Recipe by Sarah Thomas-Drawbaugh, Recipe Developer and Food Blogger, Healthyish Foods
Prep Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Total Time: 40 mins Makes: 4 Bowls
These sweet and spicy gochujang chicken bowls are the perfect weeknight meal. The juicy grilled chicken tastes amazing with the fresh vegetables and herbs. Customize your bowl however you enjoy most. Just be sure to load it up with fresh vegetables and herbs.
Ingredients
1 pound Smart Chicken Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts, butterflied into 4 cutlets
For the Gochujang Sauce
2 tablespoons Gochujang paste
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons soy sauce, low sodium
2 teaspoons garlic, minced
1 tablespoon light brown sugar
Rice/Vegetables/Herbs
2 cups cooked rice, ½ cup per bowl
1 cup English cucumber, sliced thin
1 cup radishes, sliced thin
½ cup red onion, sliced thin
1 serrano pepper, sliced thin
12 shishito pepper, charred on grill
¼ cup basil
¼ cup mint
1½ teaspoons sesame seeds, divided among all the bowls
Salt, to taste
2 limes, cut into wedges
Directions
Preheat the grill to 475-500°F. Prepare the rice according to the package. Set aside.
Slice your preferred vegetables. Cucumber, red onion, radish, and serrano pepper. Set aside.
Char the shishito peppers on the grill. Set aside.
Cut the limes into wedges. Set aside.
Butterfly one pound of Smart Chicken’s chicken breasts.
Combine the gochujang, brown sugar, rice vinegar, honey, minced garlic, and low sodium soy sauce in a small mixing bowl. Pour it over the four thin cutlets.
Let the chicken come to room temperature. Butterfly it into four thin cutlets. Toss the chicken with the gochujang sauce. Add the chicken to the grill. Cook for 4-5 minutes, reduce the heat of the grill to 350 and flip the chicken over. It should easily release from the grill grates. Cook for another 4-5 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 165°F.
Let the chicken rest for 10-15 minutes before enjoying.
ASSEMBLE THE BOWL
Add rice, sliced vegetables, grilled chicken, shishito peppers, salt, sesame seeds, fresh herbs and a few lime wedges. Serve.