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title: 'JJIMDAK - Korean Braised Chicken'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=MLXKSgEKu_w'
video_id: 'MLXKSgEKu_w'
date: 2026-06-28
duration_sec: 618
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# JJIMDAK - Korean Braised Chicken

> Source: [JJIMDAK - Korean Braised Chicken](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MLXKSgEKu_w)

## Summary

This video presents a recipe for Jjimdak, a Korean braised chicken dish with vegetables and glass noodles. The host demonstrates the step-by-step process, including preparing the ingredients, making a savory sauce, and cooking everything together. The final dish is described as flavorful, colorful, and perfect for family meals.

### Key Points

- **Soaking Noodles** [0:31] — Soak glass noodles in cold water for about 40 minutes while preparing other ingredients.
- **Preparing Chicken** [1:31] — Cut 2 pounds of chicken thighs into 2-inch pieces, season with salt and pepper.
- **Making the Sauce** [2:30] — Mix 12 garlic cloves, 2 teaspoons ginger, 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 2 tablespoons oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon rice syrup (optional), and 1 tablespoon black bean paste (chunjang) for color.
- **Cooking Chicken** [6:04] — Fry dried red peppers in oil, then remove. Cook chicken for 3 minutes per side until light brown.
- **Adding Vegetables and Simmering** [7:16] — Add potatoes and onion, then sauce and 2 cups water. Cover and cook for 10 minutes.
- **Adding Noodles and Remaining Vegetables** [8:12] — Add soaked noodles, mushrooms, carrots, green chili peppers, and fried red peppers. Cook for 5 minutes.
- **Final Touches** [8:49] — Finish with red pepper, cucumber, sesame oil, green onions, and sesame seeds.

## Transcript

[Music] Hi everybody. Today's recipe is jjimdak 
or dakjjim, braced chicken with vegetables. It's  
very delicious, flavorful, and colorful. Also 
generous, so it's perfect for enjoying with  
your family. These are glass noodles or starch 
noodles. I'm going to soak these in cold water.
The soaking time needs around 40 minutes. 
So meanwhile we are going to prepare all  
these ingredients. So it will be 
a perfect time that we can start  
cooking. I use shredded green onions. 
This is daepa, a large green onion,  
but you guys also can use just regular 
green onions. Make a thin strips.
[Music]
I'm going to use this as a garnish later. 
I used only half of a large green onion.  
This is also washed and soaked in 
cold water to remove some spiciness.
This is my chicken. 2 pounds of chicken thigh. I  
washed and pat dried with my paper towels. 
Cut into around 2 inch pieces like this.
Add a little bit salt
[Music]
and ground black pepper.
Just mix.
Noodles and green onion are soaking and chicken is 
now just cut into bite-sized pieces. Ready? Next,  
let's make a sauce. 12 garlic cloves 
and also some ginger around 2 teaspoons.
Just mix
and add 2 tablespoon soy sauce.
This is oyster sauce. add 2 tablespoons. [Music]  
Rice syrup gives a little shininess and sweetness  
but if you don't like to use 
any sweetener, just skip it
and this is the kind of a secret! When you 
go to andong jjimdak place, its color is  
very dark. They use a caramel sauce. It's kind 
of their special color. So I I like to use the  
jjajang (black bean paste). You remember when 
you make Korean jjajangmyeon, we use this black  
bean paste? In Korean chunjang, just use only 
1 tablespoon. This is 1 tablespoon. Mix well.
Because of the rice syrup, the density is a little 
sticky like this. Okay, These are the vegetables  
I'm using. Potatoes, I peeled and 
soaked in cold water not to brown them.
And add onion.
Medium size 1 onion.
Mushrooms.
White mushroom. Two small 
carrots. Cut like this thick.
Green chili peppers.
This red pepper is optional.
and cucumber.
We are going to use all of these. Oh these 
are dried small red peppers. Now all you  
can do is to cook! Once we start cooking, 
we'll get very busy, make us very busy!  
Be ready. Let's cook chicken, over medium 
high heat. Cooking oil. add generous amount.  
I'm using canola oil, but you guys can 
use any type of cooking oil. Add dried  
red pepper. They are turning a little 
brown color. It's time to take these out.
This oil is very flavorful. Now it's time to 
cook the chicken. It's going to be so loud.
Stir  
a few times so that the chicken 
is not stick to the bottom. Let's  
cook around 3 minutes over medium 
high heat. Then turn them over.
Cook another 3 minutes. Now chicken looks a little 
light brown. Nice! Add only potato and onion.  
These vegetables are very quickly cooked, so we 
are going to cook these a little later. And sauce!
Add 2 cups of water.
and then cover. Cook for 10 minutes over 
medium high heat. Next, soaked noodles.
Look at this! It's such a nice broth! This potato 
is well cooked. And then add mushroom, carrot,  
green chili pepper. These are just the last minute 
I'm going to add. Add noodles, fried the red chili  
peppers. I will turn down the heat a little bit. 
I'm going to stir for 5 minutes like this so  
that the noodles, the carrot, all this colorful 
vegetables and mushrooms will be nicely cooked.
[Music]
Add red pepper and cucumber.
and sesame oil.
Just turn off.
Cucumber needs just a few seconds to 
cook, beautiful green color. Green onion,
sesame seeds. Okay.
Mix with green onions.
Let me taste!
chicken.
The chicken is very tender and flavorful. And 
I love the noodles. They're very chewy. Nice  
crispy cucumber and carrot, too. All 
these combination is so good! Smells  
good. My house is full of good smell! 
Today I showed you how to make jjimdak,  
andong style version. Enjoy my 
recipe. See you next time. Bye!
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