Cook it at home · 찜·볶음·수육
안동찜닭Andong-jjimdak
Soy-braised chicken with glass noodles, potatoes and dried chillies, born in Andong's old market.

Ingredients
Serves3
- 1 kgchicken pieces on the bone 닭
- 100 gsweet potato glass noodles, soaked 30 minutes 당면
- 6 tbspsoy sauce 간장
- 3 tbspdark brown sugar or rice syrup 흑설탕·물엿
- 1 tbspoyster sauce (optional) 굴소스
- 2 tbspminced garlic and 1 tsp ginger 마늘·생강
- 2dried red chillies 건고추
- 2potatoes and 1 carrot, in chunks 감자·당근
- 1onion, 1 cucumber and 2 spring onions 양파·오이·대파
- 500 mlwater 물
Method
- Blanch the chicken 3 minutes and drain.
- Put the chicken, soy sauce, sugar, oyster sauce, garlic, ginger, chillies and water in a wide pot. Bring to the boil and cook 15 minutes.
- Add the potatoes and carrot and cook 12 minutes.
- Add the drained noodles and onion and cook 5 minutes, stirring, until the noodles turn glossy and dark.
- Add the cucumber and spring onion in the last minute. Serve in the pot.
Cook's note
The cucumber sounds odd but its crunch is the Andong signature.