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Shares between 2–3 · spice adjustableDak Galbi — Korean Spicy Stir-fried Chicken, with Cheese Option닭갈비 · 한잔
Dak galbi (닭갈비) is chicken marinated in gochujang and stir-fried in a wide pan with cabbage, sweet potato, rice cakes and vegetables, the signature dish of Chuncheon in Korea. At Hanjan, a Korean restaurant in Sukhumvit Plaza (Korea Town), Soi Sukhumvit 12, it is ฿500, or ฿580 with melted mozzarella. One pan shares between 2–3 people and the heat can be turned down on request.
What is dak galbi?닭갈비란
“Dak” (닭) means chicken and “galbi” (갈비) means rib, but dak galbi contains no chicken ribs. The name comes from Chuncheon (춘천) in Gangwon province around the 1960s, when restaurants used chicken instead of pricier pork ribs and stir-fried it in a big flat pan with gochujang sauce. It became the city's signature dish; Chuncheon's Dak Galbi Street is still a tourist stop. Today it is one of the dishes Korean students and office workers share most often, because one pan feeds several people cheaply.
Hanjan serves two versions: dak galbi ฿500 and cheese dak galbi (치즈닭갈비) ฿580, with mozzarella melted at the side of the pan for dipping the chicken, the style popularised by Korean dramas and cafés in recent years.
How it is made — marinate, stir-fry, fried rice to finish조리 방식
Boneless chicken thigh is marinated for several hours in gochujang, gochugaru, soy sauce, garlic, ginger and sugar, then stir-fried in the pan with cabbage, sweet potato, spring onion, perilla leaf (깻잎) and tteok (rice cakes) until the chicken is cooked and the sauce thickens to coat everything. At Hanjan the kitchen cooks it and brings it out hot; you don't cook it yourself.
The Korean custom is to order steamed rice when the chicken is nearly gone and fry it in the sauce left in the pan with seaweed and sesame oil, making “dak galbi fried rice” (닭갈비 볶음밥), which many people say is better than the chicken itself.
Price and portion가격 · 양
| Dish | Price (VAT incl.) | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| Dak galbi 닭갈비 | ฿500 | 2–3 people with rice |
| Cheese dak galbi 치즈닭갈비 | ฿580 | 2–3 people, cheese lovers / photos |
| Steamed rice / fried-rice finish | ask staff | ordered separately |
One pan holds enough chicken, vegetables and rice cakes for 2–3 people once you add rice. For four, one pan plus a size M fried chicken is about right. Prices may change; see the full price list.
Before you order자주 걱정하는 점
- How spicy? — Medium by Korean standards (gochujang). Ask for “less spicy”; the cheese version is milder again. Older kids can eat it if ordered mild.
- Which cut? — Boneless thigh, tender and easy to eat.
- Is the cheese worth it? — Yes if someone at the table avoids spice or there are children; the cheese cuts the heat and people eat more.
- Waiting time — about 15–20 minutes.
- No chicken? — see the pork samgyeopsal or the beef galbi-jjim.
- Takeaway — fine, it reheats well, but the cheese version is best eaten in.
What to order with it곁들임
Dak galbi is bold, so it pairs with cold and mild things: cold noodles (냉면) or a size S Salroman chicken in original style (฿260) for something crisp against the spice. Cold beer or soju (฿290) are the usual drinks. The restaurant's banchan (kimchi, pickled radish, pickles) is refilled free and cleans the palate between bites.
Why eat it at Hanjan왜 한잔인가
Dak galbi suits after-work meetups and dinners with friends around Asok–Sukhumvit because one pan is shared and the price per head stays low. Hanjan is in Korea Town at Sukhumvit Plaza, 3 minutes from BTS Asok (walking guide), open daily 11:00–23:00, cooking Seoul-style Korean food since 2002, and will adjust the spice level to order.
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