This is a spicy Korean stir-fried chicken dish. If you have any question about the ingredients, please ask me.
Yield: 2 Servings
Short Korean Lesson: *^^*
- SonTop (손톱) = Fingernail
- BahlTop (발톱) = Toenail
Video Instructions
Main Ingredients
- 2 Green Onions
- ½ Onion
- ⅛ Cabbage
- ½ Sweet Potato
- 10 Rice Cakes
- 6 Sesame Leaves
- ¼ Cup Water
- ½ Tbsp Olive Oil
- ½ Tbsp Sesame Oil
- Some Sesame Seeds
Chicken Ingredients
- 1 Chicken Breast (90 oz)
- ½ Tbsp Cooking Wine
- ¼ tsp Minced Garlic
- 1 Pinch Black Pepper
Sauce Ingredients
- 1½ Tbsp Red Pepper Powder
- 2 Tbsp Red Pepper Paste
- 2 tsp Curry Powder
- 2 tsp Garlic
- 1¼ Tbsp Soy Sauce
- ½ Tbsp Sugar
- ⅛ tsp Black Pepper
- 1 Tbsp Cooking Wine
- ¼ tsp Ginger
Directions
In a bowl, add the chicken, ½ Tbsp of cooking wine, ¼ tsp of minced garlic, and a little black pepper. Set it aside while you are preparing other ingredients.
In a small bowl, combine all of the ingredients for the sauce: 1½ Tbsp red pepper powder, 2 Tbsp red pepper paste, 2 tsp curry powder, 2 tsp minced garlic, 1¼ Tbsp soy sauce, ½ Tbsp of sugar, ⅛ tsp of black pepper, 1 Tbsp of cooking wine, and ¼ tsp of ginger. Mix everything together.
Mix 2 spoons of the sauce into the bowl with the chicken. Leave the rest of the sauce for later. Cut 2 green onions into 1-inch pieces. Slice ½ of an onion into ½-inch pieces. Slice half of a sweet potato and then cut the slices in half. Discard the cabbage stem, and then cut it into 1-inch squares. Fold 6 sesame leaves in half, remove the stems, and then cut them into ½-inch strips.
In a heated pan, add ½ Tbsp of olive oil and ½ Tbsp of sesame oil.
Add the cabbage, sweet potatoes, onion, and the rice cakes. Then, put the chicken on top of the vegetables
Pour ¼ cup of water in it, so that it does not be too dry. Occasionally stir.
When it starts to boil, add all of the leftover sauce into it. Fry until the chicken is almost cooked.
Add the green onions and sesame leaves. Fry until all of the ingredients are cooked.
Lastly, sprinkle some sesame seeds on top.
Enjoy! 
Mmm sounds awesome. Maybe my friends and I can make it next weekend.
My son *loves* dak galbi and every time we go to Korea, he insists on us finding a restaurant in Seoul. I made this today and it was given a two thumbs up by him and my Korean husband. (My daughter ate it, but she prefers less spicy food.
) Thanks, Aeri! 감사합니다!
hi hanaxela,
wow.. that’s great that your son liked this recipe. Thanks
Yes, he loved it so much I had to make it again the next day. Dak galbi two days in a row is too much for me! LOL My son enjoyed it, though and is happy to have an opportunity to eat it at home in the States.
Hi hanaxela,
Thanks.
haha.. It’s great that your son liked this dish that much. Even if it was too much work, I’m sure that you were happy to cook for your son.
Actually, it’s not that difficult to make. It was the spiciness that was too much to handle!
Do you have a gomtang recipe or will you be posting one anytime soon?
Hi hanaxela,
Please wait for it.. thanks 
haha.. I got it ^^
Gomtang.. I will post it someday.. maybe in the fall or winter.. I have to make it first to write down the recipe while I’m cooking.. that way I can give you good recipe.
Hi Aeri,
Thank you so much!! Myself & my husband are a great fan of Dakgalbi ever since we visited Korea. You will be surprised to know we used to eat it almost everyday in a week stay of ours. Will definitely try out your recipe this weekend and get back to you with the result. Iam very sure it will taste yummy!! slurp…
hi Divya,
I know… you must be tried really delicious dakgalbi in Korea.. I hope that my recipe is good enough to satisfy you. thanks
Hi Aeri.. your recipy fas fantastic. I made it twice & both times it was yummy & now my hubby asks me almost every weekend
thank you so much!
hi Divya,
haha.. everyweekend.. I want to see how long it will take until your hubby says..”no more for sometime..~~~” like this.. hehe 
wow.. that’s really good news for me. hehe very happy to hear that. Thanks
Hi Aeri !!
but it was still too spicy for me although I reduced the amount of red pepper powder/paste maybe it’s because i’m not used to eat that spicy yet :p
I finally made dakgalbi yesterday and it was awesome my parents loved it as me hehe
Thanks a lot for this recipe next time i’ll make it for my friends haha:)
Okay ! I’ll follow you and try dakgalbi with rice
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thanks
hi Petitnem,
I hope you like this recipe. Good luck and enjoy !!!
Hi Aeri this is Truc-mai i just added u on facebk
but can I serve it with thick noodles (the same used for jajangmyeon) ? or with rice?
I will try soon to make Dakgalbi it looks so yummy
Thanks ^^
hi Petitnem,
hehe.. happy to see you here too.
hmmm… personal opinion.. I prefer dakgalbi with rice than noodles.. but it’s up to you. thanks
Hi Aeri,
I love Dak Ghalbi and have tried your recipe and love it but it’s impossible to get rice cakes in England. Can you recommend any replacements for them? And you know when you have the rice after the dak ghalbi in restaurants in korea- What would you put in to the rice for after the dak ghalbi?
hi Una,
Nice to meet you. aha.. you can’t get rice cakes… but can you get rice flour anywhere ??? because..I’m planning to post how to make rice cake at home someday for people who cant’ buy it at store. They serve… cooked rice with seasoned dried seaweed pieces.. some vegetables such as chopped lettuce.. sesame leaves.. and kimchi.. they fry all with the left over sauce from dakgalbi.. thanks
Hi Aeri, please never drop your website, the recipes are marvellous. I was desperately looking for one for Dakgalbi, since I have eaten it in Korea so much and really miss it now. I wanna cook it by myself soon !!
Hi Stefan,
hehe..I will not drop my website.. thank you for your kind comment.. it makes me happy..
I made this last night and my friends said it was better than the local dak galbi restaurant we go to here in Jeju. Thank you for making me look like a real chef, they were amazed!!! Sincerely, Justin
Hi justin,
wow..it was that good ? Very happy to hear that.. thanks
what kind of frying pan do you have, like the one in the video?
Hi Pak,
you mean the pan I used for this dakgalbi video ? That’s pan made with stone. We brought it from Korea. Thanks
When I lived in Chuncheon, it was just a “small” provincial capital with very few tourists. When I came back to the states from Korea, most people had never heard of it. Even some Koreans had never heard of Chuncheon’s version of dakkalbi. I was SO happy to see you make this video because people can start to appreciate Chuncheon for something besides Winter Sonata.
Hi, Tammy
As I mentioned before, I’ve never tried chuncheon dakgalbi in chuncheon. (In that point, you will know better the original chuncheon dakgalbi than me..;)) anyway.. I hoped that this is even closer to the original one.. hehe thanks !!!
Aeri, I have made this recipe a few times and it’s lovely. It’s hard to find the sesame leaves here in Canada (I don’t live in Toronto or Vancouver, hehe), but everything else I’ve been lucky to be able to find.
It makes me miss Korea! I went to Chuncheon JUST for dalkgalbi when I lived in Korea. Korean food is the best, and I love to *try* to cook it! I can do that thanks to you and your recipes. You’re awesome!
Hi, Tiffany
I’m happy you like this recipe. Thank you for your sweet message. Don’t worry about sesame leaves.. you can still have delicious dakgalbi. right ?? hehe..
Oh.. you’ve been in Chuncheon. You will know the good flavor of chuncheon dakgalbi then.
감사합니다 고등학교 영어수행평가로 자신이좋아하는 요리 레시피를 영어로써오기였는데요 좋은정보 얻고갑니다 Thanks !
Hi, Korean
화이팅 ~~~
반갑습니다. 웁스..그런데… 수행평가 하면서 영작 실력도 늘리기 위해서 내주신 과제같은데… 고대로 카피하신건 아니시겠죵 ?? 히~ 저도 한국에 있을때 교단에 잠시 선적이 있어서 선생님 입장에서 생각하게 되네요.. 암튼 도움이 조금이라도 되었다니 기쁘구요.. 공부 열심히 하세요. 가끔 놀러오시구요
Hi, Aeri… Look so good.. I’ll print it out and have my wife cook this for me.. thank you so much for posting..
Hi, Nui
joke~~~ Yep. I hope you and your wife will like this. thanks !!
Nice to meet you !!!
haha.. hey~~~ why don’t you cook it for your wife.
Hi Aeri!
I looove dak galbi! I will post photos on my blog soon.
Thanks so much for this recipe, it was a hit the other night with my friends! Only thing I added was a carrot
Hope you are doing well!
PS: I was only visiting Japan and Korea… I live in NY
Hi, chicky*bits
I’m SOOOOOOOOOO happy to hear that your friends liked your dak galbi.. Good job !!! hehe.. When you post it on your blog..please let me know..I want to see your yummy picture. Wow.. you live in NY.. I want to visit NY someday..hehe anyway..thanks..
Thank you for posting this recipe! I’ve been looking for a way to make this since I left Chuncheon 3 years ago!
Hi, jairus
Nice to meet you!! Oh~~~ you’ve lived in chuncheon, Korea ?? So actually you know what the original chuncheon dakgalbi tastes like..hehe I hope you had many good memories in Korea. Thanks !!! try this someday.
Hi Aeri!
I made this last week and it turned out great! I didn’t have curry powder so I just added more soy sauce, some red pepper powder and mirin to the sauce. Is the flavor slightly different with curry powder?
Hi, patty
wow.. thanks..another happy news..hehe
curry powder gives a little spicy flavor and unique curry powder in it. and maybe help to reduce the chicken flavor a little too. since you added.. a little more mirin and peper powder.. you got the function for curry from them instead.. you said it turned out great..so it worked..right ?? Good job !!
I recently subscribed to your YouTube channel and found this site. Is this recipe the same as Chunchon chicken? It looks familiar. I ate it often in Seoul and even found a restaurant that called itself “Chunchon Chicken”.
Hi, John
If you have chance to try it, please let me know if it’s similar with the one you tried in Korea. thank !!
Aha, yes… it’s considered same as chunchon chicken..but I’m not sure what you will think of it.. since you tried it ..chucnchon chicken restuarnt hehe..
+1 for buldak video
Hi ^^ Max..
Thanks for your comment.
I’m planning to make buldak video someday.
be careful what you wish for, I just went grocery shopping this week…
hi..James..
oops @,@ hehe I wonder what you bought… !!!!!
I used ‘hot curry.’ By themselves I don’t think the ingredients are that spicy but when you combine them it’s very hot. I enjoyed it. I still want to try 불닭! If you want to use the picture it’s OK with me.
Hehe,, James..
I just posted your dakgalbi picture. Thanks… I love to post your Korean food pictures here. Give me more ..more..more..GREEDY Aeri.=P
I forgot to put the URL:
http://yakap.org/2008/09/dak-kalbi.html
Oh..boy~~~~ You made me laugh ..haha it was that spicy?? Actually, I thought it’s a little spicy… haha..then you will not want to try 불닭 since it will be even spicier..kkk So did you enjoy eating this spicy food or never want to try again..hehe =P Thanks for comment.
Can I add your picture to my commentary?? 감사합니다^^
어머! ㅋㅋ 점심에 이것 만들었어요. 닭갈비가 너무 매워요! ㅠ.ㅠ <–땀으로 젖은 얼굴
really? what kind of pepper do i add to make 닭갈비 taste like 불닭?
Hi, James
It sounds like you’ve already tried 불닭 before..right ^^ You need hot pepper. and hot pepper powder.. If you want to know about it right now, I will send you a recipe..I have to translate it in English first..hehe Thanks !!! aha.. you know 불닭 is ve~~~~ry spicy..
looks so yummy. i’ve never had this. how about 불닭? i want to try that so bad.
Hi, James !!!
Oh, do you want to try 불닭? Okay, I will add it to my list. I think the taste of 불닭 will be similar with 닭갈비. anyway..hehe Someday, I will make it for you. Thanks for comment !!!!