Spicy Korean Boneless Chicken Bites with Chili Glaze

By @chef1
Crispy baked (or air-fried!) boneless chicken pieces coated in a sticky, spicy-sweet chili glaze. A guaranteed crowd-pleaser with a Korean twist, perfect for game day!
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Ingredients
- ●900g Boneless skinless chicken thigh meat, raw
- ●1 tbsp Olive oil
- ●1/2 tsp Salt
- ●1/4 tsp Black pepper
- ●30g Hot pepper sauce
- ●2 tbsp Soy sauce
- ●2 tbsp Honey (or maple syrup)
- ●1 tbsp Rice vinegar
- ●1 tbsp Sesame oil
- ●1 clove Garlic, minced
- ●1/2 tsp Ginger, grated
- ●1/4 tsp Red pepper flakes (optional)
- ●10g Toasted sesame seeds
- ●20g Green onions
- ●30g Tomato paste
- ●15g Brown sugar
Instructions
- 1Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C). Toss Boneless Chicken Bites with olive oil, salt, and pepper.
- 2Arrange 1-inch boneless chicken pieces in a single layer. Bake at 400°F (200°C) for 20-25 minutes, turning halfway, until cooked through.
- 3Whisk measured hot sauce, tomato paste, brown sugar, soy sauce, honey, rice vinegar, sesame oil, garlic, ginger and optional red pepper flakes in a saucepan.
- 4Bring the glaze to a simmer over medium heat, stirring constantly. Cook for 2-3 minutes, until slightly thickened.
- 5In a large bowl, toss the baked chicken pieces with the Chili glaze until evenly coated.
- 6Sprinkle with sesame seeds and chopped green onions. Serve immediately and watch them disappear!
Recipe details
- Cuisine
- Korean-inspired
- Category
- Appetizer
- Preparation
- 19 minutes
Estimated total: 54 minutes. Planning estimate: stated duration ranges use their midpoint; standard preparation, heating and handling allowances are included. Overlapping tasks are counted once. Resting/chilling is included in total time.
How these estimates were calculated
- Prepare measured ingredients: 10 min planning allowance (vegetable_prep)
- oven preheat: 15 min planning allowance (oven_preheat)
- transfer: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- mix: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
- sauce heat: 3 min planning allowance (sauce_heat)
- transfer: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- garnish: 2 min planning allowance (garnish)
- Cooking overlaps preparation or other cooking; a separate cooking subtotal is omitted.
- Chosen 10-minute initial preparation allowance includes implicit chopping and measuring; written preparation is not counted here again.
- Replace bone-in wing mass with a new weighed boneless chicken ingredient; no bone-free wing yield inferred.
- Olive oil: USDA tablespoon portion weight
- Salt: USDA tsp portion weight
- Table salt; unknown quantity means sodium is omitted, not guessed.
- Black pepper: USDA tsp, ground portion weight
- USDA black pepper; documented seasoning allowance applies only to to-taste/pinch amounts.
- Replace unknown gochujang formulation with a measured hot-sauce, sugar and tomato-paste glaze.
- Soy sauce: USDA tbsp portion weight
- Honey (or maple syrup): USDA tbsp portion weight
- Honey chosen as the first alternative over maple syrup.
- Rice vinegar: product-label volume convention (teaspoon 5 mL, tablespoon 15 mL, cup 240 mL)
- Rice vinegar: USDA FoodData Central Branded: KIKKOMAN, published 2021-10-28; product-label estimate, formulation and label rounding may vary (https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/2158088/nutrients)
- Kikkoman unseasoned rice-vinegar label; milliliters remain volume, not gram weights.
- Sesame oil: USDA tablespoon portion weight
- Garlic, minced: USDA clove portion weight
- Ginger, grated: USDA tsp portion weight
- Excludes optional Red pepper flakes (optional)
- USDA unsalted toasted sesame kernels, chosen hulled style; not raw seeds or a seasoned sesame blend.
- Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution.
- Recipe Studio chosen explicit quantity for an ingredient required by the written method.
- Recipe Studio chosen explicit quantity for an ingredient required by the written method.
- Boneless skinless chicken thigh meat, raw: Replace bone-in wing mass with a new weighed boneless chicken ingredient; no bone-free wing yield inferred. Original: {"item":"Chicken wings, separated into drumettes and flats","amount":"2 lbs"}. Authored: {"item":"Boneless skinless chicken thigh meat, raw","amount":"900g"}.
- Hot pepper sauce: Replace unknown gochujang formulation with a measured hot-sauce, sugar and tomato-paste glaze. Original: {"item":"Gochujang (Korean chili paste)","amount":"1/4 cup"}. Authored: {"item":"Hot pepper sauce","amount":"30g"}.
- Tomato paste: Recipe Studio chosen explicit quantity for an ingredient required by the written method. Original: not separately listed. Authored: {"item":"Tomato paste","amount":"30g"}.
- Brown sugar: Recipe Studio chosen explicit quantity for an ingredient required by the written method. Original: not separately listed. Authored: {"item":"Brown sugar","amount":"15g"}.
- Toasted sesame seeds: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"Sesame seeds","amount":"To garnish"}. Authored: {"item":"Toasted sesame seeds","amount":"10g"}.
- Green onions: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"Chopped green onions","amount":"To garnish"}. Authored: {"item":"Green onions","amount":"20g"}.
- Boneless skinless chicken thigh meat, raw: Replace bone-in wing mass with a new weighed boneless chicken ingredient; no bone-free wing yield inferred. Original: {"item":"Chicken wings, separated into drumettes and flats","amount":"2 lbs"}. Authored: {"item":"Boneless skinless chicken thigh meat, raw","amount":"900g"}.
- Hot pepper sauce: Replace unknown gochujang formulation with a measured hot-sauce, sugar and tomato-paste glaze. Original: {"item":"Gochujang (Korean chili paste)","amount":"1/4 cup"}. Authored: {"item":"Hot pepper sauce","amount":"30g"}.
- Tomato paste: Recipe Studio chosen explicit quantity for an ingredient required by the written method. Original: not separately listed. Authored: {"item":"Tomato paste","amount":"30g"}.
- Brown sugar: Recipe Studio chosen explicit quantity for an ingredient required by the written method. Original: not separately listed. Authored: {"item":"Brown sugar","amount":"15g"}.
- Toasted sesame seeds: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"Sesame seeds","amount":"To garnish"}. Authored: {"item":"Toasted sesame seeds","amount":"10g"}.
- Green onions: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"Chopped green onions","amount":"To garnish"}. Authored: {"item":"Green onions","amount":"20g"}.
- Boneless skinless chicken thigh meat, raw: 900 g · USDA reference 173627
- Olive oil: 13.5 g · USDA reference 171413
- Salt: 3 g · USDA reference 173468
- Black pepper: 0.57 g · USDA reference 170931
- Hot pepper sauce: 30 g · USDA reference 174527
- Soy sauce: 32 g · USDA reference 174277
- Honey (or maple syrup): 42 g · USDA reference 169640
- Rice vinegar: 15 mL · Food reference
- Sesame oil: 13.6 g · USDA reference 171016
- Garlic, minced: 3 g · USDA reference 169230
- Ginger, grated: 1 g · USDA reference 169231
- Red pepper flakes (optional): optional ingredient excluded
- Toasted sesame seeds: 10 g · USDA reference 170152
- Green onions: 20 g · USDA reference 170006
- Tomato paste: 30 g · USDA reference 170459
- Brown sugar: 15 g · USDA reference 168833
chicken wings · gochujang glaze · sesame oil
Estimated nutrition per serving
271 calories · 30.6 g protein · 10.4 g carbohydrate · 11.6 g fat · 767 mg sodium
Source and basis: USDA FoodData Central and reviewed product references; ingredient-based calculation per serving. Documented USDA or manufacturer portion weights; all listed ingredient mass included before cooking losses. Excludes optional Red pepper flakes (optional) Nutrients with incomplete inputs omitted. Full ingredient matches and assumptions below.
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