Ttukdak Hyung's Chicken Fat Kalguksu

Kalguksu noodles are tossed in a spicy sauce made with green onions, peanut butter, and chili powder, cooked in the rendered fat from pan-fried chicken thigh meat.

🙋 Recommended for

  • For those who want to taste chicken fat kalguksu, combining the savory chicken with chewy noodles.
  • For those who want to enjoy a uniquely spicy noodle dish with peanut butter.
  • For those who want to make a special kalguksu flavored with chicken fat at home.

Ingredients needed 🛒4 servings

  • Cooking oil: 100ml
  • Chicken thigh: 500g
  • Salt: 0.5 spoonful
  • Pepper: 0.5 spoonful
  • Green onion: 100g
  • Chili powder: 4 spoonfuls
  • Soy sauce: 4 spoonfuls
  • Minced garlic: 2 spoonfuls
  • Oyster sauce: 2 spoonfuls
  • Sugar: 1 spoonful
  • Peanut butter: 1 spoonful
  • Kalguksu noodles: 400g
  • Vinegar: 1 spoonful
  • Sesame seeds

Recipe 🍳

  1. In a pan, add the following ingredients and fry until crispy: 100ml cooking oil, 500g chicken thigh, salt, pepper.
  2. Once the chicken is cooked, remove it and bring the oil to a boil over high heat.
  3. Make the sauce by adding the following ingredients to 100g of green onion: 100g green onion, 4 spoonfuls chili powder, 4 spoonfuls soy sauce, 2 spoonfuls minced garlic, 2 spoonfuls oyster sauce, 1 spoonful sugar, 1 spoonful peanut butter, 100ml boiling chicken oil.
  4. Top the boiled kalguksu noodles with the following ingredients to complete: 400g kalguksu noodles, oil sauce, chicken thigh, 1 spoonful vinegar, sesame seeds.
  1. Fry chicken thigh meat in a pan until crispy to render fat, and prepare boiled kalguksu noodles.
  2. In the chicken fat, make a spicy and savory sauce with scallions, gochugaru, soy sauce, and peanut butter.
  3. Top the boiled kalguksu noodles with the sauce and fried chicken thigh, then finish with vinegar and sesame seeds.

Cooking tips 💡

  • Cook kal-guksu noodles until slightly underdone, then toss with the chicken oil sauce to prevent them from becoming mushy and to ensure they absorb the flavor well.
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