Maangchi's cookbooks


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
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
Braised beef in soy sauce
Aug 1st
Braised beltfish
Jul 16th
Egg rice
Jun 3rd
Spicy cod fillets
Apr 20th
hi i’m using this recipe for a school project and i was wondering how many people this would serve. if you can get back to me soon i would really appreciate it. thank you.
I am in the middle of making this right now for the very first time! I just put the meat in the fridge. I didn’t have quite enough beef, so I added some more tofu in. I’ve made several of your recipes and my husband is so excited to try each one. So far, his favorite is Japchae. He asks me every second day when I’m going to make it again. We are both looking forward to the Bulgogi stew.
How did your bulgogi stew turn out? Good luck with your Korean cooking!
Just made this for my mum! she loved it! thanks Maangchi :)
hello maangchi;)im filipina my husband is korean,your recipies really helps me alot,bec.i always served and cooked korean food for my family but myhead really aches thinking what will i cook today ,tom.and for the nxtday.i found your site ang follow your steps of cooking,lastnight i cooked dakjjim and its really delicious my husband loves it..he ask me where did i bought the food..then i just laugh and said..( DO YOU KNOW MAANGCHI?)HEHE
thanks to you maangchi:)
Great! I lived in Japan for 1 year and while I was there i sampled alot of different dishes.
Two dishes became my absolute favourites, Japanese Ramen and Korean Bulgogi.
I just made this today for me and my girlfriend. Im happy and proud to tell you that she gave it a strong 10/10 ^_^;”
Thank you for your wonderful Recipes
/Johan
Ten out of ten! What a great compliment from your girlfriend!
Dear Maangchi, have not visited your site for a long time. But in the past, have tried some recipes. Last weekend, i suddenly got this urge to cook Bulgogi again and am so happy that your Youtube video is still here. Kids love the Bulgogi. Also did the Job Chae. I’m beginning to remember everthing again.
I made this the other and it was so good, thanks! I have question, have you tried bulgogi bake from costco here in Korea because I love them so much and I was wondering if you know how to make them ‘coz be awesome!
another heart warming recipe^^… tried it tonight and it goes without saying my boys luv it…it feels so great to see my little boy eat brocolli (coz he never liked it ^^,
hmmm just wonderin if you could share some recipe for little children also?
thank you very much^^,
tc ^^
thanks for the wonderful recipe! Luckily I managed to buy all the ingredients in Mexico City. Now we have a Korean cuisine in the Polish home in Mexico:)
xoxo
Kasia
I love your jongol.
I have a question. Could I put a cup of honey-powder instead of sugar?
I don’t know the answer because I have never used honey powder, but I think it will be ok. Start with 1/2 cup and if it needs to be sweeter, use more. Good luck with making delicious bulgogi stew and let me know the result! : )
Hi Maangchi,
I’ve made Bulgogi using your recipe a number of times now and am always happy with the outcome! I’m a bit mad about Korean dramas and take a lot of inspiration from them, and your site helps me a great deal in identifying foreign produce and products. Here’s my post on Bulgogi: http://www.kdramafood.com/2011/04/my-girlfriend-is-a-gumiho-bulgogi-grilled-marinated-beef/
Thanks again, Maangchi for all your amazing recipes!
-Kdrama foodie :)
awesome! Your bulgogo photo looks so yummy especially the big chunks of white mushrooms!
I just made this for the family dinner tonight and was amazed by how easy this was to make. I marinated the meat yesterday night so it was ready to go for tonight. What impresses me about your recipes is that they are so very tasty, and you do NOT use MSG – my husband gets sick from MSG. Thanks for teaching us the tricks that lead to naturally tasty food!!
I’m glad to hear about your successful Korean cooking! Cheers!