Today I was really craving a chicken dish that had a sweet and spicy mix to it and lucky I found this recipe. When I saw that this recipe had gochujang paste as the main ingredient for the marinade I knew that this was what I was thinking about. Gochujang is a chilli sauce that has a sweet and spicy taste, and this paste is used is many different Korean dishes. The ingredients used in this recipe are chicken breast, lettuces, vegetable oil, spring onion, gochujang chilli paste, rice wine, dark soy sauce, garlic, sesame oil, ginger, spring onion, black pepper, and lemonade.
First off I started with making the marinade for the chicken, trying to measure out 4 tbsp of gochujang chilli paste (Song) was the stickiest part of the process. The paste is pretty thick so there was a bit of a challenge taking it out, but after a little bit of flinging the paste came out.
After making the marinade I got really excited! I was so close to finish this dish, I really wanted to tryout how this came out. But then the most horrible thing happened "Marinate the chicken in the refrigerator for about 3 hours" (Song) I mean I knew that I needed to let the chicken sit in the sauce for a while but I did not think it was 3 hours, I was thinking that I only had to wait for an hour.
Even though I was really sad to find out I had to wait 3 hours I needed to add the chicken and marinade together. After I covered the chicken with plastic wrap, I put it in the refrigerator and timed my self. When I finally got to eat this I was really satisfied, this tasted really good. The sweet and spicy were well balanced, plus there was enough salt for me to eat it with the lettuces. I have learned to make another Korean dish that I can use to cook for myself and my family later!
So what is something that you have tried to make thinking that it was a fast process, but only to find out you had to wait a while for? How did you feel?
Song, Young Jin. The Food & Cooking of Korea. London: Lorenz, 2007. Print
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