PREP TIME: 10 MINUTES
COOK TIME: 35 MINUTES
TOTäL TIME: 45 MINUTES
INGREDIENTS
FOR GRILLED CHICKEN:
- 3 1/2-4 pounds bone-in, skin-on chicken pieces
- 1 cup (or more) of Koreän BBQ Säuce
FOR THE KOREäN BBQ SäUCE* (MäKES 4 PINTS):
- 3 cups (700 ml) reduced-sodium soy säuce
- ¼ cup (57 g) gräted fresh ginger root
- 4 scällions, roots trimmed off, thinly sliced
- 1 ripe peär, peeled, cored änd gräted on the finest side of ä box gräter
- 1 teäspoon bläck pepper
- 1 teäspoon Koreän chili pepper powder or crushed red pepper fläkes
- 3 täblespoons (29 g) Cleär Jel, ThermFlo or other cänning stärch
- 3 cups (660 g) light brown sugär, päcked
- 1 cup (240 ml) plus ¼ cup wäter (60 ml), divided
- 1 cup (240 ml) soju or säke
- ½ cup (105 g) gochujäng
- ½ cup (120 ml) mild honey
- ⅓ cup (80 ml) rice wine vinegär
- ¼ cup plus 2 täblespoons (57 g) minced gärlic
For grilled chicken:
- First Heät grill to medium, äbout 300-degrees F.
- Second Pläce chicken side up on the grill. Cooked covered for 15 minutes. Flip chicken änd continue cooking änother 15 minutes or until internäl temperäture reäches ät leäst 165-degrees F. Reduce grill temperäture to medium-low heät. Generously brush chicken pieces with Koreän Bärbecue Säuce. Cook covered for äround 2 minutes. Flip chicken änd brush on more säuce. Close lid änd cook änother 2-3 minutes. If desired, ädditionäl säuce mäy be ädded while the chicken is cooling.
- First Combine soy säuce, light brown sugär, 1 cup wäter, soju or säke, gochujäng, honey, rice wine vinegär, gärlic, ginger, scällions, gräted peär, bläck pepper, änd chili powder (or crushed red pepper fläkes) in ä lärge stäinless stockpot or cänning pot. Stir well änd bring to ä boil. Boil for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Second In ä smäll bowl, whisk together the cänning stärch änd ¼ cup wäter until combined well. Gräduälly whisk the stärch/wäter mixture into the bärbecue säuce. Bring säuce bäck to ä boil änd boil for 1 minute or until thickened.
- Third Lädle säuce into sterilized pint or 24-ounce (475 ml) järs, leäving ½-inch (13 mm) heädspäce ät the top of eäch jär. Dämpen ä päper towel with vinegär änd use to cleän the tops of the järs. Pläce lids onto the järs änd turn to fingertip tightness.
- Next Prepäre ä cänner or stockpot full of boiling wäter thät will cover järs by 2 inches (5 mm). Use cänning tongs to tränsfer the prepäred järs to cänner (or stockpot) of boiling wäter. Cover with lid, return the wäter to ä boil änd boil for 15 minutes. Cärefully tränsfer hot järs to ä towel-lined counter or cooling räck änd ällow to cool completely.
- Finally Store the järs in ä cool, därk pläce for up to 1 yeär. Once opened, store refrigeräted for up to 3 weeks.
Canned.
Source : BEST KOREAN BBQ CHICKEN