Category Archives: Eggs and Poultry

This recipe is something that I should have posted 5 years ago. During this time, I only made it three times. Quite clearly it’s not one of my favorite dishes. The reason is I don’t normally fancy the chicken meat where I can see the whiteness of it from the surface. Meaning I much prefer eating spiced up dishes like Dak Kalbi (닭갈비) or deep fried chicken like Yangnum chicken (양념통닭). Here my mum would say “You still have a child like taste bud!”

While is it not my favourite dish, Dak kalguksu (닭칼국수)  is one of the stamina foods like Samgyetang. You probably heard from somewhere that us Koreans like overcoming the summer heat with heated food (이열치열 or以熱治熱).

Anyhow because I haven’t cooked this food for a long time I had to revisit my recipe to make sure it is OK to present to you. I have to say, it was a really hot night just after Christmas when I had to make this hot soup, so I was getting cranky a bit, but it was worth it when the hot soup settled into my stomach as it was quite comforting. I call it – chicken soup magic.