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Dakjuk

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South Korea

Dakjuk

닭죽

Korean chicken porridge dish

RiceCourse
235kcal · per serving
Not spicySpice
No porkGluten-free
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About this dish

Juk is a Korean porridge dish that is made by boiling rice or other grains or legumes, such as beans, sesame, nuts, and pumpkin. Juk is often eaten warm, especially as a morning meal, but can also be eaten at any time of the day. Depending on the ingredients and consistency, juk can be considered as food for recuperation, a delicacy, or famine food. It is known to have nutritional benefits, and is considered to be beneficial to digestion because of its soft texture. It is a staple "get well" dish; a dish to eat when one is sick or recovering from bad health. Juk is also considered an ideal food for babies, the ill or elderly, as it is easily eaten and digested. It is also sold commercially by many chain stores in South Korea, and is a common takeout dish.

Description: Wikipedia — Dakjuk, CC BY-SA 4.0

Recipe

Chicken Porridge Made with Leftover Rice

Not spicyNo porkGluten-free

Ingredients Tap an ingredient to check it off

Servings1
  • leftover cold rice찬밥
    60 g
  • chicken thigh meat닭다리살
    80 g
  • potato감자
    30 g
  • whole garlic cloves통마늘
    15 g
  • onion양파
    10 g
  • carrot당근
    8 g
  • garlic chives (buchu)부추
    5 g
  • water물
    700 g
  • salt소금
    0.75 g
  • ground black pepper후춧가루
    0.3 g

Nutrition per serving

235kcal
29.8gCarbs
20.2gProtein
3.3gFat
327.6mgSodium

Steps

Translated from the Korean original. Amounts are as in the original recipe.

  1. Remove the fat from the chicken thighs, pour 3 and a half cups of water into a pot, and boil them with the whole garlic cloves to make a broth.
  2. Strain the boiled garlic through a sieve, mash it, and return it to the broth.
  3. Add the cold rice to 2 and a half cups of the chicken broth and boil until the rice grains are soft.
  4. Debone the boiled chicken thigh meat, shred it finely, and add it.
  5. Finely mince the potato, onion, carrot, and garlic chives.
  6. Add the ingredients from step 5 to step 4, boil, and season with salt and black pepper.
💡 TipStart the chicken in cold water when boiling so the tasty components of the meat are drawn out well. - Adding astragalus root (hwanggi), jujubes, and fresh ginseng when making the chicken broth makes a good summer health food. - Boiling it with mung beans gives a nutty, mild flavor.

Diet and allergy labels are estimated from the ingredient list. Check labels if you have an allergy.
Recipe source: Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) recipe database. English translation by WorldFoodPedia, not by MFDS.

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