Uhmook bokkeum is another easy Korean side dish recipe. It’s popular to have in a doshirak (the Korean version of the bento box) because it doesn’t contain much water.
Ingredients:
2 cups of fish cakes, half an onion, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 green onion, 1 green chili pepper, 2 tbs hot pepper paste, 1 -2 tbs corn syrup (or 1 tbs sugar), 1 tbs of vegetable oil, sesame oil, and sesame seeds.
- Cut fish cakes into 2 cups worth of bite sized pieces.
- Slice half an onion (¼ cup), mince 2 cloves of garlic, chop up 1 green onion and a green chili pepper. Set them aside on your cutting board or a plate.
- Add 1 tbs of vegetable oil to a heated pan.
- Add fish cakes to the pan and stir them for a few minutes until they look golden brown.
- Add the sliced onion, minced garlic, and chopped green chili pepper to the pan. Stir them with the fish cakes for a minute.
- Add 2 tbs hot pepper paste and 1 -2 tbs of corn syrup (“mulyeot” in Korean).
*tip: hot pepper paste is easily burned, so lift the pan up and down to control the heat after you add the hot pepper paste. - Turn off the heat and add 1 ts of sesame oil, 2 ts of roasted sesame seeds and 1 chopped green onion.
Maangchi~
I love watching your videos they are all great and very helpful^^
I want to try and make the rainbow rice cake..
Where can you buy a rice steamer similar to yours??
Also are they expensive?
I want to make this rainbow rice cake for my friends birthday.
Your videos are great
감사합니다
I bought it in China town. It cost about $75.00. I love my steamer!
oooo! this looks REAL DELICIOUS! imma try this out someday to pack in my lunchbox! :D
Hello Maangchi,
I made this dish a couple of days ago with some oisobagi and rice. It was sooooo delicious! I was wondering could I use this recipe with something else, like shrimp? Thank you!
Amber ;)
I’m glad to hear about your successful Korean cooking! oisobagi, uhmukbokkeum (fishcake sidedish) and steamed rice sounds good! : ) Shrimp? Try it out, why not?
Maangchi if u get the frozen fish cakes do u have to wait for them to defrost to start cookin them?
the one i bought are like sheets different to wat u used.
Yes, I thaw it out before cooking.
OMG this was amazing
thanks for the receipe
Saranghabnida
HI! I just wanted to say that You rock!! I made this dish today with bulgogi and kimchi jjigae!! Delish!! I couldn’t find the fish cakes in the balls at the korean Grocery store near my house. HOwever, I found the fish cake sheets roll and I made this dish using that and it turned out awsome. My brother can not stop eating. I would love to e-mail you the pics of my 1st korean food!
yay! Congratulation on your successful Korean cooking! Yes, email me the photos of the food you made. I will post them on my website. Thanks a lot!
i’m gonna try this recipe soon..
i don’t eat much of korean food cause i don’t eat pork and beef so love to chicken and seafood…
I LOVE your choice in music! The KKK took my baby away PLUS delicous K-Food?!! Life is good. Thanks for the videos.
Hi,
I’m looking for the recipe called “Gujeolpan”? A nine-sectioned dish with wheat pancakes.
Hope you can help me.
Great site!
oh, sure! I will post the gujeolpan recipe someday in the future. Thank you!!
I made this the other day along with the spinach side dish and it was great! I was a little intimidated to try to make Korean dishes but now I’m excited to try more. Thanks!!
I’m glad to hear that your fish cake side dish turned out good! It’s time for you to start Korean cooking! : )
yumyum, everything in here look so delicious.
actually i was looking for some korean recipes
i always see fishcakes or something on korean dramas
and movies. the one sold n the streets.
i wonder how it’s made, if you could include this in your to do list,
i’d be very grateful.
for now, im going to try your jajangmyun recipe. *drooling* :D
great website by the way.
Maangchi, I have a three year old who doesn’t like spicy food, could I leave out the red pepper paste?
Good question! Yes, use 1 tbs of soy sauce instead of 2 tbs of hot pepper paste. Thank you!
heyy! i was wonderinng if i can substitute anything for the corn syrup?
instead of mylyeot, use 1tbs sugar , then.
Maangchi, I really like your videos. It’s really useful and makes me want to try korean dishes.
Anyway, for this fish cake dish, how long it last if you store it in the fridge?
I usually finish eating in couple of days when I make it, but it can last for a week in the refrigerator.
annyeong maangchi nuna!
aha
i’m getting good at korean neh?
i made this today served it with kimchi and rice
and it was so delicious!!!
yeah, your Korean cooking skill is getting better and better, too!
Hello Maangchi, I have been a vegetarian for a year but love Japchae. Is it possible to omit the beef and double the amount of shiitake for protein? Is there any other ingredient/s you might suggest for protein?
Put more colorful vegetables in your japchae. More sliced onion, spinachi, mushrooms…and lots of sesame oil and roasted sesame seeds. It’s delicious even though you don’t use beef. I sometimes make japchae using fish cake instead of meat.
Does the green chilli pepper have some sort of special taste that adds to the dish or is it just put in for extra spiciness?
I only have mini dried red chilli peppers and i was wondering if it is ok to use them instead?
Or will the dish taste different?
Thank you~
I use green chili pepper for a little flavor, but you can skip it. You don’t have to add your dried red chili peppers to this dish unless you want to make it more spicy.
I made this today (Good Friday-no meat today-fish is ok). It is fantastic!! So delicious!!
I love how it’s spicy and sweet at the same time.
My son loves this.
Sylvia,
I’m very happy to hear that your son loves it!
Sorry Maangchi~ I found the new videos on itunes~~ Silly me!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
no problem! thank you!
Maangchi~~ just wondering when you were going to post your new videos on itunes podcast!! can’t wait to make this dish~!! THANK YOU!!
looks so delicious! maanchi please cook for me! i live in nyc :)
Maangchi ssi, annyeong!
Aigoo, so cute when you tasted it!lol :-) Looks delicious, I hope I can find uh mook at the store. Kamsahamida for yet another yummy recipe!
thanks! As I mentioned in the video, you could use any kind of fish cakes.
I can’t wait to get some fish cakes and try this recipe. Thank you again for keeping us cooking!!
Are those fishcakes frozen?? The only one I ever bought was the rolled one that are in thin sheets and are frozen…
Thaw them out and slice them thinly or cut them into square shapes. The recipe is the same!
Cam,
If you can, get the same fish cakes as I used for this recipe. It’s good quality and not expensive. I like fish cake that doesn’t contain much starch. I think I should post the photo of the bag of fish cakes in my “ingredient” section on my website.
Katt,
yeah, you won’t make any mistakes with this dish because it’s very easy.
HOORAY FOR THE NEW VEDIO…finally!!!I’m gonna make it this weekend. I love fish cakes in Oden, so I’m sure I will love this dish as well:)
Yum! That looks really simple and delicious- i’ll make it asap.
Do you think it will be easy to find a bag of mixed fish cakes like you have in your video? I’m going to the korean grocery store soon- do the fish cakes only look different? or do they have different flavours? (lol, i’ve never bought fish cakes before :P)
Thanks!