Vic’s Incredible Korean Chicken Marinade
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup soy sauce
- 1 cup water
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1-2″ hunk of fresh ginger
- 1/4 cup minced onion. leek, shallot, or garlic
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 4 tablespoon lemon juice (optional)
- 4 teaspoons garlic chile paste (optional)
- 4 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1 whole chicken cut-up
DIRECTIONS
1. Use potato peeler to peel ginger into slices, then chop (use 1 tablespoon ground ginger as last resort if you do not have fresh)
2. In a medium saucepan over high heat, whisk together the sugar, soy sauce, water, onion powder, and ground ginger. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, and simmer 5 minutes.
3. Remove the mixture from heat, cool, and whisk in lemon juice and hot chile paste.
4. Pierce or score chicken pieces. Place chicken in 1/2 the mixture. Cover, and marinate in the refrigerator at least 4 hours before preparing chicken as desired.
5. Save 1/2 sauce mixture as condiment to serve with rice or baste-on.
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Thank you VICmiester! I have been looking for a marinade such as this….Will let you know how it turns out! Let the Grillin begin!
After cooking this one– I think I'd try marinading as long as possible, maybe even 24 hours. Also, it may be good to bring it to enough of a boil to thicken a bit.