Sokcho Tourist and Fishery Market Food Street : Sokcho Sweet and Sour Chicken

Sokcho Tourist and Fishery Market Food Street : Sokcho Sweet and Sour Chicken

(Photo Source : Gangwon Province Office Website)

Sweet and sour chicken is a seasoned chicken with a mixture of grain syrup and Cheongyang red pepper that is crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. It is easy to store because it has a few moisture, and it contains crispy texture and flavor

Visitors from long distances buy several boxes and take them as a gift to friends or sit at home and share with their families.

Originally, Sokcho region is abundant with seafood, however, because meat was so precious on holidays and on special occasions, it was hard for all family members to sit down and eat meat. Therefore, in order to share meat with their loved ones, the form of sweet and sour chicken was formed and made.

Customers who taste the sweet and sour chicken makes sure that they buy enough to bring home and share the taste with their family members as well.

On weekends, the waiting line to buy the chicken is so long that it became a new look. 

Now it is possible to taste the Sokcho sweet and sour chicken anywhere in the country by courier, so it became the famous food nationwide.