Weeknight Korean Chicken Rice Bowls

Prep the sauce. Whisk brown sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, ginger, and a few pinches of crushed red pepper flakes. Set aside until ready to use.

Heat a large skillet over medium heat with enough olive oil to coat the bottom of the pan. Very thinly slice the chicken against the grain and toss in a bowl with the flour. The chicken may stick together a bit—that’s ok!

When oil is hot, fry chicken in one layer (I do this in two or three batches) for about 3 minutes on each side until just barely golden. Remove chicken to a plate and turn the heat off.

To the hot skillet, add the sauce and stir to deglaze the pan. Add the chicken to the sauce and stir to coat and warm through.

Serve the chicken over rice with zoodles and any Asian pickles, if you’d like. Enjoy!

Notes:
• I cook 1 cup of jasmine rice (3 cups or so total, once cooked) for this meal and it gives us about three bowls.
• 1 large zucchini is perfect to spiralize and split for two people who like veggies.
• This would work great with tofu or pork as well!
• The sauce for this recipe is doubled from The Pretty Dish by Jessica Merchant.