Last night I had the pleasure of cooking some Tak Toritang or as I grew up calling it "Korean Chicken."
Essentially it is almost like a stew, super easy to make, just serve with some rice and you have a nice hearty meal!
Here's the ingredient list that I used:
2 packages of fresh Chicken Drummettes (roughly 3 pounds)
4 potatoes cut up
4 carrots cut up
1 large onion
4 cloves of garlic crushed- I cheated and used already minced garlic which was about 4 tsp. of it
1/2 c. soy sauce
1/4 c. water
2. Tbsp. of Sugar
4 Tbsp. of Red Pepper Paste
Here is a picture of everything all chopped minus the water.
Next up: Cooking directions.
This is super easy. Seriously. You mix everything together in your pot over a medium high heat! I did my sugar, water, soy sauce first, then added the chicken, potatoes, carrots and onions, then threw the garlic and red pepper paste in last. Mix it all up well!
Bring your pot to a boil and stir every now and then and reduce the heat and cover for about 45 minutes . I'm impatient and had to get it cooked faster so I didn't really reduce the heat that much and had it cooked in about 35 minutes.
Your end result should look like this:
We served ours with rice and used some of the sauce on the white rice and boy does it take me back!! Wilson even enjoyed eating it!
It has such good flavor thanks to the garlic and soy sauce and not too spicy at all if you stick with the 4 tbsp. of red pepper paste. I actually would've liked it a little more spicy so next time I'll try adding another tablespoon and see if that kicks it up a notch.
Eating this last night definitely took me back to my childhood! The only thing missing was some Ban Chan, which typically for my mom meant Kimchi, Gkakdugi, and Kongnamul.
But even with out the Ban Chan, I still was super happy with it. It was delicious and so easy to make, I can't wait to make more!
