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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
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Apr 20th
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Mar 9th
Anchovy kelp stock
Feb 20th
One of the best meals I’ve ever cooked!! I made dinner for my friends’ mum who was visiting from Amsterdam so I wanted to make her feel at home. With poffertjes and speculaas with coffee for desert! 5241This meal is so traditional and easy to prepare. Great instructions and fantastic taste. I will be making this again! Thank you so much for the video :-)
I have been looking at this recipe for about a month. I researched it on other sites too. The ingredients and the techniques were so different from what I am used to using. So I did not think it was possible. However, it is delicious! I just made it and promptly consumed it. Wow! It is even better than delicious. Your video, photos and instructions were exceptional as well.
One other thing? What a brilliant way to clean curly endive. We love it, but no one wants to prepare it. The method shown in the video is perfect.
Thank you so much! I cannot wait to make a sandwich with it too!
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Wow, wow, wow!!! I’m a university student studying far away from home. I just got home the other day. And this evening, I cooked this dish for family. Super delicious… My mom liked the endive mash so much, and I did too. The meatball was good too, but the mash was our favorite part. My sister didn’t like it though… She doesn’t like foreign food too much. Maybe her taste buds will change once she grows older? Thanks so much Reinier and Maangchi. By the way, your Gapshida trip is so inspiring for me, Maangchi. It’s like you showed me that it’s possible to travel and pursue our own passions and interests.
wow this dish is amazing, i will give this recipe a try this dinner :D
Thank you! Don’t forget to send Maangchi a picture!!!
:( fail :( the potatoes are good, but meatballs are burnt
Be sure to put the heat to low aftet you cooked the meatballs on al sides, then keep the lid tilted, so excess heat can escape. Hope ik works netter next time!
The meatballs! So delicious!
Hey, I couldn’t find Endive so I thought I’d use Kale instead :). I’m going to also add leek which seems fine from the comment.
I’m going to try it tomorrow and see how it’s like :)
Also, what are good alternative vegetables to use? I read online that mustard greens was a good substitute for endive, but I thought the taste was too strong. What about curly endive? I just found it today after I made this dish a couple days ago, and was wondering what the difference is in their taste. It’s very hard to find the kind of endive you used in your recipe where I’m from. :(
If you can’t find the right endive at all you can try leek. Cut them in rings and stir fry them for a few minutes and add them to the mashed potatoes. Then it’s called Stamppot Prei.
Reinier, do you think that the endive you are using in the video is called escarole here in the States?
What type of mustard should I use for this?
Any mustard will do, but i prefer coarse mustard.
0-0!!! you make me drooling in 0:29 AM… :9~
Its pretty hard to find endive here, can i use lettuce instead?
Thank you Mariska! I love your gado-gado! Indonesian food is very populair here, you can get it as take out everywhere. Endive is very crunchy, if you find crunchy lettuce it might work, but nothing beats Endive.
Hi Reinier,
I wonder just using meat without pork.Cannot take pork in my meals.so, is that ok ?
Yes ISHA, you can make the meatballs with only minced beef and just skip the bacon. Good luck!
Hi, I am from Holland too and it’s great to see someone sharing authentic Dutch food with others !
I can assure you this is a very good and authentic way of making this delicious dish. I should try to put ketjap manis in the meatball, my family doesn’t do that usually but it seems to be a good idea.
I have an extra tip though: cook the potatoes in just enough water to cover them and with fully closed lid to keep more nutrients. It’s just a small detail, but that’s how we do it in my family.
Thank you! The ketjap caramelizes the meatball a bit and makes it delicious. I’ll keep your tip in mind!
Hi Reinier, your stamppot Andijvie looks great! It looks like you had a great time with Maangchi. Too bad I couldn’t make it to the Rotterdam Gapshida as well..
Keep up the good work (cooking)!. :)
Oho :D Great.
That is exactly the same way, we use to eat endive here in the Rhineland around Cologne in Germany (which is actually not far away from the Netherlands ;) ). But I really didn’t know that it is that famous.
Thank you really much! :)