Andong Jjimdak is a dish made from chicken, originated from Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea and is boiled chicken mixed with sauce, vegetables, and spices. Among the Korean dishes, it is not a spicy dish, but it is a very delicious dish with a salty and light taste.
Andong jjimdak is a type of chicken dish and is commonly called jjimdak because it is shortened. Depending on the region or tradition, ducks or geese are used instead of chickens, and in this case, they become more luxurious food.
There are many theories about the origin of Andong jjimdak. There is a theory that the braised chicken, which was made on a special day in Andong's rich village of Andong during the Joseon Dynasty, originated from the fact that people outside the village started calling it "Andongne Jjimdak," and that in the mid-1980s, regular customers asked for ingredients in the chicken alley of the old market in Andong, it was transformed into the current "Andong Jjjjimdak." The most persuasive theory is that the fusion dish created while merchants in the old market chicken alley in Andong, who felt threatened by the expansion of Western-style fried chicken restaurants, was called "Andong Jjimdak."
Jjimdak with glass noodles like now is probably included in order to increase the amount compared to the price to make it look plentiful. Therefore, it is widely believed that the origin of jjimdak was an improvement of traditional foods that had originally been handed down.
Andong Jjimdak is a dish that is cooked at high temperatures, so it is less greasy and light, and it is a food that can enjoy the taste of chicken and spicy seasoning at the tip of the tongue, and it is a food that anyone can enjoy because it has various ingredients. It is also a nutritious food with a combination of various nutrients such as protein rich in chicken and vitamins contained in various vegetables.
As you can see from the picture, I think it's Korean food that you might have seen if you came to Korea. It's one of the foods that foreigners come to eat.
And what's more special about the picture I'm showing you right now?
I usually eat jjimdak and mix rice with the sauce.
This time, it's not regular rice, but mixed nurungji with steamed chicken and vegetables.
This is really good.
Nurungji is a dish that people cook Korean rice more.
This is what the English dictionary says.
"When rice is allowed to be steam cooked for a time of a pot, caked rice cakes on the inner surface of the pot. Due to its savory taste, it can be even as a snack on it or by making soupy rice by boiling the scorched rice in water, Nurungji or Sungnyung.
And what's more special about the picture I'm showing you right now?
I usually eat jjimdak and mix rice with the sauce.
This time, it's not regular rice, but mixed nurungji with steamed chicken and vegetables.
This is really good.
Nurungji is a dish that people cook Korean rice more.
This is what the English dictionary says.
"When rice is allowed to be steam cooked for a time of a pot, caked rice cakes on the inner surface of the pot. Due to its savory taste, it can be even as a snack on it or by making soupy rice by boiling the scorched rice in water, Nurungji or Sungnyung.
[Naver's Knowledge Encyclopedia] Nurungji [Nurungji] - Scorched Rice (Food of Korea 200, 2016. 01.31, 2016; Boksun Han, Glorybe Ramos, James Robert Nasella, Damyeon)"
Procedure for making is as follows. 1 Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces, blanch it, and drain. 2 Cut potato and carrot into 4~5 pieces and cut the edges round and cut the onions into similar sizes. 3 Boil dried red pepper (or cheongyang red pepper), whole garlic, onions, and ginger to make broth and soak the glass noodles in water in advance. 4 Boil the boiled chicken, broth, and sauce (soy sauce, starch syrup, sugar, pepper, etc.) and then add vegetables such as shiitake, carrot, potato, and pepper, then simmer for another 10 minutes on high heat. 5 When carrots and potatoes are almost cooked, add some flour and stir with spinach, cucumbers, and scallions. 6 Put the soaked glass noodles, close the lid, take a nap, and sprinkle sesame seeds on a plate.