Gochujang Chicken

By: Sophie Park

Ingredients

2.5 cups, uncooked short grain white rice
2.5 cups of water
1 kg boneless skinless chicken thigh
Three green onions sliced
6 garlic cloves sliced
Two heads of broccoli chopped
2 tablespoons neutral tasting oil
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
Generous pinch of toasted sesame seeds to garnish
MARINADE: one tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon Mirin, quarter teaspoon white pepper, two tablespoons cornstarch, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 tablespoon neutral oil
STIRY FRY SAUCE: 3 tablespoons Korean chilli paste (gochujang), 1 tablespoons chilli flakes, 1.5 tablespoons of soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 3 tablespoons of mirin, black pepper to taste, 5 tablespoons of water, 1.5 tablespoons of cornstarch

Wash the rice to remove any dust or debris drain and repeat two or three times add the same amount of water to the bowl and pop it into a rice cooker.
To marinate the chicken trim off any excess skin or fat that you may want to remove cut the chicken into bite-size pieces transferred to a mixing bowl at all the marinated ingredients and give it a good massage. set aside
To prepare the vegetables: thinly sliced the green onions finally chopped the garlic cloves, and chop the heads of broccoli into bite size pieces
Combine all the stirfry sauce ingredients in a small container and mix well set aside
Bring a pot of water to boil and boil broccoli until fork tender
To a pan add one tablespoon of oil heated over high heat and once hot add marinated chicken. Depending on the size of your wok you can do this in batches spread it out and let it sear for one to 2 minutes or until nicely brown on the bottom flip and give it a few stirs
Add the finely chopped garlic and green onion (saving some for garnish) and then cook for 3 to 4 minutes until the chicken is cooked through
Give the sauce a quick stir and add it to the walk. Simmer for one to 2 minutes or until the sauce gets nice and glossy. Turn off the heat. Add the sesame oil and sesame seeds. Give it a final mix.
Assemble your rice, chicken and broccoli in a bowl and season with sesame oil and sesame seeds and garnish with spring onion. Devour.