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Sticky Korean-Style Chicken Thighs

Chicken thighs glazed in a sweet, garlicky chili sauce and finished with scallions and sesame.

Sticky Korean-Style Chicken Thighs, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
30 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$13.18

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 lb boneless chicken thighs
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp chili garlic sauce
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 4 clove garlic
  • 3/4 oz fresh ginger root
  • 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
  • 1 1/2 cup jasmine rice
  • 1/2 bunch green onions / scallions
  • 1 tbsp sesame seeds(optional)

Method

  1. Cook the rice.

  2. Cut the chicken into large bite-size pieces and sear in the vegetable oil over high heat until browned, 6 minutes.

  3. Stir together the soy sauce, chili garlic sauce, brown sugar, minced garlic and grated ginger.

  4. Pour the sauce into the pan and cook 6 to 8 minutes, tossing, until it reduces to a sticky glaze.

  5. Turn off the heat and stir in the sesame oil.

  6. Serve over rice topped with sliced scallions and sesame seeds.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 10 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United Kingdom£21.97£5.4910 of 10 ingredients
Australia$65.86$16.4710 of 10 ingredients
Greece32,57 €8,14 €10 of 10 ingredients
Egypt‏١٬٢٢٢٫٣٥ ج.م.‏‏٣٠٥٫٥٩ ج.م.‏10 of 10 ingredients
Canada$87.52$21.8810 of 10 ingredients
Spain31,49 €7,87 €10 of 10 ingredients
Germany62,52 €15,63 €10 of 10 ingredients
United States$52.73$13.189 of 10 ingredients
New Zealand$66.90$16.739 of 10 ingredients
Mexico$530.87$132.729 of 10 ingredients
Austria€ 33,03€ 8,269 of 10 ingredients

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