Dak Doritang - Korean Style Chicken with Potatoes - (닭도리탕)

Items Needed:

Chicken ~ (I normally just use the wing drumettes, or I cut up a cornish game hen, or use only chicken breast. Whatever part/type of chicken is purely up to you!)

Vegetables - Potatoes, onions, green bell peppers, mushrooms, carrots, peppers, etc. You can pretty much add whatever combination of vegetables you have on hand.

Water & Soy Sauce (I just do a 2.5 to 1 ratio) 2.5 parts water to every 1 part soy sauce.
Minced Garlic - 2-3 tablespoons
Ginger - I don't like to put it INTO the tang, but I'll mince it and squeeze the juices of it.
Black Pepper - 1 teaspoon
Red Pepper - 3 tablespoons...I like it on the spicy side
Sesame oil - 1 teaspoon

I just mix my ingredients in a measuring cup, because it's easier to keep things in perspective. I used 1/4 cup of soy sauce. (Basically you're mixing all the ingredients that are marked in red.)



And then filled about 2.5 times that much with water.



I added 3 tb red pepper powder, 2 tb minced garlic, a dash of pepper, a splash of sesame oil.



And just a little bit of ginger. I was watching Rachel Ray one day and she uses an ingenious way to store her ginger. You just peel them and freeze it. Whenever you need a little bit, just grab it out of the freezer and use a zester to get the desired amount. So easy!



If you want you can add some cooking wine and even sugar. Sometimes I add it, sometimes I don't....it's all dependent on my mood that day.



Take the sauce mixture and marinade the chicken pieces.



While the chicken is marinading, get your vegetables ready. The most important thing is potatoes, and from there you can add whatever you have in your fridge. If you don't have any other veggies, don't worry and just make chicken and potatoes. I happened to have onions, mushrooms, carrots, chiles, and green onions today...



When you're ready to cook, first throw the chicken onto a skillet and flip it over and over on medium heat.



When the chicken looks like it's almost done, add the potatoes and mix it around really well.



While the chicken and potatoes are cooking, ready the rest of your veggies.



Once the potatoes look like they're almost done.......add all your other veggies.



Let it cook for a while on LOW HEAT with the cover on (up to 45 minutes). Low heat is important because otherwise all the juices dry up and you're left dry. When it's done, sprinkle some green onions and mix it around.


 
Serve over white rice and you're done! Munchkin LOVES this and will eat it even with the 3 tb of red pepper powder. You can always just wash it off for the young ones if you have to.