Easy & fast!
Much of the ingredients used in my chicken bulgogi marinades are similar to my beef bulgogi recipe.
However, instead of adding fruit, I added some soft drink called Sprite. I’m sure you probably heard of it. Anyway, it worked really well to tenderize my chicken (though in general you don’t need to tenderize chicken much) and added a nice sweet flavor.
You can also probably use other lemonade brands like 7 Up or similar too.
Some of you might ask me if a coke would work? Well, I tried with that too but the chicken wasn’t as tender as when I used Sprite. Also, I prefer the flavor I got with Sprite. Additionally, some Koreans might use plum extract; maesil cheong (매실청) as a special flavoring ingredient too. It resulted in a good outcome. In fact, it was my second favorite choice after Sprite. But it gives a stronger taste note at the beginning and end, so I couldn’t taste the other marinade ingredients as much. So I prefer using lemonade as my top choice
All about Korean Cuisine 