When I first made Dakjuk I wasn’t expecting it to be one of my favourite dishes.because at that time i feel sick and i need a hot soup so i try different kinds of porridge and search the net and i found dakjuk – it seemed far too simple a recipe. Boy was I wrong! Essentially you boil a chicken in a huge pot of water with onions and a lot of garlic – then you add sushi rice and cook it until the chicken is done. The end result is a thick stew (which Koreans refer to as a porridge even though it has no oats) caused by the rice breaking down bursting with rich chicken and garlic flavor. You tear the chicken up and eat it with the porridge. This is a meal you will make again and again because it really is super easy. I must add one warning though: if you are peeling the garlic by hand (instead of using pre-peeled store bought garlic) wear gloves; garlic oil in large quantities can cause third degree burns – which I found out the hard way!
Dakjuk (hangul: 닭죽)
is a type of Juk (Korean porridge) made with chicken. While Korean food is often spicy, dakjuk is not, so it's easy to digest. Medical patients and children often eat dakjuk in Korea. These days, dakjuk is becoming popular for its high nutritional value so people can try it in many restaurants specializing in juk in Korea. Dakjuk is somewhat different from the chicken soup found in Western countries in recipe, taste and ingredients.
The primary ingredients are rice, chicken, garlic and green onions.
Ingredients
:
A whole chicken (about 3 pounds), 1½ cups of garlic cloves, 1½ cups of rice, 2 eggs, 3 green onions, salt, water.
For 2 kinds of dipping sauce:
Salt and pepper, soy sauce, vinegar, hot pepper flakes, green onion, sesame seeds, sugar.
Directions
Take the chicken out of the pot, transfer to a large plate, and put it on the table to serve.
Make 2 kinds of dipping sauce:
is a type of Juk (Korean porridge) made with chicken. While Korean food is often spicy, dakjuk is not, so it's easy to digest. Medical patients and children often eat dakjuk in Korea. These days, dakjuk is becoming popular for its high nutritional value so people can try it in many restaurants specializing in juk in Korea. Dakjuk is somewhat different from the chicken soup found in Western countries in recipe, taste and ingredients.
The primary ingredients are rice, chicken, garlic and green onions.
Ingredients
:
A whole chicken (about 3 pounds), 1½ cups of garlic cloves, 1½ cups of rice, 2 eggs, 3 green onions, salt, water.
For 2 kinds of dipping sauce:
Salt and pepper, soy sauce, vinegar, hot pepper flakes, green onion, sesame seeds, sugar.
Directions
- Soak 1½ cups of rice in cold water for 1 hour.
*tip: if you like thinner soup style, use 1 cup of rice; if you like thicker porridge style, use 1½ cups rice - Wash and drain the whole chicken.
- Trim the fat from the chicken’s stomach area with scissors; cut off the tip of bum part. : )
- Place the chicken in a large pot and add 12-13 cups of water.
- Add 1½ cups of garlic cloves and bring to a boil over high heat for about 40 minutes.
- Turn down the heat to low-medium and cook 20 more minutes.
- Rinse and drain the rice, and add to the boiling chicken porridge.
- Remove any fat floating on top of the soup with a spoon or ladle.
- Keep boiling with the lid closed for another 30 minutes.
*tip: lower the heat if it boils over - Chop 3 stalks of green onion and beat 2 eggs and set aside.
- Check if the chicken is cooked tender or not by poking the meat with a fork or chopsticks. It’s usually tender after 1½ hour of cooking, but if it’s not tender enough, cook a little longer.
- Add 1 tbs salt to the soup and mix it with your spoon. The amount of salt depends on your taste, so use more or less as you like.
Take the chicken out of the pot, transfer to a large plate, and put it on the table to serve.
Make 2 kinds of dipping sauce:
- Mix 1 tbs salt and ¼ ts black ground pepper in a small bowl
- Mix these ingredients in a bowl (this is my father’s favorite dipping sauce whenever he had this dish):
- 2 tbs soy sauce, 1 tbs vinegar, 1 tbs chopped green onion, 1 ts sugar, 1 ts roasted sesame seeds, and 1 ts hot pepper flakes.
- Add the chopped green onions (from #10).
- Add the beaten eggs. Pour them in and wait for 10 seconds before stirring, to let them cook.
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