What Korean word in 'yangnyeom chicken' means 'seasoned'?

In “yangnyeom chicken,” yangnyeom is the Korean word meaning “seasoned.”

Yangnyeom chicken is a Korean fried-chicken style coated in a sweet-and-spicy sauce. The sauce commonly includes gochujang, garlic, sugar or syrup, and other seasonings. Thus, the name literally distinguishes seasoned chicken from plain fried chicken, often called huraideu-chikin.

The Korean word chicken, chikin, is borrowed from English. Yangnyeom refers to the seasoning or sauce, so the full name is commonly translated as “seasoned chicken” or “seasoned fried chicken.” It does not mean “chicken” by itself, and it is not the name of a particular pepper.

The modern style is commonly linked to Yun Jonggye, who developed it in Daegu in 1982 after noticing that customers found an especially crisp fried coating uncomfortable to eat. Coating the chicken softened the crust and helped create one of South Korea’s best-known fried-chicken varieties. A popular “banban” order combines half yangnyeom and half plain fried chicken.