Honey Braised Gochujang Chicken and Chickpeas
This honey braised Gochujang chicken and chickpeas recipe will be in your weekday dinner rotation! This gochujang chicken is SO good! Braised with chickpeas and green onions, with hints of spice and sweetness.
Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil or any neutral oil
- 2 bone in chicken legs skin on, about 1 pound
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon mirin
- 1/4 cup gochujang
- Pinch of gochugaru Korean chili flakes, optional
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 4 garlic cloves thinly sliced
- 2 thumbs fresh ginger minced or in matchsticks
- 1 cup chicken or vegetable broth
- 1 16 oz can of chickpeas drained and dried
- 1 large bundle of scallions sliced in thirds, thinly sliced sprig reserved for garnish
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Garnish with scallions fresh lime squeeze and toasted sesame seeds, we served with white rice
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees and season your chicken on all sides with salt and pepper. Set aside.
- Make your sauce. In a medium bowl, mix together soy sauce, sesame oil, mirin, gochujang, gochugaru and honey for a little bit of sweetness. Toss in your sliced garlic and minced ginger as well. Set aside.
- With a drizzle of neutral oil, heat up your pan or skillet. I like to use an oven safe skillet, cast iron or pan, so I can transfer straight to the oven. I also like to use a vessel that is narrow enough where the sauce and broth will almost fully cover the chicken when we braise, and also won’t use a sheet tray either, or else it will spill off to the sides.
- Sear your chicken on all sides in the hot oil until browned, about 5 minutes on each side. It doesn’t need to be fully cooked at this point.
- Next, pour over your sauce with the garlic and ginger, add your scallions and chickpeas over the chicken and sauce, and finish with your broth. Mix everything best you can to get the sauce and broth incorporated. You can spoon some of the mixed broth/sauce over the chicken as well. The sauce now should be almost covering all the chicken.
- Transfer to the oven to braise for 30-45 minutes until your chicken is cooked completely. Remove, serve with white rice and garnish with sesame seeds, your sliced reserved scallion sprig, and fresh lime juice.
Nutrition
Calories: 156kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 0.4g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Sodium: 66mg | Potassium: 26mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 1IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 0.1mg