We bought some dangmyeon (당면 or sweet potato noodles) recently from @ask.frozenco recently and decided to try making a less heralded Korean dish called Jjimdak.

Jjimdak (찜닭) literally means "steamed chicken" in Korean. The most famous variant is the Andong Jjimdak which is made with chicken and various vegetables marinated in a ganjang (Korean soya bean sauce) based sauce.

It is a popular dish amongst students and office workers because it is relatively cheap in Korea and highly nutritious dish due to the high protein content from the chicken, and various vitamins provided by the vegetables in the dish. Depending on the vegetables and ingredients used, you get a slightly different jjimdak each time round but most jjimdak are sweet and savoury from the natural sweetness of the vegetables and the salt from the ganjang.

Jjimdak is a great dish with dangmyeon which soaks up the braising sauce. If you are still hungry, the leftover sauce is also perfect over rice as well.

Jjimdak is a really simple dish and I highly recommend you check it out at home too!