Alternative names | Spicy stir-fried chicken |
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Type | Bokkeum |
Place of origin | South Korea |
Associated cuisine | South Korean cuisine |
Serving temperature | Warm |
Main ingredients | Chicken |
Food energy (per 4 serving) | 788 kcal (3299 kJ) |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 닭갈비 |
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Revised Romanization | dak-galbi |
McCune–Reischauer | tak-kalbi |
IPA | [tak̚.k͈al.bi] |
Dak-galbi (Korean: 닭갈비), or spicy stir-fried chicken, is a popular South Korean dish made by stir-frying marinated diced chicken in a gochujang-based sauce with sweet potatoes, cabbage, perilla leaves, scallions, tteok (rice cake), and other ingredients. In Korean, galbi means rib, and usually refers to braised or grilled short ribs. Dak-galbi is not made with chicken ribs, however, and the dish gained this nickname during the post-War era when chicken was used as a substitute for pork ribs. Many dak-galbi restaurants have round hot plates that are built into the tables. Lettuce and perilla leaves are served as ssam (wrap) vegetables.
History and etymology
Although dak and galbi translate into "chicken" and "rib" respectively, the term dak-galbi does not refer to chicken ribs.
This dish was developed in the 1960s as grilled chicken-pieces, an inexpensive anju accompaniment to alcoholic drinks in small taverns on the outskirts of Chuncheon. It replaced the comparatively expensive gui dishes which were grilled over charcoal. Dak-galbi spread to Chuncheon's main districts, where the livestock industry was thriving and offered fresh ingredients with no need for refrigeration. As a relatively cheap dish served in large portions, it gained popularity with soldiers and students on a budget and earned the nickname "commoners' galbi" or "university student's galbi" in the 1970s.
The dish is a local specialty of Chuncheon and is often referred to as Chuncheon-dak-galbi. An annual festival dedicated to dak-galbi is held in Chuncheon, where there is also a dak-galbi alley with a large number of dak-galbi restaurants.
In Seoul
There is a dak-galbi street (닭갈비 거리) in Myeong-dong, Seoul, and there are dozens of restaurants there.
Gallery
See also
References
- "dak-galbi" 닭갈비. Korean Food Foundation (in Korean). Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- National Institute of Korean Language (30 July 2014). "주요 한식명(200개) 로마자 표기 및 번역(영, 중, 일) 표준안" (PDF) (in Korean). Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- 주요 한식명 로마자 표기 및 표준 번역 확정안 공지. National Institute of Korean Language (Press release) (in Korean). 2014-05-02.
- Espsäter, Anna Maria (24 August 2013). "Go with the flow on a South Korean cycle". The Independent. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ "Chuncheon dakgalbi" 춘천닭갈비 [Spicy Grilled Chicken]. Doopedia (in Korean). Doosan Corporation. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- Kim, Violet (14 August 2015). "Food map: Eat your way around South Korea". CNN. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- "Chuncheon Dakgalbi & Makguksu Festival" 춘천 닭갈비막국수축제. Korea Tourism Organization. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- "The story behind dak-galbi, South Korea's most fascinating dish". CNN. February 13, 2018.
External links
- "Chuncheon Makkuksu & Dakgalbi Festival" 춘천 막국수 닭갈비 축제 (in Korean). (Official website)