🇰🇷 Korean

Chicken Jeongol

Name: Chicken Jeongol
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 500 g Chicken; to taste Salt; 1, diced Garlic; 3 cloves, minced Ginger; 200 g Mushrooms; 1 tbsp Sesame Oil; 1 litre Stock or Broth; 300 g Napa Cabbage; 1/2 tsp Gochugaru; small handful Perilla Leaves; 2 tbsp Gochujang

🇰🇷 Korean

A clear, restorative korean soup starring chicken — light on the palate, big on aroma. 40 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 10 min Cook 30 min Serves 4 Easy

Ingredients

Chicken500 g
Saltto taste
Garlic1, diced
Ginger3 cloves, minced
Mushrooms200 g
Sesame Oil1 tbsp
Stock or Broth1 litre
Napa Cabbage300 g
Gochugaru1/2 tsp
Perilla Leavessmall handful
Gochujang2 tbsp

Instructions

1
Sweat the garlic in the Sesame Oil until translucent but not browned, about 5 minutes.
2
Add the ginger and gochugaru and cook for 30 seconds more.
3
Pour in the stock, bring to a simmer, and add the chicken.
4
Simmer gently until the chicken is just cooked through and the broth tastes rounded.
5
Ladle into warm bowls and top each with perilla leaves and a grind of black pepper.

Chef's tip

Taste and adjust the salt at the end; sauces concentrate as they reduce.

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