# Honey Gochujang Chicken Thighs

A cheap and easy honey gochujang chicken thigh recipe that can be made in under 30 minutes in an air fryer or oven.

- Total time: 30 min
- Cuisine: Korean
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tbsp gochujang
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- water
- onion, sliced
- chicken thighs, pat dried
- salt
- pepper

## Instructions

1. Mince a few cloves of garlic.
2. Add minced garlic, gochujang, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, honey, and sesame oil to a bowl and mix it all together to create the sauce.
3. Peel and slice an onion, not too thin.
4. Pat dry and season a few chicken thighs with salt and pepper.
5. Add the seasoned chicken thighs and sliced onion to a bag with the sauce and shake it well to coat everything.
6. Add everything to an air fryer with the chicken skin side down.
7. After 15 minutes, flip the chicken.
8. Brush the chicken with a little extra sauce to get a good char.
9. Cook until the chicken comes to temperature.

## Equipment

- bowl
- air fryer
- bag

## Tips

- This recipe isn't exact, so add more or less of each ingredient until it tastes how you like it.
- Don't slice the onion too thin, otherwise they'll burn while cooking.
- Time measurements aren't a rule; every oven, air fryer, and kitchen is different, so practice cooking until you think it's ready.
- For a good char, brush with a little extra sauce when flipping the chicken.
- You can also cook this recipe in the oven.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reels/C2n6iROJtjS/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/5f0dc8db-2e64-43c8-9255-44c7667ea4c1
- Extracted: 2026-02-21

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