This is a dish that originated in the city of Chuncheon in Gangwon Province. Spicy yet sweet, this delicious dish may become addictive, so much so that you can’t stop eating once you start. Spicy chicken rib is a great fare for cold winter nights, so enjoy this inexpensive and simple dish with your friends.
Ingredients:
1.5 chickens, boned
5 cabbage leaves
1 medium onion
12 sesame leaves (may substitute with spinach)
5 stalks of green onion
1 hot green chili pepper
1/2 hot red chili pepper
1/2 sweet potato (or potato)
Sauce:
1Tbsp hot chili pepper paste
3Tbsp hot chili pepper powder
1Tbsp each of rice cooking wine, sugar, dark corn syrup, soy sauce
2Tbsp chopped onion1Tbsp minced garlic
1/2tsp minced ginger
salt, pepper, sesame seed oil to taste
Direction:
1. Bone the chicken and wash the chicken pieces carefully under cold running water. Put slits on the outside so that sauce can penetrate deep into the meat.
2. Chop cabbage leaves, onion, and sesame leaves into big pieces.
3. Cut green onions into 4cm pieces and diagonally slice chili peppers and sweet potato.
4. Mix all the sauce ingredients and marinate chicken meat.
5. Stir fry chicken meat in an oiled frying pan until outside is done. Pour in the remaining sauce and add vegetables, while stirring constantly. Serve in a large, flat dish.
Tips:
1. If it’s hard to bone the chicken, ask your butcher to do it for you, or buy chicken thighs, which is much easier to bone than other chicken parts. If you are watching your weight, take off the skin and trim off the fat.
2. For a more hearty fare you may add a serving of rice cake, and cooked oriental noodle.
