Dak-ttongjip (), literally "chicken gizzard", is a Korean cuisine dish made by stir-frying chicken gizzard with spices.
Etymology and translations
Dak-ttongjip (닭똥집) is a vernacular term for "chicken gizzard", with its components
dak (닭) meaning "chicken", and
ttongjip (똥집) normally meaning "big intestine" or "stomach".
However, as
ttong and
jip can be (mistakenly)
parsing as "waste" and "house" respectively, mistranslations such as "chicken poo house" or "chicken asshole house" are not uncommon.
History
In 1972,
dak-ttongjip was a giveaway side dish for
visiting Sama Tongdak, a fried chicken restaurant at Pyeonghwa Market in
Daegu.
Due to its positive reception, it became a regular menu item. Soon, it became the most popular food at Pyeonghwa Market, where there is a "
dak-ttongjip alley" today.
is now considered the local specialty of Daegu.
