Dandae-dong Chicken Porridge Village단대동 닭죽촌

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Dandae-dong Chicken Porridge Village is a cluster of restaurants in Dandae-dong, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam, that mainly serve chicken porridge. The village originally stood at the entrance to the Namhansanseong resort area on the Seongnam side. When the large Gwangju Daedanji housing complex was built nearby, people who had relocated there began raising chickens and selling chicken porridge. The village at the resort entrance was torn down during a restoration project for Namhansanseong, and Seongnam City moved some of the restaurants to their current location in Dandae-dong. Unlike the plain boiled chicken found elsewhere, the chicken porridge here is simmered with generous amounts of glutinous rice, ginseng, jujubes, and chestnuts, and became popular as a hearty, restorative dish.