Korean
Dakgangjeong (Soy-Garlic Glazed Fried Chicken)
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Dakgangjeong (Soy-Garlic Glazed Fried Chicken) is Korean home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Cut the chicken thighs into bite-size pieces and toss in the potato starch until well coated.
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Heat the oil in a deep pot to 340 degrees Fahrenheit and fry the chicken in batches until golden and cooked through, about 6 minutes.
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Whisk the soy sauce, sugar, rice syrup, minced garlic, and ginger in a small pan and simmer 3 minutes until it thickens to a glaze.
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Toss the fried chicken in the glaze until every piece is coated.
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Finish with sesame oil and sesame seeds and serve hot, a favorite fried-chicken-night dinner.
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Serve it with
A Korean dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Dakgangjeong (Soy-Garlic Glazed Fried Chicken), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Dakgangjeong (Soy-Garlic Glazed Fried Chicken) carries gluten, soy, and sesame. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Godeungeo-gui (Salt-Grilled Mackerel) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Godeungeo-gui (Salt-Grilled Mackerel) |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | Yes | Bossam (Boiled Pork Belly Wraps) |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 740 kcal
- Protein
- 45 g
- Carbs
- 29 g
- Fat
- 49 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 9 g
- Sodium
- 720 mg
- Saturated fat
- 9 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Dakgangjeong (Soy-Garlic Glazed Fried Chicken) takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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