Korean snack recipes

Need something delicious to keep you going in between meals? These can be prepared and eaten in a hurry, on the street, in a pub, or on the go.

Rose tteokbokki

Creamy, spicy rice cakes

Rosé tteokbokki
로제 떡볶이

Sundae-bokkeum (Spicy stir-fried blood sausage)

Spicy stir-fried blood sausage

Sundae-bokkeum
순대볶음

Gotgam-danji (stuffed persimmons))

Stuffed persimmons

Gotgam-danji
곶감단지

Boiled chestnuts
Sulppang, makgeolli bread (술빵)

Makgeolli bread

Sulppang
술빵

memil-guksu

Cold soba with dipping sauce

Memil-guksu
메밀국수

Korean Salad-ppang

Salad bread

Salad-ppang
샐러드빵

Korean honey cookies

Korean honey cookies

Yakgwa
약과

samgak-gimbap

Bulgogi triangle gimbap

Samgak-gimbap
삼각김밥

Korean dumplings

Dumplings

Mandu
만두

daechu-saenggangcha

Jujube ginger tea

Daechu-saenggangcha
대추생강차

rice cooked in eggshell

Rice cooked in eggshells

Gyeran-kkeopjilbap
계란껍질밥

dalgona candy with nuts

Dalgona with nuts

Dalgona
달고나

Chicken gimbap

Dakgogi-gimbap
닭고기김밥

Seafood green onion pancake

Haemul-pajeon
해물파전

Kimchi grilled cheese

김치 그릴치즈

Crunchy nut candy (엿강정) yeot-gangjeong

Crunchy nut candy

Yeot-gangjeong
엿강정

Korean style corndog

Hot dog & french fries on a stick

Gamja-hotdog
감자핫도그

How to make dumplings

Chicken dumplings

Dakgogi mandu
닭고기 만두

Custard cream bread

Cream-ppang
크림빵

Korean cabbage pancake

Cabbage pancake

Baechujeon
배추전

dubu gangjeong

Sweet and crunchy tofu

Dubu-gangjeong
두부강정

길거리토스트 (Korean street toast)

Street toast

Gilgeori-toast
길거리토스트

Kimchijeon (kimchi pancake)

Kimchi pancake

Kimchijeon
김치전

Jjapaguri with steak

쇠고기짜파구리

Korean fruit salad

Fruit salad

Gwa-il-saeleodeu
과일샐러드

japchae (Korean stir-fried noodles with vegetables, meat, and mushrooms) 잡채
cinnamon rolls

Cinnamon rolls

Cinnamon-rollppang
시나몬롤빵

Super-nutritious rice cake (Yeongyang-chaltteok: 영양찰떡)

Super-nutritious rice cake

Yeongyang-chaltteok
영양찰떡

gyepi-manju
gimmari and tteokbokki

Crispy seaweed noodle rolls

Gimmari
김말이

pat-sirutteok

Layered rice cake with red beans

Pat-sirutteok
팥시루떡

seafood pancakes (haemuljeon: 해물전)

Seafood pancakes

Haemuljeon
해물전

Sausage bread

Sausage ppang
소세지빵

Korean Fried Chicken in Market (sijang-tongdak:시장통닭_

Korean market-style fried chicken

Sijang-tongdak
시장통닭

Stir-fried chives, meat, and vegetables

Buchu-japchae
부추잡채

kkotppang (steamed flower-shaped buns)

Jellyfish salad

Haepari-naengchae
해파리냉채

corn cheese (콘치즈)

Corn cheese

Corn cheese
콘치즈

Inside out gimbap

Nude-gimbap
누드김밥

Beet jelly candy

Beet-jeonggwa
비트정과

Dried sweet potato snack

Goguma-mallaengi
고구마말랭이

Jjinppang
kkaennip-jeon
kimchi-ppang

Kimchi pork buns

Kimchi-ppang
김치빵

Omurice

Omurice

Omeu-raiseu
오므라이스

Rice with red beans

Patbap
팥밥

Crunchy balloon bread

Gonggal-ppang
공갈빵

gamjajeon

Simple potato pancake

Gamjajeon
감자전

Honey butter fried chicken

Heoni-beoteo-chikin
허니버터치킨

Stir-fried dried squid threads (ojingeo-silchae-bokkeum: 오징어실채볶음)

Crunchy squid threads

Ojingeo-silchae-bokkeum
오징어실채볶음

Hotteok filled with vegetables and noodles

Yachae-hotteok
야채호떡

Crunchy peanut cookies

Matdongsan
맛동산

steamed mandu

Shrimp and Asian chive dumplings

Saeu buchu mandu
새우 부추 만두

Soy milk (duyu)

Soy milk

Duyu
두유

Egg bread

Gyeran-ppang
계란빵

Twisted doughnuts (Kwabaegi: 꽈배기)

Twisted doughnuts

Kkwabaegi
꽈배기

Mung bean pancakes

Bindaetteok
빈대떡

Squash rice cake

Hobaktteok
호박떡

jumeokbap

Rice balls in seaweed flakes

Gimgaru jumeokbap
김가루 주먹밥

Pork cutlet

Donkkaseu
돈까스

Cornbread

Oksusu-ppang
옥수수빵

Pomegranate tea

Seoklyu-cha
석류차

Sesame peanut candy

Kkae-ttangkong gangjeong
깨땅콩 강정

kimchi mandu

King-size kimchi dumplings

Kimchi-wangmandu
김치왕만두

Potato salad

Gamja-salad
감자샐러드

Ramp pancakes

Sanmaneul-jeon
산마늘전

Fish cakes

Eomuk
어묵

Gimbap

Classic gimbap

Gimbap
김밥

Roasted seaweed sheets

Gim-gui
김구이

Seasoned dried anchovies

Myeolchi-muchim
멸치무침

Crispy and crunchy fried chicken

Dakgangjeong
닭강정

Chestnut cookies

Yul-lan
율란

Fried Gochujang

yak-gochujang
약고추장

Ginseng jujube tea

Insam-daechucha
인삼대추차

Sugar candy

Ppopgi
뽑기

Sweet red bean jelly

Yanggaeng
양갱

Korean ramen

Ramyeon
라면

Cold salad with spicy mustard sauce

Gyeoja-naengchae
겨자냉채

Potato pancakes

Gamjajeon
감자전

Korean Royal court stir fried rice cakes

Gungjung-tteokbokki
궁중떡볶이

Long, cylinder-shaped rice cake

Garaetteok
가래떡

Fish cake soup

Eomukguk
어묵국

Steamed pear

Baesuk
배숙

White steamed rice cake

Baekseolgi-tteok
백설기떡

Black sesame seeds porridge

Heukimjajuk
흑임자죽

Ginger tea

Saenggangcha
생강차

dotorimukmuchim

Seasoned acorn jelly

Dotorimuk-muchim
도토리묵무침

Walnuts wrapped in persimmons

Gotgamssam
곶감쌈

Korean-style mochi rice cake

Chapssaltteok
찹쌀떡

Popcorn chicken gizzards

Dakmoraejumeoni twigim
닭모래주머니 튀김

Spicy whelks with noodles

Golbaengi-muchim
골뱅이무침

Rice cake

Injeolmi
인절미

Baked sweet pastry

Manju
만주

Pollock pancake

Dongtaejeon
동태전

Korean shaved Ice with Sweet Red Beans and Fruits (Patbingsu: 팥빙수)

Mugwort rice cake

Ssuk-beomul
쑥버물

Green onion pancake

Pajeon
파전

Green chili pepper pancake

Gochujeon
고추전

Sweet, spicy, crunchy fried chicken: yangnyeom chicken

Sweet, sour, & spicy Korean fried chicken

Yangnyeom-tongdak
양념통닭

Jatjuk (pine nut porridge)

Pine nut porridge

Jatjuk
잣죽

Goguma mattang

Candied sweet potato

Mattang
맛탕

yubuchobap

Fried tofu stuffed with rice

Yubuchobap
유부초밥

Rice, scorched rice, and scorched rice tea

Bap, nurungji, sungnyung
밥, 누룽지, 숭늉

Steamed pork buns

Jjinppang-mandu
찐빵만두

kimchi pancake

Grandma-style kimchi pancake

Kimchijeon
김치전

green onion pancake skewers

Green onion pancake skewers

Pasanjeok
파산적

Seasoned raw beef

Yukhoe
육회

Ginger cookies

Maejakgwa
매작과

Mujigaeddeok

Rainbow rice cake

Mujigae-tteok
무지개떡

Squash pancakes

Hobakjeon
호박전

samgak-gimbap

Triangle gimbap with tuna

Samgak-gimbap
삼각김밥

Korean pan-cooked rice cake with edible flowers
Myeolchibokkeum (Stir-fried anchovies and peanuts: 멸치볶음)

Stir-fried dried anchovies and peanuts

Myeolchi-ttangkong-bokkeum
멸치땅콩볶음

Mandu
danpatjuk

Sweet red bean soup

Danpatjuk
단팥죽

gyungdan

Rice cake

Gyeongdan
경단

Fried dried squid

Ojingeo-twigim
오징어튀김

Chive pancake

Buchujeon
부추전

Hot and spicy rice cake

Tteokbokki
떡볶이

Vegetable pancake

Yachaejeon
야채전