How to pronounce Korean fried chicken

Korean fried chicken is written 치킨 where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /tɕʰi.kʰin/. In plain English letters that is CHEE-kin, 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 Korean fried chicken?

Korean fried chicken is a street food of South Korea. People usually eat it late at night and as a snack. Its main ingredients are chicken. It tastes savory, spicy and sweet.

Where Korean fried chicken comes from

Korean fried chicken is one of 45 signature dishes of South Korea on this map.

• Bulgogi 불고기 · Main dish · South Korea

  Bulgogi, "fire meat", is thin slices of meat, usually beef sirloin or rib eye, marinated in soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil and garlic, often with pureed pear, then grilled over a barbecue or on a griddle; at home it is often stir-fried.

• Japchae 잡채 · Noodles & pasta · South Korea

  Japchae is a savoury and slightly sweet dish of glass noodles made from sweet potato starch, stir-fried with vegetables, meat and mushrooms, seasoned with soy sauce and sesame oil and finished with sesame seeds.

• Gimbap 김밥 · Rice dish · South Korea

  Gimbap, "seaweed rice", is rice seasoned with sesame oil and salt, rolled in sheets of dried laver with fillings such as spinach, pickled radish, carrot, egg, burdock, ham and fish cake, then cut into bite-size slices.

• Samgyeopsal 삼겹살 · Main dish · South Korea

  Samgyeopsal, "three-layer meat", is thick slices of pork belly grilled at the table, usually without marinade.

• Samgye-tang 삼계탕 · Soup & stew · South Korea

  Samgye-tang is ginseng chicken soup: a whole young chicken stuffed with glutinous rice, garlic, jujube and ginseng, then simmered until tender.

• 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.

Food of South Korea

Dishes like Korean fried chicken in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Korean fried chicken:

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• Taiwanese fried chicken 鹹酥雞 · Street food · Taiwan

  Taiwanese fried chicken, xiansuji or yansuji, "salty crispy chicken", is bite-sized chicken marinated, coated in a seasoned flour or batter and deep-fried, then tossed with salt and pepper, and with chilli powder and garlic if wanted.

• Momo म:म: · Street food · Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

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• Kathi roll কাঠি রোল · Street food · West Bengal, India

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