How to pronounce Dak-galbi

Dak-galbi is written 닭갈비 where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /tak̚.k͈al.bi/. In plain English letters that is DAHK-gahl-bee, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Dak-galbi?

Dak-galbi is a main dish of South Korea. Where it comes from: Gangwon. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are chicken, vegetables and rice. It tastes spicy, sweet and savory.

Where Dak-galbi comes from

Dak-galbi is one of 45 signature dishes of South Korea on this map. See all dishes from Gangwon.

• Mak-guksu 막국수 · Noodles & pasta · Gangwon

  Mak-guksu is buckwheat noodles served in chilled broth or the juice of kimchi, topped with sliced kimchi and cucumber, sesame and chilli, with sugar, mustard, sesame oil or vinegar to add.

• Gamja-ongsimi 감자옹심이 · Soup & stew · Gangwon

  Gamja-ongsimi is potato dough soup from Gangwon Province: grated potato mixed with potato starch is rolled into small chewy balls and boiled in broth.

• Kimchi 김치 · Snack · Korean peninsula

  Koreans have salted vegetables for winter for well over a thousand years, but the red kimchi most people picture is younger: chilli peppers only reached Korea from the Americas around the 16th or 17th century.

• Bibimbap 비빔밥 · Rice dish · Jeonju

  Bibimbap simply means "mixed rice": a bowl of warm rice topped with seasoned vegetables, often beef and an egg, all stirred together with chilli paste just before eating.

• Tteokbokki 떡볶이 · Street food · Seoul

  Tteokbokki started as a court dish: cylinders of rice cake stir-fried with beef and vegetables in soy sauce, recorded in royal kitchens of the Joseon dynasty.

• Seolleongtang 설렁탕 · Soup & stew · Seoul

  Seolleongtang is ox bone soup: leg bones, brisket and other cuts of beef simmered over a low flame for many hours, sometimes a whole day, until the broth turns milky white and cloudy.

Food of South Korea

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