# Cheese Buldak (Spicy Fire Chicken with Cheese)

This is a super-spicy Korean chicken dish called buldak, meaning "fire chicken," with the addition of mozzarella cheese.

- Servings: 4 servings
- Cuisine: Korean
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 0.5 cup hot pepper flakes
- 2 tablespoon hot pepper paste (gochujang)
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
- 0.5 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 0.33 cup rice syrup
- 6 large garlic cloves, minced
- 2 teaspoon ginger, minced
- green onion, chopped
- 1 pound mozzarella cheese
- 2 pounds chicken breast, trimmed of yellow fat and diced into one-inch cubes
- 1 cup sliced rice cake

## Instructions

1. Prepare the spicy paste by combining hot pepper flakes, hot pepper paste (gochujang), soy sauce, cooking oil, ground black pepper, rice syrup, minced garlic, and minced ginger.
2. Chop green onions for garnish later.
3. Prepare mozzarella cheese by shredding or dicing it.
4. Mix the prepared paste until thick.
5. Trim any yellow fat from the chicken breast and dice it into one-inch cubes.
6. Mix the chicken with the spicy paste thoroughly.
7. Lightly oil a pan and cook one cup of sliced rice cake until both sides are slightly crispy, then turn off the heat.
8. In a thick frying pan (or a cast iron pan lid if available), add 1/4 cup of water to clean out any remaining paste from the mixing bowl and add it to the pan.
9. Add the chicken mixture to the pan and cook on medium-high heat for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. If using a normal pan, it might take less time.
10. Reduce the heat to low, mix in the cooked rice cake, cover the pan, and cook for another 10 minutes.
11. Preheat the broiler while the chicken is simmering on low heat.
12. After 10 minutes on low heat, check the chicken and mix everything well, making sure the rice cake is crunchy.
13. Spread the chicken and rice cake mixture evenly in the pan.
14. Cover the entire dish with mozzarella cheese.
15. Place the pan under the preheated broiler for a couple of minutes until the cheese is golden brown and bubbly.
16. Carefully remove the hot pan from the broiler.
17. Garnish with chopped green onions before serving.

## Equipment

- cast iron pan lid
- thick frying pan
- oven
- broiler

## Tips

- If the spice is too much, use less hot pepper flakes.
- Mozzarella cheese is optional.
- The spicy paste can be used with seafood or shrimp as well.
- You can add noodles or sliced rice cake to the dish for extra chewiness.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9uI1-6Ac6A&feature=youtu.be
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/b36ffe70-6dc6-4dc1-9a03-0e93fb3d37b5
- Extracted: 2025-12-26

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