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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 heard from my friend this is good with soy sauce.. but dunno and not sure if it was sweet soy sauce or the salty one hmm…
Thank you for sharing your wonderful recipes!
Maangchi!
I love your podcast and website! I have been watching you cook for a few months, but this is the first recipe I tried myself. I didn’t make the hwajeon very well, but they weren’t too bad, and they looked beautiful!
It will definitely be my new dish for parties, once my nasturtium starts flowering!
If you want, see how my attempt turned out.
Keep up the yummy work!
Kent
omg, your hwajeon looks more beautiful than mine! Awesome!
Hi Maangchi!!
I just wanted to say that everytime i watch your videos I want to try it all. I never really had any cravings for Asian foods before, but i really think that when you prepare them they look great! Thanks for the videos and please make more!!!
I would like to encourage you to cook some dishes! Pick one of your favorite dishes and make it. When you make one dish successfuly, it will be easier for you to make the second and third dishes..
waahh..so pretty~~! <33 i’m gonna try to make this for international night in my college next week ^.^ hopefully it will taste good like yours..hehe.. thanks a lot for the recipe!~~
I’m sure your hwajeon will get lots of attention at the party. Good luck! : )
Yeah, they did get lots of attention! ^^ Everyone was asking how did I made them, so I gave them your Web site address :)
Unnie! I just realized that you subscribed to my channel on Youtube! :D *It’s MyLove4YunJae4YooSu2, fyi..* Thank you! ^^ hehe..
Thank you for letting me know about your successful hwajeon making! Wonderful!
Hi Maangchi,
Wondering how soon after making this you should serve it? Can I make this before dinner and serve it for dessert? Will it still taste good?
Thanks,
Anna
Yes, you can make it up to 4-5 hours in advance before serving. The taste will be good! : )Don’t put it in the refrigerator because rice cake gets hard when it is cold.
Hi Maangchi,
When the Rice Pancake it fully cooked,, and it becomes really hard like a rock like an hour later.. I don’t understand how come?
Did I do something wrong?
Nancy
Maybe you cooked it too long! Did you make syrup to put it on top of hwajeon? When you pour some syrup, it won’t get hard easily.
Hi Maangchi,
Could you please make a video on how to cut properly with a knife. I’ve watched your videos and you are quite skillful. I tried to cut quickly but without knowing the proper move – speed cannot come. Speed comes from the right technique. So please show us how you do it step-by-step. Otherwise, it’s taking way too long to cut all vegetables :)
I would like to learn to cut pali-pali like you :)
haha pali pali (quickly quickly)!
Let’s see!!
Exetremely Easy And Very Delecious
Thanks
Can You show how to make hangwa
I will keep your request in mind! Thank you!
Hi Maagchi,
This looks good! I will give this a try very soon.
haha, I know it’s going to be very soon!
Hi!!! I love your videos! I can’t eat much Korean food, but when I watch these videos, it makes me happy… haha well technically it makes me want to eat Korean food, but oh well! haha! I never tried 화전 before… what does it taste like? Can you actually taste flowers??? I am really curious! Perhaps, I should try one, when I go to Korea this summer!!!!
The taste is like rice cake: chewy and sweet!
Thank you so much! I wanted to make something special for my mom and grandmother for Mother’s Day! This will make a great gift!!
wow, that’s a very good idea! They will be very impressed with your beautiful hwajeon!
Hi Maangchi! I love your videos very much! :)
thank you very much!!!
I can’t wait to try this.
They are so beautiful.
My husband took me to 32nd street yesterday.
We went to a BBQ restaurant with real wood coals.
So delicious. After we ate we went to H-Mart and I was keeping my eyes open in case you were shopping.
:)
haha, I went there Saturday afternoon and met a couple who recognized me in the store!
The husband said, “uh..are you maangchi?”
I said, “yes, I am!”. He said, “my wife is always making some delicious Korean dishes by following your recipes! My wife said you must be maangchi!” The wife came to me and I gave her a big hug. They said they were going to make kimchijjigae for dinner that eveining. Say hello to me if you happen to see me on the streets!
Hi Maangchi!
I was listening to the Four Seasons today and then coincidentally you had the same music for your video. These look lovely and I will definitely try them when I get home.
Thanks!
Jon.
What a coincidence it is! ; )
What a perfect surprise! How fitting for spring :D I also loved the music choice… I couldn’t help but giggle when I heard it and realized what the recipe was! I must make these soon… anything covered in syrup must be delicious :P
Thank you very much! I’m sure it will be good if you follow the recipe tightly. Good luck with making your hwajeon!