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.
Chicken thighGreen onionChili powderSoy sauceGarlicOyster saucePeanut butterKalguksu noodlesVinegar
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 🍳
- In a pan, add the following ingredients and fry until crispy: 100ml cooking oil, 500g chicken thigh, salt, pepper.
- Once the chicken is cooked, remove it and bring the oil to a boil over high heat.
- 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.
- Top the boiled kalguksu noodles with the following ingredients to complete: 400g kalguksu noodles, oil sauce, chicken thigh, 1 spoonful vinegar, sesame seeds.
- Fry chicken thigh meat in a pan until crispy to render fat, and prepare boiled kalguksu noodles.
- In the chicken fat, make a spicy and savory sauce with scallions, gochugaru, soy sauce, and peanut butter.
- 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.





