My First Korean Experiment: Chuncheon Dak Galbi

And now I've hopped across the Sea of Japan to the Korean Peninsula. The dish for today was Chuncheon Dak Galbi. I guess it can be described as a type of spicy chicken and vegetable stir-fry.

I decided on this recipe while browsing for Korean recipes which could be made with ingredients I had in the house. I stumbled upon this site and poked around until I found an interesting picture. And, it was the Chuncheon Dak Galbi recipe which caught my eye. 

The only changes I made to the recipe were to substitute lettuce instead of cabbage (because I didn't have any cabbage) and to reduce the amount of red pepper powder by 3/4. It was still quite spicy though I would have reduced it less if I hadn't had my little sister, who doesn't favor spicy foods, to consider. 

Even as spicy as it was, she cleaned her bowl and I think she'll do the same tomorrow when we have the leftovers.

I did have to make one other modification. I don't have any of the basic Korean sauces in the house so I had to make my own gochujang following this recipe I found online. It seemed to work fine, but I think I'll try to plan my next Korean meal in advance so that I have time to buy the sauce instead of having to make it.

I think the meal was a success, don't you? This recipe definitely will go into my to-make-again folder.