Chimaek

Vistos en los dramas

My Love from the Star

Aparece en la serie

La protagonista Song-yi come pollo frito y dice que «los días de nieve piden chimaek»: la escena desató la moda del pollo coreano en China.

Fuente: KOREA, rivista del Korea Culture and Information Service (governo coreano), aprile 2020 · verificado el 6 de noviembre de 2026 · Volver a la serie

Korean fried chicken (yangnyeom chicken)

Ingredientes

• 900 gchicken wings (about 16 pieces)
• 1½ cucharaditassalt
• 1 cucharaditagrated ginger + a pinch of pepper
• 120 mlpotato starch or cornstarch
• 960–1200 mloil for frying
• 1 cucharadasoy sauce (sauce)
• 2 cucharadasrice wine or mirin (sauce)
• 1–1½ cucharadasgochujang (sauce)
• 1–2 cucharadashot sauce (or 2 tbsp ketchup + 1 tsp vinegar)
• 2 + 2 cucharadassugar and honey (sauce)
• 1 cucharadaminced garlic (sauce)
• 4 cucharadaswater (sauce)

Preparación paso a paso

1. Pat the wings dry, season with salt, pepper and ginger and refrigerate 2 to 24 hours.
2. Simmer the sauce ingredients 4–5 minutes until slightly thickened.
3. Coat each piece in the starch.
4. Fry at 320 °F in two batches for about 6 minutes until lightly golden. Drain.
5. Heat the oil to 350 °F and fry everything again for about 5 minutes until deep golden.
6. Toss the chicken in the sauce and garnish with sesame and scallion if you like.

Variantes y sustituciones

• Soy garlic sauce, not spicy: 2 tbsp soy sauce, 2 rice wine, 2 sugar, 2 honey, 1 garlic, 1 tsp vinegar, 4 tbsp water.
• In dramas it is eaten with beer: that's «chimaek» (chicken + maekju).

Receta de referencia: Korean Bapsang, «Yangnyeom Chicken». Texto escrito por nosotros siguiendo la receta original; cantidades y tiempos son los de la fuente.