Jjimdak - Soy Sauce Braised Chicken
Jjimdak is chicken boiled in a sweetened soy sauce, along with vegetables and noodles. One of Korea's favorite chicken dishes!
Servings: 2 person
Ingredients
- Chicken - 1 Whole 600-800 grams, or use only drumsticks, thighs only
- Dangmyeon noodles Korean sweet potato noodles - 400 grams
- Carrot - ⅓ whole
- Onion - ¼ whole
- Potato - 1-2
- Spring onion - 1 stalk
Braising Sauce
- Water - 2.5 cups
- Soy sauce - ¾ cup
- Ground coffee - 1 Tablespoon
- Sugar - 3 Tablespoons
- Corn syrup or honey - ⅓ cup
- Minced garlic - 2 Tablespoons optional
Instructions
Prep Ingredients
- Soak sweet potato noodles into water. Soak chicken into water. Let both sit in the water for 45 minutes.
- In the meanwhile, roughly cut potatoes, onions, spring onions and carrots.
- Soak potatoes in water as well to get rid of excess starch.
- After 45 minutes, strain noodles, chicken and potatoes. Set aside.
Boil Chicken
- Put chicken into a large pot. Then place water, soy sauce and ground coffee into the pot. Bring pot to a roaring boil.
- Skim the surface with a ladle and get rid of residual oil and scum.
- Add sugar and corn syrup into broth. Then place in the potatoes, carrots and onions.
- Cover with a lid and cook for 10 minutes. (Don't lift the lid).
Finish Cooking
- After 10 minutes, add noodles and spring onions (Optional: Also add in minced garlic for more flavor).
- Close the lid and cook for an additional three minutes. Eat with rice.
Notes
- We will use (black) ground coffee to give the sauce a dark tint. It makes the dish much more appetizing.
- Put a lid on while you cook - this will ensure that the potatoes and carrots are fully cooked.
- See video below for more details