Chicken in Jung-gu, Incheon: Sinpo Dakgangjeong Bonjeom & More - 12 Local Picks

The coating is fried thick and hard enough that the chicken stays crunchy even when drenched in the thin, runny glaze,…

One floor below street level in Myeongdong, the dakhanmari, a whole-chicken hot pot, comes in a clear, mild broth with…

A whole chicken comes to the table glossy from more than an hour over oak firewood. Inside the chamnamu neungi jangjak-…

The dakbokkeumtang, spicy braised chicken with potatoes, arrives in its pot with an instruction: once it boils, simmer…

Small chickens are roasted on an electric rotisserie until much of the fat renders out, leaving even the breast moist.…

A layer of doenjang under the red chili sauce makes the first spoonful taste unfamiliar, then oddly savory. Dakdoritang…

A bright red chicken stew bubbles on a gas burner at each table, crowded with perilla leaves, mushrooms and chewy rice…

Five flavors of fried chicken share one plate in the 5-Flavor Chicken Platter, a dine-in-only item, and the charcoal-gl…

Myeongdong has had this electric rotisserie chicken since 1960, and the birds come out with skin as crisp as fried chic…

Since 1962 this shop at the mouth of Namdaemun Market's hairtail alley has torn boiled old hens by hand for its chicken…

Wide, flat glass noodles, chewier than the usual thin kind, soak up the soy braise in the jjimdak (braised chicken) ser…

A whole chicken simmers in clear broth with potatoes, rice cakes and green onion until the meat pulls apart with chopst…