Discover Korean Food 93: Dr. Sook-Ja Yoon’s “SOOKJIHWANG-DAKDARI-ZIM”
SOOKJIHWANG-DAKDARI-ZIM is a mild chicken drumstick dish with a foxglove sauce. It is good for the skin and diet. Chicken meat keeps a good appetite and the function of the digestive organs. A foxglove is good for stamina and blood circulation.
[Ingredients]
8 chicken drumstick, ½ tsp salt, 1/8 pepper powder, 1 tbsp refined rice wine
50 g foxglove, 1 cup water
* Seasoning sauce: 1½ soy sauce, 1 tbsp refined rice wine, 1 tbsp minced spring onion, ½ minced garlic, ½ tbsp sesame, 1 tsp ginger juice, 1 tsp sesame oil, 1 cup of foxglove water, 2 cups water
[Recipe]
1. Soak the foxglove for 10 minutes. Strain it.
2. Make a cut into each chicken drumstick. Marinade for 20 minutes. Boil them 10 minutes at high temperature and 15 minutes at medium temperature. Add the foxglove and boil them down for 3 minutes.
3. Add the sesame oil.
[Tip]
* Chicken wings can be used instead of the drumsticks.
Dr. Sook-Ja Yoon is the foremost authority in the Korean Culinary Arts. Her institute, the Institute of Traditional Korean Food, located in front of the beautiful Chandeok Palace of Jongno-gu district, is a professional research organisation established and devoted to the research, development, popularisation and globalisation of traditional Korean food. It was founded in 1998 with the headquarters in the Ulchiro area of Seoul but then moved on the 8th of November 2001 to the current location. 
