Category Archives: Eggs and Poultry

Dak Galbi Quesadilla (Korean Spicy Chicken Quesadilla) with Gochujang Salsa Sauce

Dakgalbi Quesadilla (Korean Spicy Chicken Quesadilla) with Gochujang Salsa Sauce

I love combining ingredients to give me more variety of food choices and be pleasantly surprised at its potential. Are you like me?

It was Cinco de Mayo a few days ago (I actually didn’t know until that day what the celebration was for. I’m very new to Mexican history.) and I saw a massive influx of Mexican food photos on pinterest. I’m not sure whether I was influenced by that or not, but I’ve been wanting to use my favourite Korean food “Dak Galbi” (Korean spicy chicken) with some other ingredients to create a Korean fusion food for a while. So here, I come up with Dak Galbi Quesadilla (Korean spicy chicken quesdilla, 닭갈비 퀘사딜라) with Gochujang salsa sauce.

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How to Make Korean Sauna Style Eggs in 25 Minutes (or in 50 Minutes)

How to make Korean sauna eggs

Have you ever wondered how to make brown eggs that are often seen in a Korean sauna/spa (Jjimjilbang, 찜질방), which are also often featured in many Korean dramas and movies? Then, you are not the only one. A couple of days ago, I was asked that same question by one of my readers.

The photo below is of Park Si Hoo eating Jjimjilbang eggs in the Korean drama “Queen of Reversals (2010)
Queen of Reversal - Park Si Hoo at Korean Sauna

 (Original source: MBC, Photo edited by http://bntnews.hankyung.com/)

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Chicken Noodle Soup (Dak Kalguksu)

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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.

All of us were sweating as we sipped through this hot chicken soup, but we kept reminded each other that it’s good for our body. I am sure this dish will be good for those of you in cold weather to warm you up too.

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