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Fire cheese chicken burrito

SAM THE COOKING GUY · ♥ 5.9K likes · 137.8K views · 7 min video

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Ingredients
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  • 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
Add the sauce, mix, and let the chicken finish over about a minute and a half.
  • 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.