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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
I consult your blog all the time to help me improve my Korean cooking skills. I tried daegu jeon on Saturday and it was so delicious!! Thanks so much for the info and videos. You’re the best.
yeah, you could use other ingredients for this recipe such as sliced chicken, beef, shrimp, etc…
This is so far my favorite dish that I have made by following your videos!
I think cod itself isnt a very tasty fish at all but the cod jeon turned out to be so flavorful and I especially like how you totally taste the garlic in it. This simple recipe turned out surprisingly awesome and you were right, everyone loved it!
Thank you!!!
yeah, this is a very typical korean everyday side dish. I’m happy to hear that you like this recipe.
Hello Maangchi,
I make jeon using halibut at midnight last night. I never thought before to fry the fish after flouring and dipping in egg only because I usually dip in breadcrumbs after the egg and then fry. However, egg and flour only was much lighter and used way less oil for frying than if I had also dipped in breadcrumbs. I didn’t add the green onion to the egg but put it in my dipping sauce along with cilantro and more chili. It was very delicious. This was my first Korean recipe and you can be sure I will be making more Korean dishes with your great recipes. Thank you!
JB
haha, cooking at midnight! : )
I’m glad to hear that you like this recipe. yes, I agree with you. “…much lighter and used way less oil for frying than if I had also dipped in breadcrumbs..” I would like to try your dipping sauce with cilantro and chili! I love the flavor of cilantro!!!
Linda,
Thank you for letting me know about your successful daegujeon(cod dish) making!
Maanchi,
thank you so much for your website! i’m a korean american and i’m learning so much about korean cooking!
the daegu jeon came out great!
Linda
I made this tonight and it turned out great! I didn’t have red chili pepper on hand so I used carrots to give some color. My husband is Caucasian and he loves jeon and so does 18 month-old our daughter. I’m going to take pictures of all the Korean food I’ve made and post them on our blog. I’ll let you know when I’ve done that and hope you visit! Thanks!
Hi
Thank you for your videos and recipe. I always wanted to learn how to cook korean food.
I was wondering can you post up a recipe for bo ssam, tang seu yok (the crispy chicken with sweet/sour sauce?) and bi ji gah (?) the (moh jong bean stew…i tried making what my stepmother found on naver and tasted really weird hahaha)
Thank you!
Jenny
Keith,
I can feel your sense of humour by reading your comment!
It’s surprising you have already tried to make a few korean dishes from my recipes even though you found my website only last week.
If you want to show your korean dish that you make to others, send me pictures or give me a link, then I will post it in my blog here.
Don’t eat too much so that you won’t blame me for gaining weight.
That’s all my advice for you. : )
Hi Maangchi,
I made jeon last night with cod and it came out great. I also tried a variation of spicy rice cakes, which were also good. I found your website for the first time on Wednesday and have already tried several items. I spent twice my normal amount in my Korean market and will try a few other dishes this week. If I gain extra weight I am going to hold you responsible:)
Thank you again for sharing, your warm personailty and love of cooking come out in your videos.
Thanks,
Keith
Hi,Mika and Bailey Young Mee
Happy New Year!
You are an amaxing mom! I can see that you don’t want your child to lose korean culture.
More recipes coming!
Hi Maangchi! I love your videos!! This recipe looks so good. I am going to try all of them soon.
My daughter was adopted from S. Korea and because of that cooking Korean food has become a passion of mine. We also went to Korea this summer for 2 weeks and LOVED it!
Thank you so much for doing these videos. They are amazing!
Mika and Bailey Young Mee
agasuka,
Your jeon looks wonderful!
Actually you can use any materials for this recipe. I am glad you always update me with the pictures of the dishes you make. I hope many people stop by your blog and learn about korean dishes from you. Thanks!
Maangchi
Today, I made Kimbap for lunch, and I made Jeon at night for supper.
I used filet of Mahi Mahi.
It came out very nice.
Here are the pictures:
http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/QGsJ605Q
In response to your reply from the ‘Bulgogi Stew’ post, to be honest, I will never cook Korean food that well without your wonderful videos. I am your super fan.
Again, thank you very much for doing such favor to all of your fans around the world.
Hello!
I would cook the whole fish using your oven broiler or a pan.
If you use a pan, just fry it and put some Korean sauce (the soysauce mixture) on top when you serve it.
If you use your oven, broil it for about 20 minutes. When the fish is browned, place it on a plate. Then the Korean style sauce is spread on the top of the cooked fish.
Here is the recipe of the Korean style sauce:
Mix all the following:
Soy sauce, minced garlic, chopped green onions, hot pepper powder, sugar, and sesame oil and seeds
I will definitely try this recipe. Do you have any recipes for a whole fish? I have a whole tilapia in the freezer and I want to cook it with korean ingredients, but I don’t have a good recipe. I want to keep the head on it!
Thanks.