A hearty, spicy pork-spine stew simmered with potatoes, dried napa greens and ground perilla seeds. It is known as a filling shared dish where you pick the meat off the bones.
🇰🇷 Korean: 감자탕🔤 Romanization: gamjatang📍 Nationwide🏷️ soup · pork spine · spicy
Taste & texture
Rich and warming — nutty perilla, a spicy seasoned broth and tender meat falling off the spine bones.
How to eat it
- Hold a bone with the tongs and use chopsticks to pick off the tender meat.
- Spoon up the potatoes and greens with the broth.
- Finish by adding rice or ramen noodles to the leftover broth, as many do.
Where to try it
24-hour gamjatang specialists are common nationwide, and it's usually shared from a 2–3 person pot. A small pot runs about ₩20,000–28,000.
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Frequently asked questions
What is gamjatang?
A spicy Korean stew of pork spine simmered with potatoes, greens and perilla, where diners pick the meat off the bones.
Is potato the main ingredient?
Potatoes are included, but the core ingredient is pork spine, which gives the rich broth its body.