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Dak galbi

Spicy stir-fry chicken
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Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

Chicken Marinade
  • 1.5 lbs chicken thighs cut into 1 inch chunks
  • 2 tbsp milk or nondairy substitute
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce or tamari
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
Sauce
  • 1/3 c gochugaru (red pepper flakes)
  • 2 tbsp minced garlic
  • 1 tbsp minced ginger
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce or tamari
  • 2 tbsp rice syrup or equivalent sugar alternative
  • 1/2 c water
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
Veggies and rice cakes
  • 2 c napa, green, or red cabbage cut into 1-2" pieces
  • 3 carrots peeled, sliced diagonally into 1/2" chunks
  • 2 purple sweet potatoes peeled, sliced diagonally into 1/2" chunks
  • 2 Korean peppers or jalepenos sliced into 1/2" chunks
  • 1 yellow or white onion sliced into 1/2" chunks
  • 2 king oyster mushrooms or 8 button mushrooms sliced into 1/2" chunks
  • 20 perilla leaves, or Thai basil leaves
  • 8 oz sliced rice cakes soaked for at least 10 minutes
Deglazing
  • 1 c white, brown, or purple rice
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 c kimchi (optional)

Equipment

  • NuWave induction burner

Method
 

  1. Combine the chicken and marinade ingredients, refrigerate.
  2. Make the sauce by combining the garlic, ginger, soy sauce/tamari, water, gochugaru, rice syrup or sugar, and black pepper in a bowl. Mix well.
  3. In a cast iron skillet, begin assembling the dish. Start by spreading the cabbage, then onion, then mushrooms, then peppers, then carrots, then sweet potato, then rice cakes.
    Layering dak galbi
  4. Completely cover the surface of the veggies with perilla leaves.
    perilla leaves
  5. Add the chicken to the center, and pour the sauce on top. Add ½ c water.
  6. Place the skillet on the tabletop burner or stove, cover, and cook on medium high heat until the dish starts boiling, about 5 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium, and stir with a wooden spoon.
  7. Cover and continue to cook, stirring frequently, about 15 minutes, until the chicken and sweet potatoes are cooked through.
    stirring dak galbi
  8. Reduce the heat to low, continue to stir, and enjoy straight from the skillet.
  9. Once most of the dish is gone, turn the heat back to medium, and deglaze the pan with the rice, egg, and kimchi. Mix well to get the rice crunchy and flavorful. Enjoy the last treat!