반반치킨 Banban Chicken
Korean fried chicken served half plain and half coated in sweet chili sauce, in one order.
Spice: Mild
Main ingredient
Korean chicken dishes
Chicken dishes: Korean fried chicken, spicy stir-fried chicken and a whole young chicken simmered with ginseng. Fried chicken is ordered by the whole or half bird, often for delivery and with beer. Spicy stir-fried chicken and braised chicken are shared from one pan, and many places ask for at least two servings. Ginseng chicken soup is served one bowl per person, with a whole small chicken stuffed with rice inside. Spice runs from none in ginseng chicken soup and plain fried chicken to clearly spicy in spicy stir-fried chicken.
- 6 dishes
닭갈비 Dakgalbi
Chicken marinated in spicy chili paste, stir-fried with cabbage and rice cakes on a hot pan at the table.
Spice: Medium
후라이드치킨 Fried Chicken
Chicken pieces marinated, coated in batter and deep-fried with no sauce, eaten by hand with salt.
Spice: Not spicy
찜닭 Jjimdak
A shared platter of chicken braised in sweet soy sauce with glass noodles, potatoes and vegetables.
Spice: Mild
삼계탕 Samgyetang
A whole young chicken stuffed with rice and ginseng, in a clear broth.
Spice: Not spicy
양념치킨 Yangnyeom Chicken
Fried chicken tossed in a sweet, sticky sauce of chili paste and soy sauce, often eaten with beer.
Spice: Mild