Andong Jjimdak - Home Recipe Perfected!
Ingredients
- 1 Whole Chicken (1kg or ~2 lbs) (Or use Thighs & Drumsticks)
- Some Milk (for tenderizing)
- A handful of Wide Glass Noodles (Potato Starch Noodles)
Fresh Ingredients
- ½ a whole Onion
- 1-2 Potatoes (total, length of your hand)
- 1 Sweet Potato (total, length of your hand)
- Small piece of Carrot (length of your pinky finger)
- 2 Cheongyang Chili Peppers (or ~1 Jalapeno Pepper)
- 2 stalks of Spring Onion (each, length of your forearm)
Jjimdak Seasoning
- ⅔ Cup Soy Sauce (165 ml)
- ½ Cup Cheongju (Or Sake) (125 ml)
- ½ Cup Mirin (125 ml)
- ½ Cup Brown Sugar (125 ml)
- 4-5 Spicy Dried Red Chili Peppers
- 1 Tablespoon Chunjang Paste
- 2 Cups Water (500 ml)
- 1.5 Tablespoons Minced Garlic
- Few cracks of Black Pepper
Instructions
Tenderize Chicken & Soak Noodles
- Place chicken (~2 lbs worth) into a bowl. Then pour-in enough milk to submerge the chicken. Set it aside and let it tenderize for 20 minutes - while you work on the veggies.
- Place glass noodles in a tray. Soak with cold water. Set aside for at least 30 minutes.
Prep Veggies
- Cut ½ an onion into large chunks.
- Cut 1-2 potatoes and 1 sweet potato into large chunks as well.
- Then, cut a small piece of carrot (pinky-length size) into thin moon-length pieces.
- Dice 2 Cheongyang Chili Peppers into smaller pieces.
- Then, split 2 Spring Onion Stalks in half. And cut into finger-length pieces.
Braise Chicken
- Take out a large pot (or wok) and turn it on a medium-high heat. (Note: Don't add-in any oil.) Once the pot is hot, place the chicken on, skin-side down.
- Let the chicken pieces cook until you get a good sear. Then flip the pieces over with the tongs.
- Now, add in Soy Sauce (⅔ Cup), Cheongju or Sake (½ Cup), Mirin (½ Cup) and Brown Sugar (½ Cup).
- Followed by Dried Red Chili Peppers (4-5) and Chunjang Paste (1 Tablespoon).
- Next, add in some Water (2 Cups).
- Now, place-on the Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes and Carrot chunks.
- Place a lid-on to the pot and let it boil away for 20 minutes. (Set a timer!)
- After 20 minutes, add in Minced Garlic (1.5 Tablespoons). Then 4-5 cracks of Black Pepper.
- Now, add-on the glass noodles to the stew.
- Finally, add-on the Onion, Spring Onions and Cheongyang Chili Peppers.
- Place a lid-on to the pot and let it boil away for 5 more minutes.
Plate and Serve with rice
- After 5 minutes, the master pot is ready!
- For a more beautiful presentation, scoop out the ingredients into a smaller (clay) pot, frying pan or large pot - along with a few ladles of the broth.
- Serve with hot rice - Bon Appetit!