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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
Spicy cod fillets
Apr 20th
Soybean paste stew with beef
Mar 23rd
Knife-cut noodle soup with perilla seeds
Mar 9th
Anchovy kelp stock
Feb 20th
Oh my goodness I love this recipe sooooo much!! Your step by step instructions worked out perfectly and the cream Ppang came out INCREDIBLE!! So glad I gave this a try!! Absolutely delicious!!
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They looked amazing and were so~ delicious! I doubled the amount of the bread dough and they turned out great. For the rest of the buns I used red bean filling. My whole family enjoyed them so much. thanks you!
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I decided to make these as I love bread baking, and these were delicious. I could have cooked them a bit longer but but I love bread slightly undercooked. I’ll have to make these for my family one day.
크림빵은 맛있었어요!! 고맙습니다!
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Congratulations! Next time bake it just for a few more minutes!
Just did this recipe, first try a bit burnt but still taste delicious!
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Yum!
So it took me two attempts to make this because yeast is not my friend. But I’m glad I tried again because it turned out just as I hoped. Thank you for sharing your recipe!
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Congratulations!
Made it tonight. The buns were not ready till 22:30. Perfect late night snack – even my dog couldn’t take her eyes of them. Haha. Thank you so much for sharing the recipe! Very delicious!!!
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Awesome! : )
Hi Maangchi! I made this recipe last night and it turned out so nicely. I can’t wait to bring one to my halmoni! Thank you so much for sharing!
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I’m sure your grandmother (halmeoni in Korean) loved your creamppang!
Hi Maangchi -I made everything but the cream never firmed up for me. Do I have to refrigerate it for two days to get it to be solid like yours? The taste is exactly like the kind you get at a Korean bakery, though.
Was the cream too thin? Then add a little more flour. Good luck!
Hi Maanchi!! They were de-licious!! As I was shaping the bread, I realized there would be huge so I made 2 jumbos and 6 halves. It turned out they weren’t too big because they are so soft, fluffy and so yummy! I had to have two halves straight away after baking anyway! Hehe thank you for the great recipe Maangchi
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2 jumbos and 6 halves but all they look plump and shiny! : ) Delicious!
I made these and they were so yummy! Well… 1 was… I thought they’d be ok to eat the day after for breakfast with a cup of tea, but the custard tastes fermented and alcoholic so I’ve had to throw them away!! How can we store Cream-ppang to eat the day after?
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You can freeze it. Custard cream is easily going bad.
I am not a baker! But I made this and it was so delicious that my boyfriend and I ate all 5 in less than 24 hours! This stuff is so fluffy and the cream is so perfectly sweet and delicious, I could eat it all day. They’re not as pretty, but I am so thrilled and cant wait to make this again! Thank you Maangchi!!!
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I feel you will keep making this bread for your and your bf! Cool cool! : )
Thank your for the recipe!!
My husband LOVE it!!!
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Great! I should make this bread soon!
Hi Maanchi! I just made this delicious bread and they turned out just great. I didn’t have butter so I used olive oil, and they are perfect. I hope to enjoy this delicious treat in South Korea someday. Greetings from Spain!
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Oh some people have asked me if they can use cooking oil or olive oil instead of butter. Now I can tell them it works! The bread looks perfect!
I just made these today and they turned out great. I used 2 whole eggs instead of the 4 egg yolks given as an option, and they tasted amazing, my family really enjoyed them!
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This recipe is great! I used bread flour instead of whole wheat since that was all we had, plus 2 whole eggs instead of 4 yolks. My family loved it! The bread was really soft, and the sweetness of the cream was just right. Thank you for sharing this recipe, Maangchi!
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Both of your creamppang look so mouthwatering! Happy to hear that your family loved your creamppang!
Thank you so much for this recipe! I have severe asthma and can’t risk going out or eating food made by others right now. This is my favorite thing to get at the Korean bakery and my husband I used to go once a week before all this. I have really been missing a lot of things, and making and eating these gave me a little taste of normalcy again. I appreciate your recipes so much for so many reasons (I basically learned all of my Korean cooking from your recipes and have thus been able to give my Korean husband all his childhood favorites for 8 years now thanks to you), but especially during this time, it’s nice to be able to have an old favorite again!
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I saw this photo a while ago but I have never had chance to leave a message. The bread looks so fluffy with sweet soft cream! “… to give my Korean husband all his childhood favorites for 8 years now…” You are awesome! Cheers!