Korean chicken, gochujang mayo & sweet-sour cucumber from Simple: Effortless Food, Big Flavours (page 224) by Diana Henry

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  • Frenchfoodie on November 07, 2025

    Delicious, went down well with husband and 9yo too. I halved the marinade and reduced a little to glaze the thighs when I turned them.

  • angrygreycat on July 22, 2022

    Made this for dinner. Whole family loved it. Really flavorfull. I used torpedo rolls for the sandwiches and felt like I should have doubled the gochjang mayo it felt pretty sparse. Super easy, tasty, and the salad was a great proportion to serve with the sandwiches (no leftovers)

  • dinnermints on June 23, 2021

    So flavorful. I used maybe 8 or 9 thighs, but could have easily used 12 for the amount of marinade (1 cup soy sauce!!). I also skipped the sesame oil and forgot the rice vinegar. I’d wanted to grill the chicken but ran out of time, and regretted not turning on the oven to roast them just in case, as the pans were a bit of a beast to clean. I used thin-skinned slender cucumbers and didn’t find it necessary to skin them or remove the seeds. Absolutely loved the gochujang mayonnaise. Served on whole wheat roti made with sourdough discard.

  • Barb_N on April 14, 2021

    I chose this as a fall back recipe when I discovered I was missing ingredients for what was on the menu. I only marinated for an hour and didn’t feel like there was any loss of flavor. Like TrishaCP I skipped the sesame oil. I served it with rice noodles (didn’t have buns either) and added shredded cabbage & carrot to the salad. I didn’t make the mayo. Next time I will double the marinade to have some as a sauce, unless I am actually making sandwiches.

  • Poopyloop on February 27, 2021

    Great recipe - cook the chicken over charcoal or on the bbq as really adds to the flavour.

  • kari500 on November 26, 2017

    Love this recipe. So much bang for so little work. I roast the chicken on a foil lined baking sheet to save clean up.

  • sjwill82 on November 23, 2017

    This was such a great dish to make on a busy week night. I marinated the chicken in the morning before leaving for work so the chicken was extra flavorful. Quick to cook and everyone had empty plates. I would add extra gochuja for my tastes!

  • annmartina on November 13, 2017

    Would also be good with pork tenderloin

  • Foodycat on November 07, 2017

    So easy! And definitely worth a repeat. We had some kim chi on the side as well.

  • clcorbi on October 09, 2017

    Fantastic and so fast and easy. I didn't have a 4 full hours to marinate the chicken thighs--I really only marinated them for 45 minutes or so, and they were still so juicy and flavorful. All the flavors worked perfectly together. This is definitely going to be repeated as neither of us could stop exclaiming how delicious our sandwiches were.

  • westminstr on September 20, 2017

    I really loved this but unfortunately my kiddos didn't. Too bad, this was a great dish. All the elements came together very well! Served it in slider buns which were perfect.

  • raybun on April 30, 2017

    10/10! Lovely flavour combination, empty plates all round. Going into my favourite recipe file. I foresee making this a lot in the summer months.

  • southerncooker on April 02, 2017

    Family loved this one. We had it on the weekend so I'd have time for the marinade. I used two baby cucumbers an a serrano for the chili. Half a demi baguette was the perfect size for a boneless chicken thigh. Will be making these again.

  • TrishaCP on January 27, 2017

    Fast and delicious. The gochujang mayo is especially good, and I will use it for other recipes. I marinated my chicken overnight out of necessity, but morning of, or the 4 hours she recommends would be better. I would also skip the sesame oil next time because I don't think it really added anything to the marinade.

  • MmeFleiss on January 06, 2017

    My family couldn't stop raving about this easy recipe. Definitely a repeater. The only changes were extra sugar and added salt to the cucumber pickles.

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