Drumstick soy sauce jorim is a fancy and savory chicken dish that you can easily make at home. The chicken tastes great because of a good combination of saltiness and sweetness along with a slight garlic and ginger flavor. If you prefer, you can use some other part of the chicken such as the breast or thigh. For the best flavor and texture, the chicken is marinated for some time, but you can skip that if you are in a hurry. Try it someday.
Yield: 2-3 Servings
Short Korean Lesson
- DakDaRi (닭다리) = Drumstick
- DakGaSeumSal (닭가슴살) = Chicken Breast
Video Instructions
Chicken Ingredients
- 7 Drumsticks
- 2 Cups Milk
- ⅛ Generous tsp Salt
- ⅛ Generous tsp Black Pepper
Sauce Ingredients
- ⅓ Cup Soy Sauce
- ½ Cup Water
- 2 Tbsp Cooking Wine (Optional)
- 2 Tbsp Corn Syrup
- 1 Tbsp Sugar
- ½ Tbsp Garlic, Minced
- 1 Dried Hot Pepper
- 1 tsp Vinegar
- 2 Pinches Ginger Powder
Directions
Obtain 7 drumsticks.
Remove the fatty skin from the drumsticks with a knife.
Marinate the chicken in about 2 cups of milk for at least 30 minutes. This helps to get rid of the bad chicken flavor and tenderizes your meat.
After that, drain and rinse the chicken in cold water twice.
Score both sides of the drumstick with strips ½-inch apart. This will help the chicken absorb the flavor better.
Sprinkle ⅛ generous tsp of salt and ⅛ generous tsp black pepper over all sides of the drumsticks evenly. Marinate them for about 10 minutes.
Combine and mix together all the ingredients for the sauce in a small sauce pan: ⅓ cup soy sauce, ½ cup water, 2 Tbsp cooking wine (optional), 2 Tbsp corn syrup, 1 Tbsp sugar, ½ Tbsp minced garlic, 1 dried hot pepper, 1 tsp vinegar, and 2 pinches ginger powder. Once it starts to boil, cook for 1 minute on high.
Strain the sauce and discard the garlic and dried pepper.
After the chicken is done marinating, place is in a wide-bottomed pan. Then, pour the sauce evenly on top of the chicken.
Cook covered. Once the sauce starts to boil, cook for 10 minutes on medium. Make sure that your stove temperature is not too hot, or you will loose or burn the sauce before the chicken has finished cooking.
After that, flip the chicken over and cook covered for another 10 minutes on medium.
After that, flip the drumsticks over again. Cook uncovered for 5 more minutes, or until the sauce is almost gone and the chicken has finished cooking. The sauce will become thick. Occasionally flip over the drumsticks while they are cooking to get them covered with the sauce.
To eat the chicken with less mess, I wrapped the bone with a little aluminum foil. This way, you don’t get the sauce all over your fingers when you eat it. I served the chicken with boiled potatoes, some salad, and different kinds of fruit for a balanced meal. You can serve it with rice, veggies, and any other sides that you want. Enjoy!
Hey Aeri,
Great to see many new recipes here. I will try to cook this chicken dish. However I really enjoy chicken skin there wouldnt be a problem leaving it on will there :p
Thanks Andy.
hi Andy,
Haha..if you love skin that much.. sure you can leave the skin on.. ^^ no problem.. thanks
thanks!. I will make this for dinner. Looks great!
Hi, Ms. Aeri! The cooked chicken looks so delicious I want to try it sometime! 🙂 I’ve got a little problem, though. My computer can’t read the measurement for SOY SAUCE in this recipe. Instead of ‘ cup soy sauce’, a box appears in place of the number. I don’t know why.
Hmmm … that sounds strange … do you mean, you cannot see the number? The number is a fraction: 1/3 cup soy sauce.
Yeah, I can’t. Dunno why. It’s like you want to view something written in korean alphabet, but you’re computer doesn’t have korean font support, so you’ll just see gibberish squares instead. Anyway, thanks a lot for helping! =)
My mom used to make this for me and my sister all the time when we were little. Brings back great memories! Thank you!!!
Hi!! Thank you do much for Sharon these recipes with amazing step by step tutorials 🙂 I purchased you ebook an absolutely love all the recipes. Made this chicken with kimchi fried ride and it was a huge hit!
Hi Rose,
Thanks for purchasing my e-book. 🙂
hey aeri ^^
it’s so tasty i LOve it <3
can i use the same Ingredients with meat also?
hi mai,
I think the sauce matches best with chicken..but you can try other meat too. 🙂
Dear Aeri,
Thanks for your recipe! I made this the other day and it was too salty, but still edible. 🙂 Maybe I’m using too little chicken meat. 😛
I wanna ask though, when you listed vinegar in your recipe, we’ll be using apple vinegar right? ’cause I’m confused and I don’t know which to use; white vinegar, rice vinegar or apple vinegar?
Thanks again~
Have a blessed day ahead. 😀
hi Stephy,
the vinegar you listed.. they all will work good ^^
God bless you too. thanks
Hi Aeri,
I’m so happy I found your website. So many recipes to try… ^_^
I tried making this the other day, but my “sauce” was still very liquid. Is it supposed to be like that? From the picture, it looks like it’s supposed to be thick and sticky… >_< Please help….
hi jenie,
Yes.. while you are cooking the chicken..the sauce will be thick and sticky.. thanks
Hi Aeri,
I made this dish yesterday and it was so delicious 😛 except i used soy milk instead of milk since it wasn’t available at the time.
I wonder when i prepare more than 20 servings, how do i adjust the cooking time? i have a 7L soup pot.
Thank you and God bless you.
hi Vivian,
This recipe doesn’t make lots of sauce..and it is important that you cook the drumsticks covered with sauce… that means.. you cook the drumstick in one layer… and turn each side occasionally.. so if you make for 20 servings.. either you make them in different pans (Separately) or.. divide them..and cook separately several times .. thanks