Fire cheese chicken burrito
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Read about thighs in the BrightCulinary Book
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Ingredients
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Cut chicken thighs into bite-sized pieces.
- chicken thighs
- gochujang
- chipotle chili powder
- red pepper flakes
- soy sauce
- honey
- garlic paste
- ginger paste
- sesame oil
- salt
- pepper
- neutral oil
- water
For the sauce, combine gochujang, chipotle chili powder, red pepper flakes, soy sauce, honey, garlic paste, ginger paste, sesame oil, salt, pepper and neutral oil; mix, adding a tiny bit of water to loosen. Reserve some for the drizzling sauce.
- oil
- rice
- kimchi
- kimchi juice
Heat a tiny bit of oil in a pan over not very high heat; add day-old cold rice, chopped kimchi, a little sesame oil and a little kimchi juice, and mix until the rice is coated. Take off the heat and set aside.
Kimchi fried rice
- mayo
- rice vinegar
- warm water
For the drizzling sauce, mix the reserved sauce with a little mayo, a little rice vinegar and a little warm water.
The drizzling sauce
Heat a pan until pretty hot with a whack of oil; add the chicken, toss, and cook a couple of minutes until about half done, then 30 seconds more.
Cooking the chicken in the sauce
- mozzarella
- pepper jack
Take out about half the chicken for one burrito; top it with a handful of mozzarella and a handful of pepper jack and cover with a lid about a minute to melt.
Melting the two cheeses
- tortilla
Lay down a tortilla, add some of the thicker original sauce, the rice and the cheesy chicken; roll up, cut in half, and serve with the drizzling sauce.