My sister, Bethany, often sends me a text after I’ve posted a new recipe. She’ll tell me how much she enjoyed trying my latest recipe and also how well the recipe did or didn’t go over with her family of six. Sometimes she sends me recipes. Some are her own, others are recipes she finds online, and occasionally she sends one of my recipes – with a change she’s made to it.
Today’s post is one of the recipes she found online. She got it from Allrecipes.com. (www.allrecipes.com)
As soon as I saw it, I knew this recipe was definitely going to work for me, for a number of reasons: We like chicken. The recipe is simple. I basically had all of the ingredients on hand.
The recipe called for marinating the chicken for four hours. I didn’t have that kind of time. I let it marinate for about 45 minutes and it still had great flavor. I served it with rice and steamed broccoli. When we sat down and started eating; I knew I’d picked a winner as Kevin said those magical words: “This is good. You should blog about it.” There it is there, the “Kevvy Seal of Approval!”
So, without further ado, here it is. (In the recipe, I made notes regarding the lemon juice and the chile paste.)
Ingredients
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup soy sauce
- 1 cup water
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice (optional) —I used the lemon juice.
- 4 teaspoons hot chile paste (optional) —I didn’t have chile paste, so I used Cayenne pepper and I’m a bit of a wimp when it comes to “heat” in my food so I only used 2 teaspoons.
- Add all ingredients to list
Directions
- In a medium saucepan over high heat, whisk together the sugar, soy sauce, water, onion powder, and ground ginger. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, and simmer 5 minutes.
- Remove the mixture from heat, cool, and whisk in lemon juice and hot chile paste. Place chicken in the mixture. Cover, and marinate in the refrigerator at least 4 hours before preparing chicken as desired.
- Recipe says “prepare chicken as desired”. I desired to cook it on the stove top in a cast iron pan.
This is the link for the recipe: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/21033/korean-bbq-chicken-marinade/
If you go to their site, you will notice, their picture looks awesome; especially compared to mine. Mine was a hastily taken photo, with good reason. Right after Kevin had had a couple bites of chicken and made the “…you should blog about this” comment, I flashed a smile and said, “Can we take a quick pic?” He pushed dishes out of the way as I rearranged the food on his plate. He held up the background board, biting his tongue, (Actually, I think I heard him growl.) as I said, “Please just one more minute so I can go get my pretty floral napkin to dress up the picture.” I ran upstairs, came back down and placed the napkin (which is barely visible in the photo after editing) and took 3 pics. He then set the background board back against the kitchen wall, sat down and said, “Good enough, my food’s getting cold.” So, there you have it. That’s as good as it’s gonna get. 😉
Enjoy!
Thanks for stopping!
Brenda
Disclaimer:
These recipes and tips are not guaranteed to work or be safe for everyone. Allergies are extremely complicated and vary for each individual. It is still your responsibility to read labels to ensure your safety. I cannot be held liable for any ill effects from using my tips to avoid your allergies. (Sorry guys, I don’t foresee any problems, but Momma’s gotta cover her backside, ya know?) Just read your labels! Do your research!