What is yangnyeom?
Yangnyeom · Korean
Korean word for seasoning; on menus it usually means the sticky sweet and spicy gochujang glaze on fried chicken.
What it tastes like
Sticky, sweet, garlicky and spicy, glossy and lacquered over crispy chicken. Messy in the best way.
Where you’ll see it
On Korean fried chicken (yangnyeom chicken) and wings, and sometimes rice cakes, at Korean restaurants.
Related words
- gochujang
- chogochujang
- teriyaki