Yesterday was the 2013 Brooklyn Zine Fest! There was so much great press coverage this year, the space was packed, and the line by the entrance went around the block during the peak hours. Thanks to our friends, Emily, Debra, and Michelle, we were able to coordinate brief breaks and eat some food out in the sunshine.
I had so much fun tabling with Jannese and meeting zine readers and makers. There were over 80 writers, artists, and publishers exhibiting this year. I was happy to meet a friendly food zine writer of the Runcible Spoon and connected with quite a few Korean food lovers who took home my new recipe zine.
A mini poster zine I made for the Zine Fest.
As a show of thanks to you, I am sharing one of my favorite dishes that didn’t make it on the recipe zine this time: spicy Korean chicken stew. I love comforting one-pot meals, like a chicken casserole with a side of buttery mashed potatoes or a hearty soup served with some crusty bread. There are days I want cooking to be easy, with less dishes to wash.
Spicy Korean chicken stew is a traditional Korean dish with many regional variations, even non-spicy versions. Mine is mildly spicy. The trick is to boil the chicken first, which makes the chicken fall-off-the-bones tender. The fat is skimmed off while the chicken stock is saved for later. I like to add in cubed sweet potatoes or tomatoes in my stew, which adds in some natural sweetness. You can also even throw in some rice cake sticks, but remember to soak them in hot water first if they have been refrigerated!
Korean spicy chicken stew
(Dak-bokkeum Tang / Dak-dori Tang)
Serves 3-4
Ingredients:
5 cups water
3 cloves of garlic
4 pieces of bone-in chicken (legs and thighs)
1 cup onion, chopped
1 cups carrots, chopped
1 tablespoon scallions, chopped
1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds
**Optional: sweet potatoes, bell peppers, tomatoes, rice cake sticks, etc.
Sauce:
3 tablespoons soysauce
3 tablespoons gochujang
1 tablespoon gochugaru
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon minced garlic
Directions:
1. In a wide pot, bring water to a boil. Add garlic cloves.
2. Rinse the chicken pieces in cold running water, drain, and put them in the boiling water.
3. Boil the chicken for about 30 minutes. Spoon off any grease or foam that rises to the top.
4. In a small bowl, make the sauce. Taste and adjust.
4. Once the chicken is cooked, take the pot off the heat. Save about 2 cups of broth and drain the chicken.
5. In the same pot, lightly sauté onion and carrots for 5 minutes.
6. Put the chicken back in with 1 cup of the saved broth and the sauce.
7. Stir as the sauce thickens and add the rest of the broth in accordingly. Put the lid on the pot and simmer on low-heat for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
8. Sprinkle some scallions and sesame seeds on top and serve with a bowl of rice!
14 Comments
Sara
April 22, 2013 at 5:47 pmlooks like you all had lots of fun 🙂
Winnie
April 23, 2013 at 5:05 pmThis looks awesome and thank you for sharing your recipe – it looks and sounds soooo delicious!
coco
April 24, 2013 at 1:16 amthe soup looks delicious and your colorful photo
makes my part of world cheerful..
thanks sewon for sunshine.
coco
April 24, 2013 at 1:18 amsewon, your soup looks great and
love the colorfulness of this post.
kelly zarb
April 24, 2013 at 3:07 amIm so glad you and Jannese had fun at the zine fair it looks awesome!! I wish I was there with you guys!!
Sewon
May 9, 2013 at 12:06 amI wish you had been there, too! Someday~
Jenna
April 27, 2013 at 10:20 pmYour store looks amazing! Wish I was in NY to see you both! Ah!! so many cool zines. They are all on my wish list – love your outgoing mail too! xo
Sewon
April 29, 2013 at 11:24 amThank you, Jenna! I had so much fun tabling with Jannese. 🙂
Karen
April 28, 2013 at 12:06 pmHi Sewon,
I got the korean cookbook zine in the mail. It’s so awesome. The recipes seem easy enough for even me to make unlike these other korean cookbooks I have. Can’t wait to make all of them!
cheers,
Karen
Sewon
April 29, 2013 at 11:21 amI’m so glad the zine arrived safely, Karen! Thank you for letting me know. 🙂
Crystal
April 29, 2013 at 11:54 pmThat recipe looks great! I’ll have to try it out sometime. 🙂
estelle
May 8, 2013 at 8:45 amHello Sewon,
Nice to see U on WordPress and in NY. I will soon joined WordPress my self with a professionnal page ( I just left my job in a press agency to do only photography and documentary ) in september, I hope.
ejorpin
May 9, 2013 at 2:40 amYour stand looks SO cute! Love it! And this fest sounds like heaven, I’m a wee bit zine obsessed at the moment…
ps. I tried to reply to your comment on my blog via email but you’re email address says ‘no reply’ so I thought I’d pop over here and say HI! Maybe I will see you in Seoul? 🙂
Ceri
May 13, 2013 at 1:44 pmI’m so glad the Zine Fest went well for you. 😀 Would have loved to pick up copies of yours. They sound fab. Anything with photography always perks my interest. And I’ve genuinely never had Korean food before so would have loved to grab a few recipes to experiment with. 😀