Korean
Jjimdak (Braised Soy Chicken and Glass Noodles)
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Jjimdak (Braised Soy Chicken and Glass Noodles) is Korean home cooking, eaten at lunch and 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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Soak the glass noodles in warm water for 20 minutes to soften, then drain.
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Cut the potatoes, carrot, and onion into large chunks.
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Combine the chicken, soy sauce, sugar, minced garlic, ginger, gochugaru, and water in a wide pot and bring to a boil, skimming foam.
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Cover and simmer 20 minutes, then add the potatoes and carrot and simmer 15 minutes more until tender.
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Add the onion and softened noodles and simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes until the noodles turn glossy and the sauce clings.
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Scatter with scallions and serve the pot family-style for the table to share.
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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 Jjimdak (Braised Soy Chicken and Glass Noodles), 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. Jjimdak (Braised Soy Chicken and Glass Noodles) carries gluten and soy. It is free of the remaining 8 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 | No | |
| 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
- 460 kcal
- Protein
- 29 g
- Carbs
- 45 g
- Fat
- 18 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 5 g
- Sodium
- 1540 mg
- Saturated fat
- 5 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Jjimdak (Braised Soy Chicken and Glass Noodles) takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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