Introduction To Korean Takkogi

Series Summary

Korean cuisine is part of a rich and unique heritage. Blending traditional ancient recipes with modern nuances, Korean food presents a unique delicacy to World food culture. The main tenants of Korean food are rice noodles, vegetable, meat, and tofu blended with sesame seasoning, soy salt, garlic, and gochujang. Korea is actually the largest consumer of garlic in the world, which makes it a difficult place for vampires to reside. Now with the help of the experts at Expert Village, Korean recipes can be made from your own home, anywhere in the world.

In this free cooking video, you'll find a delicious recipe for Korean Takkogi, which is a simmered chicken dish with vegetables served over rice. Our expert chef will give step-by-step instruction for preparing and slicing the chicken, and chopping vegetables. She will also instruct you on how to cook this Korean dish in a wok and serve it with rice. So get out your wok and take a trip back to traditional Korea with this wonderful Korean Takkogi recipe!

Video Transcript

"We are going to talk about a kind of kogi which is Korean for meat takkogi, tak meaning chicken. So the actual translation is chicken meat but it is kind of a Korean barbecue that is popular in restaurants across the country and usually when people are thinking about Korean cooking they are thinking about rice kimchi or some kind of bulgogi. So we are going to move on and show you the chicken version of the recipe, we are going to make a marinade and we will show you the simplest most delicious way of making it at home. The chicken we are going to use today is boneless chicken thighs which is the size and the darker meat of poultry tends to absorb the marinade better and the way you would see us prepare it you would under stand why most of the fat has already been trimmed. So all we have to do is prepare the chicken. "