Baeksuk facts for kids
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| Place of origin | Korea |
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| Main ingredients | Meat (including fish and poultry meat) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul |
백숙
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| Hanja |
白熟
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| Revised Romanization | baeksuk |
| McCune–Reischauer | paeksuk |
| IPA | [pɛ̝k̚.s͈uk̚] |
Baeksuk (Hangul: 백숙; Hanja: 白熟) is a special Korean dish. It means cooking meat or fish by boiling or steaming it. The food is cooked completely without adding many seasonings.
Baeksuk is usually made with chicken or pheasant. It cooks for several hours in a lot of water. Most of the time, when people say "Baeksuk," they mean dakbaeksuk. This is a chicken stew. Its recipe is similar to another Korean dish called samgyetang.
After cooking, you add salt and sliced Welsh onions to your bowl. You can add as much as you like. If the chicken is not stuffed with glutinous rice, people usually eat it with plain cooked rice. Baeksuk is often seen as a simpler and cheaper version of samgyetang.
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What is Baeksuk?
Baeksuk is a simple yet delicious Korean dish. It focuses on the natural taste of the meat. The word Baeksuk means "white cook" in Korean. This refers to the plain way it is prepared.
How Baeksuk is Made
To make Baeksuk, a whole chicken is boiled in water. It cooks for many hours until it is very tender. The main ingredients are usually just chicken, water, and garlic. Sometimes, the chicken is stuffed with glutinous rice before cooking. This makes the dish even more filling.
Baeksuk vs. Samgyetang
Baeksuk is often compared to samgyetang. Both are chicken stews. However, samgyetang uses more ingredients. It includes ginseng, different herbs, chestnuts, and jujubes. Dakbaeksuk is much simpler. It focuses on the pure flavor of the chicken. This makes Baeksuk a quicker and less expensive meal.
Dak Hanmari: A Popular Chicken Dish
Dak hanmari (닭한마리) is a very popular dish in South Korea. It developed from Baeksuk. This dish is said to have started in the 1960s. It became popular in the Dongdaemun area of Seoul. The name Dak hanmari means "a whole chicken" in Korean.
When you order Dak hanmari, you get a whole chicken. But you also get many other foods to enjoy with it. You can eat the chicken meat itself. You can also enjoy its rich soup. People often add kalguksu (noodles), potatoes, and garaetteok (cylinder-shaped rice cake) to the pot. You can eat it with a clear broth, just like Baeksuk. Or, you can add a spicy sauce made with gochujang (chili pepper paste).
See also
In Spanish: Baeksuk para niños
