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project: "[[00_MANIFEST-recipes]]"
folder: "[[00_INDEX-entrees-recipes]]"
title: Gochujang Honey Chicken Rice Bowls
pack: founders-pack
servings: 4
ingredients:
  - 1 lb cooked chicken thighs, sliced — [[Roasted Boneless Skin-On Chicken Thighs]] is the natural batch to make ahead; [[Grilled Chicken Thighs]] works just as well [[Smoked Chicken Thighs]] I haven't tried but probably really good here too
  - 3 cups cooked short-grain white rice, warm ([[Steamed White Rice]] is what to make)
  - 2 tbsp gochujang
  - 2 tbsp honey
  - 2 tbsp soy sauce
  - 1 tbsp rice vinegar
  - 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
  - 4 garlic cloves, minced
  - 1 tbsp peeled and minced fresh ginger
  - 1/4 cup water
  - 3 scallions, thinly sliced
  - 1 cup thinly sliced cucumber
  - 1 tsp toasted sesame seeds
instructions:
  - "**Whisk the sauce** — Stir the gochujang, honey, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, and water together until smooth."
  - "**Bloom the aromatics** — Heat the neutral oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and ginger and cook for 1 minute, until fragrant but not colored."
  - "**Reduce the sauce** — Pour the sauce into the pan and simmer for 3–4 minutes, stirring, until it thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon."
  - "**Warm the chicken** — Add the sliced chicken and toss until heated through and coated with sauce, 2–3 minutes."
  - "**Build the bowls** — Divide the warm rice among four bowls. Spoon the chicken and sauce over the rice, then arrange the cucumber alongside."
  - "**Add the toppings** — Scatter the scallions and sesame seeds over the bowls. Serve immediately."
protein:
  - chicken
active-preparation-minutes: 10
cook-time-minutes: 10
equipment:
  - stove
storage-location: fridge
storage-method: airtight-container
fridge-life-days: 3
notes:
  - "summary: Cooked chicken warmed in a reduced gochujang-honey sauce with garlic and ginger, then served over warm rice with cool cucumber."
  - The sauce has to coat a spoon before the chicken goes in. Thin sauce slides straight off and pools in the rice.
  - Everything here is a reheat, not a cook. Total pan time is under 10 minutes once the sauce is mixed.
  - The cucumber is doing real work — it's the only cold, crunchy, unsweetened thing against a sauce this rich.
  - "polished: 2026-09-08"
  - "components: [[Roasted Boneless Skin-On Chicken Thighs]], [[Grilled Chicken Thighs]], [[Smoked Chicken Thighs]]"
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