Korean Food: Spicy Chicken with Vegetables (닭볶음탕) Recipe Video

Today, I will show you how to make a very popular Korean chicken dish, DakDoriTang. It is chicken and vegetables cooked with a spicy sauce to give it great flavor. Depending on your tastes, you can add or reduce the amount of red pepper powder and red pepper paste.

Summary

Preparation Time20 MinCooking Time35 Min
Ready In55 MinDifficulty LevelMedium
Health IndexHealthyServings4
CuisineCourse
TasteMethod
Main IngredientInterest Group

Ingredients

Main ingredients:
 Whole chicken1 , chop (3×3 inch pieces)
 Chopped onion2 Cup (32 tbs)
 Potato chunks2 Cup (32 tbs)
 Diced carrot1 Cup (16 tbs)
 Green onions3 , chop (2 inch pieces)
 Hot peppers2 , chopped (Optional)
 Water1 1⁄2 Cup (24 tbs)
For chicken:
 Cooking wine1 Tablespoon
 Salt1⁄4 Teaspoon
 Black pepper powder1⁄8 Teaspoon
Sauce ingredients:
 Red pepper paste5 Tablespoon
 Red pepper powder3 Tablespoon
 Soy sauce2 Tablespoon
 Cooking wine/Water1⁄2 Tablespoon
 Sugar1 Tablespoon
 Corn syrup1 Tablespoon
 Minced garlic2 Tablespoon
 Sesame seeds1 Teaspoon
 Sesame oil1 Teaspoon
 Black pepper powder1 Pinch

Nutrition Facts

Serving size

Calories 570 Calories from Fat 266

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 30 g45.5%

Saturated Fat 7.7 g38.5%

Trans Fat 0 g

Cholesterol 112.5 mg37.5%

Sodium 1138.9 mg47.5%

Total Carbohydrates 43 g14.2%

Dietary Fiber 8.3 g33.2%

Sugars 12.3 g

Protein 34 g68.6%

Vitamin A 141.8% Vitamin C 66.2%

Calcium 9.1% Iron 16.5%

*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet

Directions

GETTING READY:
1) On a cutting board cut the chicken into 3×3 inch pieces. Be sure not to remove the skin, fat, or bones because that will give the dish good flavor.
2) Place the cut pieces in to a bowl and marinate the chicken with cooking wine, salt, and black pepper powder for at least 10 minutes.
3) For the sauce in a bowl combine red pepper paste, red pepper powder, soy sauce, cooking wine, sugar, corn syrup, minced garlic, sesame seeds, sesame oil, and a pinch of black pepper powder and mix well. Set this mixture aside.
4)Chop all the vegetables as instructed and set aside.

MAKING
5) In a large sauce pan place the marinating chicken pieces. To this pan now add the chopped onions, potatoes, carrots, green onions, hot peppers and mix well.
6) Pour the sauce on top of the vegetables and chicken along with water.
7) Cook the chicken for 30-35 minutes on high or till the chicken and vegetables are completely cooked. Be sure to stir it occasionally.
8) After the chicken is cooked, reduce the heat to a low and add the green onions along with the hot peppers. If you don’t want your food too spicy, skip the hot peppers.
9) Reduce the temperature to low and add the . Cook 2 more minutes and then turn off the heat

SERVING:
10) Serve this dish with rice and other Korean side dishes. You can also pour some of this on top of rice for a main course in the same way as curry and rice. Enjoy this delicious Korean food.

Editors Review

If you are a curry rice lover, then this Korean stew is meant for you. Aeri shows us how to make DakDoriTang, chicken and vegetables cooked with a spicy sauce. The spice levels can be downed according to taste. This is the kind of stew that is most enjoyed over hot cooked rice, on a cold winter day!

Comments

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Food_Mania says :

Hi Chef! I tried your spicy chicken with vegetables recipe and it turned out to be finger licking good! The soy-garlic mixture with diced potatoes and green onions made a perfect Sunday supper :) Infact I can still feel the after taste of this chicken recipe...just wondering if I could use something else apart from red chillies, do let me know
Posted on: 29 January 2010 - 10:35am
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