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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
Hey Maangchi,
Is it possible to use pig’s hock instead of pig’s trotter? Will it give a similar texture and taste? Can’t find pig’s trotter anywhere. Please kindly advise. Thanks!
bonjour Maangchi ! délicieuse recette que je vais faire prochainement et essayer aussi avec du jarret de porc. Je laisserai mon avis ! j’ai une bonne question : je trouve tout le temps de la peau de porc à l’épicerie coréenne K-mart. Je la fais bouillir et la sert en vinaigrette mais avez des recettes coréennes utilisant de la peau de porc ? Merci beaucoup pour votre prochaine réponse et merci aux fans qui pourront me répondre aussi ! A bientôt ! Cindy, Paris, France
Thank you. Other than bossam and chicken, this was one of the few dishes that was delivered late at night when I lived in S. Korea. My wife and I both miss it. As usual, you came to our rescue.
Hi Maangchi, can i soak the trotter for more than 12 hours???? for a full day perhaps???
Yes, you can soak it longer than 12 hours but you should keep it in the fridge just in case it goes bad.
So my mom and I have seen jokbal at several Korean restaurants in Texas and we have never had the chance to try it. Now that I moved to Romania, Korean ingredients are a little harder to find. But today with the occasion that my mom was visiting me, I decided to make this recipe and share it with relatives. It was a huge hit! Love it!! Thank you Maangchi!!
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P.S. my grandmother insisted to eat it with bread!
Congratulations! It looks amazing! Your grandmother ate it with bread? Why not! : )
if you try to get pig trotters from the local butcher, they may just sell you the feet, not the meaty goodness like in the video here. I am using hocks to help supplement my failure for not knowing what to ask for. It smells amazing while it’s cooking. can’t wait to try it out.
Perfect! All should try to make this one!
Hi Maangchi! I’m a longtime fan of your cooking! It’s my first time commenting on your site :-)
I don’t eat pork, but would really like to try making this. Do you think it would be possible to do this recipe with Ox trotters instead of pig?
Hello all.
The recipe sounds delicious and I would love to make it. However, for a single/widowed person like myself, I don’t see myself staying in the kitchen for a long period of time to make the recipe. Since I became single, I find it very difficult to cook. Plus cooking Korean food for one is just not practical. On many nights of the week, I eat at a local neighborhood small Korean family restaurant.
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Does anyone knows a Korean restaurant in the Los Angeles area that offers this dish on its menu? Many THANKS in advance.
Kobawoo House, for sure!
https://www.yelp.com/biz/kobawoo-house-los-angeles-2?osq=gobawoo
Hello Maangchi. Is there a substitute for rice syrup for this recipe? Don’t have Korean rice syrup where I live.
Use honey, Works great for this type of braising.
Sweet. I will try that. Thanks!
Hi Maangchi,
I cooked jokbal following your recipe 100%. It was a success! So delicious! I did japchae and yachae pajeon to go with it. Family asking for more! Thank you so much. Will definitely try out more of your recipes soon.
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Jokbal
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You can use corn syrup, too. Rice syrup or corn syrup will make jokbal shiny.
I must try this. I make Chinese Hong Shao Ru (red cooked pork belly) all the time which is similar.
Red braised style pork is GREAT with kimchi!!
I did that a with only the lower part of the trotters (following a Chinese recipe). Worked great!
Unfortunately, a friend of ours can’t stand the smell or taste of anise, therefor I prepare something similar with the lower part of the legs for my birthday party a few days from now. Easy to prepare beforehand, I did that for several years now. I save the stock, freeze it and reuse it with freshly added doenjang, ginger etc. No wine, too.
Served cold. Big success every time!
Bye, Sanne.
Mmm…jokbal! My local HMart sometimes packages up jokbal with soondae…and now I’m hungry!