Dinner

Gochujang Chicken with Rice and Kimchi

Name: Gochujang Chicken with Rice and Kimchi
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 160 g Chicken thigh, skinless and boneless; 1 tbsp, about 18 g Gochujang; 10 g Soy sauce; 1 tsp, about 7 g Honey; 2 cloves, about 6 g Garlic; A thumb, grated Fresh ginger; 1 tsp, about 4 g Toasted sesame oil; 120 g Cooked white rice; 60 g Kimchi; 80 g Cucumber; 20 g Spring onion

Thigh pieces in a gochujang, soy and honey marinade, fried until the edges catch, over rice with kimchi and cucumber. 39 g of protein for 496 kcal.

Calories: 496kcal
Protein: 39g
Fat: 12g
Carbs: 56g

Per serving, makes 1. 20 minutes of work, then thirty minutes to marinate. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

Gluten
Fish
Crustaceans
Soya
Sesame

Ordinary soy sauce is brewed with wheat. Tamari is brewed without wheat and is a separate ingredient here.
Traditional kimchi is made with fish sauce and salted shrimp. Vegan kimchi carries neither.

Flags follow UK labelling rules and come from the ingredients as listed, not from any particular brand. Check the packet before cooking for somebody with an allergy.

Ingredients

Chicken thigh, skinless and boneless160 g
Weighed raw. The same piece weighed after cooking has lost water, so the protein per gram is higher and the total would come out about a quarter over.
Gochujang1 tbsp, about 18 g
The Korean chilli paste. It is 55% carbohydrate, mostly from rice and sugar, so a tablespoon is 45 kcal.
Soy sauce10 g
Honey1 tsp, about 7 g
Garlic2 cloves, about 6 g
Fresh gingerA thumb, grated
Toasted sesame oil1 tsp, about 4 g
Cooked white rice120 g
Cooked weight. About 50 g of dry rice becomes 130 g cooked.
Kimchi60 g
Cucumber80 g
Spring onion20 g

Method

Mix the gochujang, soy, honey, garlic, ginger and half the sesame oil, coat the chicken in it and leave for thirty minutes.
Fry the chicken in a hot non-stick pan for eight minutes, turning, until the marinade darkens and sticks in places and the pieces are cooked through. Add a splash of water if the pan blackens.
Slice the cucumber and toss it with the rest of the sesame oil and a pinch of salt.
Serve the chicken on the rice with the kimchi and cucumber alongside and the spring onion on top.

Worth knowing

The pan is not oiled. The half teaspoon of sesame oil in the marinade and the sugar in the paste do the browning.
Kimchi is fermented with fish sauce and salted shrimp in most jars, hence the flags. Gochujang usually contains wheat, as does the soy.

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