Typical Spicy Korean Food ‘Dakgalbi’ : Do you remember going to a language school to study Korean when you first came to Korea? While studying Korean, have you heard of “Chuncheon Dakgalbi,” a traditional Korean dish that came out well in books?
If you look at the contents presented in the Korean textbook, the traditional Korean dish called “Chuncheon Dakgalbi” is very spicy and delicious, but sometimes I can’t eat it because my friend who can’t eat spicy food is reluctant. It is only promoted that it is Korea’s representative spicy food, and it is eventually counterproductive, and it is regrettable that it cannot be tasted. Accordingly, I think you will be able to taste the taste of Dakgalbi without repulsion if you know about Dakgalbi properly!
Dakgalbi is a representative Korean dish that marinate chicken breast and chicken legs, which are the most lean parts of chicken, in spicy seasoning, and add ingredients such as vegetables, sweet potatoes, and rice cakes to grill them on a grill or stir-fry them on an iron plate. Because the name of the dish is a proper noun, in foreign languages, it is written as “Dakgalbi” according to the Romanization of the Korean language, and there are restaurants that mark it like this.
There are two types of “Dakgalbi”: boneless dakgalbi (dakgalbi) and general dakgalbi (the parts are wings and ribs), and you can order the intestines separately. When measuring the quantity, a unique unit called “large” is used, and one refers to the amount of lean meat that comes out from a chicken leg or half of the chicken breast. Two units are treated as one person for iron plates and three units for charcoal fire. Dongchimi is also served as a side dish to accompany, and by the time you finish eating dakgalbi, you often choose or mix fried rice and stir-fried noodles (sari). For dessert, naengmyeon and makguksu are served, and makguksu is one of Chuncheon’s representative foods.
One of the reasons why Korean spicy stir-fried chicken is popular with Koreans is that it can be enjoyed with a variety of ingredients because of its spicy and light taste. Dakgalbi is one of the foods that you eat on a daily basis because you can enjoy delicious food at a relatively low price. It is one of the popular menus in various situations, especially during lunch time and meetings with friends.
Of course, not all Koreans like dakgalbi, and some people don’t like spicy food. But overall, Koreans like dakgalbi and it is one of the foods they eat often.
Whether Koreans often eat dakgalbi on weekdays may vary depending on their personal preferences and circumstances. However, since Koreans are generally very busy in their daily lives, they often choose Dakgalbi as one of the simple foods to eat even on weekdays. In particular, college students and office workers often visit and eat delicious spicy stir-fried chicken restaurants during lunchtime on weekdays. Also, there are many recipes that can be easily made at home, so many families enjoy Dakgalbi at home.
Overall, Koreans often eat dakgalbi even on weekdays.
Types of Typical Spicy Korean Food ‘Dakgalbi’
- Cheese Dakgalbi: It is literally dakgalbi with mozzarella cheese on top of dakgalbi. In Korea, it was popular during the cheese craze and became more and more level, but it was a very popular food in Japan. Cheese neutralizes the spicy taste and reduces the spicy taste, so it seems to suit Japanese tastes. It is especially popular with young people, and it has been introduced several times on the air, saying that many cheese spicy stir-fried chicken restaurants have been introduced around Shin-Okubo. In Korea, many Japanese customers come to Dakgalbi restaurants in downtown areas such as Gangnam and Myeong-dong in Seoul.
- Water Dakgalbi: In some areas of Taebaek-si and Samcheok-si, Gangwon-do, the broth is poured and boiled. It looks like chicken stew, but the results are subtly different.
- Chuncheon Dakgalbi: It is considered the representative food of Chuncheon.
Typical Spicy Korean Food ‘Dakgalbi’ is one of the representative foods in Korea, and foreigners often enjoy it. However, not all foreigners like spicy dakgalbi because of their personal taste and physical differences in spicy food. And, since any country’s food has a different taste and recipe from its own, foreigners may react differently to the taste when they first eat spicy stir-fried chicken. But overall, as Korea’s popularity for spicy food is increasing around the world, many foreigners are enjoying spicy stir-fried chicken.
Dakgalbi is one of the traditional Korean dishes, and there are various versions by region, but most of them are enjoyed by stir-frying chicken, onions, chives, and bok choy in a spicy sauce. It is one of the representative stir-fried dishes in Korea, and it is one of the popular foods. It became popular especially in the late 20th century and is one of the foods that has been loved continuously until now.
Among the traditional Korean foods, it is loved as a home dish and is one of the most frequently served dishes at the table shared with family. Also, it is popular at outdoor meals and drinking parties where friends and colleagues gather together. It also serves to promote Korean food culture around the world. As one of Korea’s representative foods, it has become one of the representative foods of Korean food culture as it is popular not only in Korea but also abroad.
Dakgalbi plays a very important role as one of Korea’s traditional foods and is loved by many Koreans.
