Korean Food: Dakgalbi

Korean Food: Dakgalbi

Dakgalbi is one of the most delicious food you can have in Korea. If you are just going to be in Seoul for a couple days you can´t miss the opportunity to go to a Dakgalbi place. These places are 99% specialized only in this delicious spicy chicken grill. If you´re not going to flight to Korea soon and still want to try this at home I´ll give you a recipe you can try. Its really easy and quick to make, its almost one of those ¨just mix everything together¨ recipes.

Dakgalbi (Spicy grilled chicken)

• Type Main Course
• Cuisine Korean

Ingredients:

• 1 pound chicken breast
• 3 tablespoons of soy sauce
• 8 cloves of peeled garlic, minced
• ¼ cup hot pepper paste (gochujang)
• ⅓ cup hot pepper flakes (gochugaru)
• ½ cup cooking wine (mirim) or water-sugar solution 
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1½ pound cabbage, cut into bite sized pieces
• 1 medium onion sliced
• 8 oz (1½cup) rice cake (garaeddeok), cut into small pieces
• 8 oz (1½ cup) sweet potato, peeled and sliced into bite sized pieces
• 1 dozen perilla leaves

      Instructions

1. Prepare the sauce by combining garlic, ginger, hot pepper paste, hot pepper flakes, 2 tablespoons of soy sauce, and cooking wine in a bowl. Mix it well with a spoon. If you  use a food processor, blend it until creamy for about 1 minute.
2. Prepare a large, shallow, and wide pan or a grill for the dakgalbi. Spread the cabbage on the bottom of the pan. Add the onion, green chili pepper, carrot, rice cake, and sweet potato.
3. Add the perilla leaves on top. You can cut them a few times or place the leaves whole. The leaves will shrink when cooked, so don’t be afraid to be generous!
4. Put the marinated chicken in the center of the pan, on top of the vegetables. Put the sauce on top.
5. Cover and cook over medium high heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Stir with a wooden spoon so the pan doesn’t burn and the ingredients and sauce mix evenly.
6. Lower the heat to medium and cover. Cook for another 20 minutes, or until it’s done. Keep stirring with a wooden spoon.
7. You can add your favorite cheese now to the mix for extra tasty flavor.
    ENJOY :D (And don´t forget the kimchi)