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Which to get? I suggest my second book, Maangchi's Big Book of Korean Cooking because it has the most recipes, but my first book has recipes for all the essential Korean pastes and sauces!
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Maangchi's recipes by category:Kimchi
Essential Korean dish
Side dishes
Banchan makes the meal
Rice
Our most important grain
Pancakes
Savory & simple
Rice cakes
Tteok for every occasion
Stews
Jjigae is our comfort food
Noodles
Long noodles = long life!
Soups
Guk at every meal
Sundubu-jjigae
Soft tofu stew
Gimbap
Seaweed paper rolls
Desserts
Special sweet stuff
Main dishes
Consider these mains
Mandu
Korean dumplings
Anju
Drinking food
BBQ
The Korean way to grill
Fried chicken
Double-deliciousness
One bowl meals
Nutritious & convenient
Street food
Quick & fun
Easy
Anyone can make these!
Lunchboxes
Dosirak made with love
Appetizers
These could be first
Fermented
Taste of centuries
Staple ingredients
Korean cuisine basics
Mitbanchan
Preserved side dishes
Pickles
Quick-brined
Spicy
I love spicy food :)
Nonspicy
There are plenty!
Beef
For meat lovers
Seafood
Surrounded by the sea
Pork
Some new dishes to try
Chicken
Our most delicious
Vegetarian
No fish, meat or chicken
Vegan
No animal products at all
Temple cuisine
From Buddhist temples
Korean Chinese
Chinese style Korean
Snacks
Quick dishes on the run
Korean bakery
Breads & pastries
Porridges
Good for your health!
Cold dishes
Icy, cold, or just chilled
Drinks
Fruits, grains & herbs
Not Korean
Fusion and western food
Kimchi
Essential Korean dish
Side dishes
Banchan makes the meal
Rice
Our most important grain
Pancakes
Savory & simple
Rice cakes
Tteok for every occasion
Stews
Jjigae is our comfort food
Noodles
Long noodles = long life!
Soups
Guk at every meal
Sundubu-jjigae
Soft tofu stew
Gimbap
Seaweed paper rolls
Desserts
Special sweet stuff
Main dishes
Consider these mains
Mandu
Korean dumplings
Anju
Drinking food
BBQ
The Korean way to grill
Fried chicken
Double-deliciousness
One bowl meals
Nutritious & convenient
Street food
Quick & fun
Easy
Anyone can make these!
Lunchboxes
Dosirak made with love
Appetizers
These could be first
Fermented
Taste of centuries
Staple ingredients
Korean cuisine basics
Mitbanchan
Preserved side dishes
Pickles
Quick-brined
Spicy
I love spicy food :)
Nonspicy
There are plenty!
Beef
For meat lovers
Seafood
Surrounded by the sea
Pork
Some new dishes to try
Chicken
Our most delicious
Vegetarian
No fish, meat or chicken
Vegan
No animal products at all
Temple cuisine
From Buddhist temples
Korean Chinese
Chinese style Korean
Snacks
Quick dishes on the run
Korean bakery
Breads & pastries
Porridges
Good for your health!
Cold dishes
Icy, cold, or just chilled
Drinks
Fruits, grains & herbs
Not Korean
Fusion and western food
My most popular Korean recipes
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Kimchi
Traditional-style spicy fermented whole-leaf cabbage kimchi
김치 -
Easy Kimchi
A traditional, simpler, & faster way to make kimchi
막김치 -
Japchae
Stir fried noodles with vegetables
잡채 -
Kkwabaegi
Twisted Korean doughnuts
꽈배기 -
Sundubu-jjigae
Soft tofu stew
순두부찌개 -
Yachaejeon
Vegetable pancake
야채전 -
Jjajangmyeon
Noodles with blackbean sauce
짜장면 -
Tteokbokki
Hot and spicy rice cakes
떡볶이 -
Dakgangjeong
Crispy and crunchy chicken
닭강정 -
Gimbap (aka Kimbap)
Seaweed rice rolls
김밥 -
Kimchi-jjigae
Kimchi stew
김치찌개 -
Kimchi-bokkeumbap
Kimchi fried rice
김치볶음밥 -
Bibimbap
Rice mixed with meat, vegetables, an egg, and chili pepper paste
비빔밥 -
Garaetteok
Long, cylinder-shaped rice cake
가래떡 -
Kimchijeon
Kimchi pancake
김치전
My most recent recipes
Egg rice
Jun 3rd
Spicy cod fillets
Apr 20th
Soybean paste stew with beef
Mar 23rd
Knife-cut noodle soup with perilla seeds
Mar 9th
Can we prepare bibim gumsu the night before for lunch ?
I wouldn’t recommend it. The noodles don’t keep well. They get a weird, almost soggy, texture. If you want something similar, use western angel hair noodles instead. Not the same but they keep well. Or just boil the noodles at lunch time if that is convenient
Hi Maangcho! My storebought kimchi does not have enough liquid so in order to make the sauce, should i just add some water? What should I do to make it flavourful?
This recipe was so wonderful I could not wait to make it. I only had wide rice noodles though. I will make sure next time I have thin on hand . I am vegan so I veganize many of your recipes. Thank you so much.
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Your bibimguksu looks very tasty! Yum!
Hi Maangchi,
I wanted to say thank you for your delicious recipes. I have been watching your videos for months and tonight I made bibimguksu with bulgogi as well and it was absolutely delicious. It was my first attempt at Korean cooking and I will do much more!
Next time I will make it for 10 people :D
Thanks a bunch!
Sarah from Sydney
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Hi Sarah,
Congratulations! Yummy!
i tried this noodle, mmm yummmrr spicccy, delicioussss
Hi there, i would like to try this recipe but just realised that there are different types of vinegar in the supermarket. May i know what kind of vinegar should i use? artificial vinegar? apple cide vinegar ? or any other types?
You can use either white or apple vinegar. https://www.maangchi.com/ingredients/apple-vinegar
Loved this dish. I wanted to make it again but ran out of noodles so I used spaghetti noodles. It was still good, just diferent. Is there any way to make them a little less spicy for my kids?
Spaghetti noodles worked well? good!
“Is there any way to make them a little less spicy for my kids? Use less hot pepper paste then.
They sell less spicy pepper paste in the Korean market. I didn’t know this myself, even though I’m Korean, but a couple of months ago my sister bought it by accident, we couldn’t figure out why it was so mild until I read the container.
At my local Asian market, no one can read Korean and I do not know if they sell a mildly hot pepper paste as they only carry a couple of brands and I do not think it sells well. I just buy the same familiar tub every time and I dilute it a little bit with water or agave nectar. My kids are especially big fans of dubu-jorim as well as this recipe. I know this post is old but I thought I may comment for future parents who are trying to encourage their kids to eat more Korean cooking as well. Now that I have served up a few sweetened dishes with red pepper paste I have found I do not have to dilute it as much because my kids are adjusting to it.
All type of pasta will do?? i love spicy food. I love pasta and I want to try your spicy noodles. It seems that it is very easy to prepare. I’m gonna buy ingredients so that I can make spicy mixed noodles.=)
I use somyeon (thin noodles) for bibimguksu. https://www.maangchi.com/ingredients/somyeon
kimchi noodles wow! kimchi sauce on a noodles! how about using it with soba noodles what will it came out?
It will work well,too but I prefer white thin noodles. https://www.maangchi.com/ingredients/somyeon
I love it, so good ! I made it for my family for dinner. We are all so happy. I used Buckwheat noodles, it’s what was in the pantry.
Thanks !
Wonderful! Sharing delicious food with family is so fun!
I just made this with fettuccine because that’s all I had. I know it was so wrong but it tasted so right. :)
Fettuccine worked well? awesome! Thank you for sharing your tip with my readers!
I tried on this recipe, its really easy but instead of somyeon which i didnt stock up, i tried the sauce with buckwheat noodles. It was really yummy!!! I am sure this dish will be all time fav in my future pot luck menu!!
yes, it will work well with buckwheat noodles. It will be more chewy! yum!
This recipe is good, but I dont understand the noodles, are they made from normal rice or sticky rice?
It’s wheat flour noodles. I buy it at a Korean grocery store. https://www.maangchi.com/ingredients/somyeon
damn i can not find it in my place :( there is a korean super market that is 50km far from my place
Ye Ye, My dish was soo delicious. We’ll translate this new time favorite soon..www.koreaanskoken.com
Hi susanne. I live in eindhoven. Can you recommend me some good korean restaurants in Netherlands? Thank you!
Literally right after you posted this video on youtube, I went to my kitchen and started boiling some eggs and mixing the sauce. It was so ironic that as I was thinking about what I’d make for dinner, I saw your new video. It worked out awesome because I made way too much kimchi last time, and its getting really sour. However, this recipe is PERFECT for that problem! =D I added photo to flickr but dunno if I did it right. I used soba noodles (buckwheat noodles) to make this, and honestly, one of the best things in awhile. My husband gave it a 9/10 rating, which is awesome coming from him. Another plus – my nose is no longer stuffy!
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