🇰🇷 Korean

Chicken Ssam

Name: Chicken Ssam
Prep time: 18 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 33 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 500 g Chicken; 4 tbsp Yogurt; to taste Salt; 2, sliced Tomato; 4 cloves Garlic; 2 cloves, minced Ginger; 1 tbsp Sesame Oil; 4 Flatbread or Tortillas; 1/2, shredded Lettuce; 4 tbsp Ssamjang Paste

🇰🇷 Korean

Warm bread wrapped around savoury chicken, crunchy salad and a cool sauce — handheld happiness. Ready in 33 minutes including prep.

Prep 18 min Cook 15 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

Chicken500 g
Yogurt4 tbsp
Saltto taste
Tomato2, sliced
Garlic4 cloves
Ginger2 cloves, minced
Sesame Oil1 tbsp
Flatbread or Tortillas4
Lettuce1/2, shredded
Ssamjang Paste4 tbsp

Optional extras

Perilla Leaveshandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Season the chicken with the garlic, salt and half the spices, then cook in the Sesame Oil until browned and juicy.
2
Warm the flatbreads in a dry pan until soft and pliable, about 30 seconds a side.
3
Stir the yogurt with a pinch of salt and a squeeze of rice vinegar for a quick sauce.
4
Pile the chicken onto each bread with lettuce, tomato and the yogurt sauce.
5
Roll tightly, wrap the bottom half in paper, and eat while the filling is still warm.

Chef's tip

Taste and adjust the salt at the end; sauces concentrate as they reduce.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Spicy BBQ Chicken (Maeun-dakbonggui: 매운닭봉구이) · on YouTube