Buldak
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Buldak is a Korean dish made from heavily spiced chicken
. The term "bul" translates into "fire" in Korean and "dak" means "chicken." A decade ago, buldak became famous for its extreme spiciness. Even some Koreans cannot eat buldak for this reason.
restaurants around Seoul. This has led to the development of other dishes inspired from Buldak. In recent years, however, its popularity has declined somewhat.
Chicken
The chicken is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the Red Junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, and with a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird...
. The term "bul" translates into "fire" in Korean and "dak" means "chicken." A decade ago, buldak became famous for its extreme spiciness. Even some Koreans cannot eat buldak for this reason.
Trends
There used to be only one chain of restaurants that served buldak. This was launched in the year 2000, but now there are many business franchises that serve only or mainly buldak. It is often served in the many American style fried chickenFried chicken
Fried chicken is a dish consisting of chicken pieces usually from broiler chickens which have been floured or battered and then pan fried, deep fried, or pressure fried. The breading adds a crisp coating or crust to the exterior...
restaurants around Seoul. This has led to the development of other dishes inspired from Buldak. In recent years, however, its popularity has declined somewhat.
External links
- http://www.trifood.com/buldak.html
- http://www.buldak.com