Jjimdak Korean Braised Chicken Recipes

JJIMDAK (KOREAN BRAISED CHICKEN)

Steps:

• Soak the starch noodles in warm water for about 30 minutes while preparing the other ingredients. Drain well before using.
• Clean the chicken and cut into small pieces. Trim off excess fat.
• Cut the potatoes in chunks (about 1-1/2 inch) and soak them in water while preparing the other vegetables. Cut the carrot, mushrooms, and onion into bite-sized pieces.
• Add the chicken pieces to a large pot. Pour 3 cups of water over the chicken. (You should reduce the amount of water if not using the noodles.) Add the sauce ingredients except sesame oil and seeds. Bring it to a boil over high heat, uncovered, and continue to boil for about 10 minutes. Skim off the foam.
• Add the potatoes, carrot, mushrooms, onion, dried whole red chili peppers if using, garlic and ginger. Cover, and cook for 8 to 10 minutes. You may see that there still is a lot of liquid, but the potatoes and starch noodles will soak up a lot of the liquid.
• Gently mix in the green chili peppers (or jalapenos), scallions and starch noodles, and continue to cook, uncovered this time, for an additional 3 minutes. Stir in the sesame oil. Garnish with the sesame seeds to serve.

JJIMDAK (KOREAN BRAISED CHICKEN)

Steps:

• On medium-high heat, boil the water (5 cups) in a medium sized pot. Once it's rolling boiling, parboil the chicken for 1 minute to skim off any fat. Drain the water.
• In a clean pot (I used this braising pot), add the chicken and the sauce. Boil them over medium-high heat for about 10 mins, covered.
• Add the potatoes, carrots, onions and chillies and boil for a further 7 mins, covered. Reduce the heat to medium and stir gently to change the position of the chicken and the vegetables. Simmer for a further 8 mins, covered.
• Add the glass noodles, mushrooms, and green onions and simmer until the noodles and mushrooms are cooked (about 3 to 5 mins), covered. Stir lightly to make sure the noodles and the mushrooms are mixed with the sauce.
• Garnish with the sesame seeds. (You can add additional green onions for extra poppy colour before serving as well.) Serve hot with a bowl of steamed rice.

JJIMDAK KOREAN SOY BRAISED CHICKEN RECIPE

Steps:

• Place dangmyeon in a heat proof dish and pour enough hot water to cover them. Let it soak for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
• Blanch chicken in boiling water for 1 to 2 minutes to get rid of residues in a large pot. Drain, rinse under cold water and place back to pot. Place chicken back to stove and turn heat to high.
• Combine all sauce ingredients in a mixing bowl and pour over to chicken. Bring sauce to boil and cook with chicken so chicken will absorb flavor and color for 10 minutes. Stir frequently.
• Add carrot, sweet potato and 1/2 cup of water. Give it a good stir and cover, reduce heat to medium and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir occasionally.
• Now, add onion and green onions. Give it a stir then cover and simmer additional 10 minutes. Stir occasionally.
• Finally, stir in soaked noodles and cook 2 to 3 minutes. Garnish with sesame seeds. Serve with warm cooked rice, kimchi and other side dishes. Enjoy!

CHICKEN THIGH JJIMDAK (KOREAN BRAISED CHICKEN)

Steps:

• Combine soy sauce, cooking wine, brown sugar, garlic, sesame oil, black pepper, and ginger for sauce in a bowl; set aside.
• Bring a large pot with salted water to a boil. Add chicken thighs to the boiling water and cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat, drain water, and set chicken aside.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place chicken thighs, skin-side down, in the melted butter. Pour reserved sauce and 2 1/2 cups water over top. Cover and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat slightly once it starts boiling, remove lid, and flip chicken. Allow to cook for 15 minutes, turning chicken again halfway through.
• Meanwhile, soak cellophane noodles in a bowl of hot water for 10 minutes. Strain and set noodles aside.
• Add potato, onion, carrots, and chile pepper to the skillet. Cook until all ingredients are almost cooked through, about 10 minutes, stirring everything after 5 minutes and flipping chicken again. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook until sauce has desired consistency, 5 to 15 minutes. Keep stirring the sauce and turning the chicken every 2 minutes so it doesn't burn. At the final flip, make sure the chicken is skin-side up.
• Once sauce is almost the desired consistency, mix in drained noodles and green onion. Make sure the chicken is on top of all the ingredients. Cook for 3 more minutes and then turn off the heat. Mix once more and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Remove from heat and allow to sit for 5 minutes before serving.

KOREAN BRAISED CHICKEN (JJIMDAK)

Steps:

• Place noodles in a large bowl and cover with hot water. Set aside until noodles are softened, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine soy sauce, rice wine, oyster sauce, corn syrup, sugar, sesame oil, garlic, and pepper the for sauce in a bowl. Set aside.
• Bring a pot of water to a boil; add chicken pieces. Boil for 3 minutes; remove from heat and drain, reserving 3 cups water.
• Heat another pot over medium-high heat. Add chicken pieces, potatoes, carrots, onion, and chiles. Add reserved water and sauce mixture. Bring to a boil; continue to boil until vegetables are soft and chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 25 minutes. Add glass noodles and green onions; boil for 5 minutes more. Serve.