Emart24 Chicken and Egg Meal Lunch Box Review [Korean Food]

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Korean convenience stores keep piling more onto their lunch boxes, and lately the high-protein angle has become its own category. Today’s pick leans all the way into it: Emart24’s new Chicken and Egg Meal. Going by the full lineup, only the “high-protein” part really applies, while the low-sugar and low-carb ideas don’t have much to do with it. Still, pairing a “chicken” main with “egg” sides makes for a combo you rarely saw before, one as quirky as the name suggests. So let’s dig right in.

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📋 At a Glance

Product: Chicken and Egg Meal
Store: Emart24
Price: 5,900 won
Calories: 689 kcal
Weight: 424 g
Main components: chicken gangjeong, chicken nuggets, dak-galbi, egg roll, egg salad, stir-fried kimchi, fried egg (7 items)
Sodium: 50% of the daily recommended intake
Verdict: ★3.5 — a quirky high-protein box built entirely from chicken and egg; the individual items are ordinary, but it fills you up as an easy, well-priced meal.

The Chicken and Egg Meal: Price and Highlights

This one belongs to the “high-protein” diet boxes that pop up in convenience stores now and then. Unlike the wholesome health-food image the term usually brings to mind, this box is built purely around the high-protein idea and nothing more. The name is certainly unusual, though the official English name keeps it simple: “Chicken and Egg Meal.” The price comes to 5,900 won.

The total weight is 424 g at 689 kcal, with sodium at 50% of the daily recommended intake. Even so, neither the calories nor the sodium look all that high for the amount of food. Carbs sit at 28% of the daily value, sugars at 8%, fat at 46%, and protein at 47%. Compared with other lunch boxes, the sugar figure is notably low, under 10% of the daily value. As for cooking, they say to leave the lid on and microwave it for one minute 40 seconds to one minute 50 seconds at 1,000 W.

What’s in the Box

Now let’s check the layout. Counting the fried egg, this box has seven items in all, and the entire thing is made up of nothing but chicken and egg. With a lineup like that, the protein content is bound to run high.

High-protein, low-sugar, zero-sugar product feature

First up are the two mains, chicken gangjeong and chicken nuggets. There are three pieces of gangjeong, shaped a bit like Chicken Pop, plus three nuggets, with a little honey mustard laid underneath. Honestly, back when choking down chicken breast for protein got to be too much, I used to cheat with nuggets, so this brought the old memories flooding back.

The second main is dak-galbi (spicy stir-fried chicken). The chicken is said to be from Brazil, and judging by the piece sizes, it looks like a sensible mix of breast and other cuts. It seems to use a soy-sauce base with gochujang seasoning, finished with perilla leaf. Dak-galbi sauce like this tends to run fairly high in sugar, so keeping it low with this kind of lineup suggests real care went into it.

The remaining sides are two slices of egg roll, some stir-fried kimchi that’s nice for a light accent, and a little egg salad. Apart from the stir-fried kimchi, these are all egg again.

And in case anyone would miss it, they set a processed fried egg on top of the rice too. At this point, in terms of an egg-and-chicken spread, it feels like they gathered up just about everything you’d normally see across convenience store boxes.

Taste Test: How Does the Chicken and Egg Meal Eat?

Let’s get straight to the tasting. As mentioned, it’s a “high-protein” box for sure, but the layout doesn’t have all that much to do with low-sugar or low-carb, mostly down to what’s inside. That said, the nutrition panel shows the sugar isn’t high, so if you skip the rice you can worry a little less about carbs too.

First I tried the mains, the dak-galbi and the nuggets, one at a time. The dak-galbi uses a spicy-savory soy-and-gochujang sauce, so it went down without any trouble. The sauce wasn’t as sweet as I expected, and it wasn’t as spicy as I’d braced for either, so it eats surprisingly nicely as a light bite. The nuggets are exactly the frozen product they look like, tasting just about how you’d predict. Dip them in the honey mustard along the way and the seasoning lands just right.

Nutritional balance and meal satisfaction

The egg salad and egg roll on the side were quite easy and light to eat. The seasoning isn’t heavy and runs rather plain, so whenever it felt like something was missing, reaching for the dak-galbi or the stir-fried kimchi on the side worked out nicely.

On top of that, the chicken gangjeong is the lightly brined type, and since the batter is seasoned too, it came across a touch salty. This one felt seasoned enough to eat on its own without pairing it with anything. Like the dak-galbi, it worked well with rice.

Final Verdict: An Easy, Filling High-Protein Meal

Rounding it out, the savory fried egg paired with rice tasted just right. Since the box leans high-protein overall, I only ate about half the rice. Even so, it was plenty for a single meal, and the fullness for the price ran quite high. Gathered together it looks unusual, but the individual items are the sort you see all the time at convenience stores, so if you want an easy, no-fuss lunch, this is a good one to grab. For anyone eating in Korea, it’s a handy way to try the country’s booming high-protein convenience meal trend for yourself.

You can read more about Emart24’s high-protein, low-sugar “Gabbeunhanip” wellness line, which this box belongs to, in this (Korean source) Hankyung report on Emart24’s Gabbeunhanip lineup.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. How much is the Emart24 Chicken and Egg Meal?

It’s 5,900 won. At 424 g and 689 kcal with sodium at 50% of the daily value, it stays light for its size, and the high-protein concept makes it a solid single meal.

Q. What’s inside the Chicken and Egg Meal?

The mains are chicken gangjeong, chicken nuggets, and dak-galbi, with egg roll, egg salad, and stir-fried kimchi on the side. A processed fried egg sits on the rice, bringing the total to seven items. Aside from the stir-fried kimchi, the whole box is chicken and egg.

Q. How does the Chicken and Egg Meal taste?

The soy-and-gochujang dak-galbi is milder and less spicy than expected, so it’s easy to eat. The nuggets taste like the frozen product they are, coming together with a dip of honey mustard, and the plain egg sides pair well with the dak-galbi or stir-fried kimchi. The individual items are ordinary, but it was filling enough that half a serving of rice did the job.

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