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Jjimdak (안동찜닭)

Chicken

Andong-style braised chicken with glass noodles in soy sauce.

Korean name
안동찜닭
Spice level
Medium
Flavor
savory · sweet
Typically contains
chicken, glass noodles
Vegetarian / vegan
Not vegetarian — meat or seafood is core to the dish
Typical price
₩25,000–₩35,000 per dish checked 2026-07 — varies by area
Good to know
Beginner-friendly ●●●●○ Solo dining ●○○○○ Kid-friendly ●●●○○
Also written as
jjim dak, andong jjimdak, chimdak, braised soy chicken

Spice and flavor are editorial assessments of the standard version — individual restaurants and recipes vary. Ingredient notes are typical, not guaranteed: always check with the restaurant for allergies or dietary needs. Eating and cooking notes describe common practice in Korea; our first-hand deep-dives live in the Eat Like a Local guides.

Jjimdak (안동찜닭)

What is Jjimdak?

Jjimdak is Andong's braised-chicken feast: a whole cut bird simmered with potatoes, carrots and wide glass noodles in a glossy soy-sugar sauce spiked with dried chilies. It arrives as one giant platter for the table — sweet first, sneaky-hot later, noodles disappearing first always.

How to eat it

  1. Serve from the communal platter onto rice; the sauce is meant for spooning over.
  2. Fight for the dangmyeon (wide glass noodles) early — they vanish first at every table.
  3. The dried chilies are flavor bombs, not garnish — eat around them unless brave.

Cooking it at home

  1. Blanch chicken pieces, then braise in soy, sugar, garlic and ginger with dried chilies.
  2. Add potato and carrot mid-way, soaked wide glass noodles at the end.
  3. Reduce until glossy; scallion to finish.

Good to know

  • The sweetness masks a real chili burn that arrives late — pace the first ten minutes.

Andong's Old Market jjimdak alley is the origin — dozens of shops, one dish.

Nutrition

Calories91 kcal
Carbohydrate9.3 g
Protein7.61 g
Fat2.59 g
Sodium364 mg

Per serving (~1500g): ≈1365 kcal · sodium ≈5,460 mg (273% of the WHO daily guideline, 2,000 mg)

Per 100g · total serving 1500g · Official data: National Integrated Food Nutritional Information Standard Data (Korea MFDS) (DB item: 닭찜_안동찜닭, synced 2026-07-17). Values vary by recipe and portion.

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