan. Cover and cook over medium high heat for 10 minutes. If you use a normal frying pan, it will take 7 to 8 minutes. Be sure not to burn the chicken.
- Uncover, stir and turn over the chicken with a wooden spoon. Add the rice cakes to the top of the chicken.
- Turn down the heat very low. Cover and let cook another 10 minutes, until the chicken is fully cooked. If you're using cheese, pre-heat the oven broiler.
- When the chicken is cooked, put the cheese over the top. Slip it into the oven for a few minutes until the cheese is melted and bubbly.
- Remove and sprinkle with the chopped green onion. Serve hot.
CHEESE BULDAK
When you know this dish translates to 'Fire Chicken' then you can guess what this dish is all about!
Provided by Richard
Categories Chicken
Yield 2
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Chop up the chicken breast into bite sized pieces and place in a mixing bowl. Slice the spring onion and leave to one side for now.
- Add all of the marinade ingredients to the bowl and mix well with the chicken pieces. Pop into the fridge and leave to marinate for 30 minutes.
- While the chicken is marinating it's now time to prepare the sauce. Finely chop the chilli pepper and add to a bowl along with the remainder of the sauce ingredients. Mix thoroughly.
- When the chicken has finished marinating, remove it from the fridge and add it to a hot frying pan. Cook the chicken for 2/3 minutes on both sides until cooked through.
- Drain off any liquid from the frying pan and then add the chicken to a large heavy pan. Add the sauce mixture on top and mix well.
- Drizzle a small amount of sesame oil over the chicken and cook over a medium/low heat for 5 minutes. Stir the chicken often to ensure it doesn't stick to the pan.
- Pre-heat a grill, add your mozzarella to the chicken and put the whole pan under the grill for about 5 minutes. Keep an eye on the pan to ensure you don't burn the cheese. It's ready to remove from the grill when the cheese has melted and has started to turn golden brown on top. * I have used sliced mozzarella balls in this recipe. They contain more water than grated mozzarella which will dilute the sauce somewhat when it's under the grill. This does mean though that you will be left with some delicious sauce in the bottom of the pan when you've finished which is perfect for adding some rice to. Almost like a bonus second course :) If you'd prefer dryer Buldak then use grated Mozzarella instead of balls.
- Place the pan in the center of your dinner table (on a coaster!) and enjoy with a side bowl of fresh rice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1119, Fat 67, Carbohydrate 39, Sugar 25, Protein 88, Sodium 2414
Tips:
- Mise en place: Before you start cooking, make sure you have all of your ingredients and utensils ready to go. This will help you stay organized and avoid any scrambling.
- Use fresh ingredients: The fresher your ingredients, the better your dakgalbi will taste. Look for high-quality chicken, vegetables, and gochujang paste.
- Marinate the chicken: Marinating the chicken in a mixture of gochujang paste, soy sauce, and garlic will help to tenderize it and infuse it with flavor.
- Cook the chicken over high heat: Dakgalbi is traditionally cooked over high heat, so make sure your pan or grill is hot before you start cooking. This will help to sear the chicken and prevent it from sticking.
- Don't overcrowd the pan: If you overcrowd the pan, the chicken will not cook evenly and will be more likely to stick. Cook the chicken in batches if necessary.
- Stir-fry the vegetables: Once the chicken is cooked, add the vegetables and stir-fry them until they are tender. Do not overcook the vegetables, as they should still have a bit of crunch.
- Serve with rice: Dakgalbi is traditionally served with rice. The rice will help to soak up the delicious sauce from the chicken and vegetables.
Conclusion:
Dakgalbi is a delicious and easy-to-make Korean dish that is perfect for a weeknight meal or a party. With its bold flavors and variety of textures, dakgalbi is sure to please everyone at the table. So next time you're looking for something new to try, give dakgalbi a try. You won't be disappointed!
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