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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
Thanks for sharing your recipes. I made these tonight with my mother and cousin, we had a lot of fun. They’re so cute and yummy.
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Thank you so much for sharing all your recipes and inspiring us to cook more great Korean food in our kitchen. I wanna try this ginger cookies soon but how long will it last in normal room temperature when put in a glass jar? I think it’s a good idea to share these lovelies and give them as gift in a jar. Many thanks to you Maangchi!
Hi.had a lot of fun making them,just love Korean cooking!
thanks for the recipe.
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OMG amazing, double color maejakwa! You must be a cooking genius!
I love ginger n that’s why i love this recipe. thanx a lot Maangchi..
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Hi,
I decided to make a Korean day here at home for my family and going to include these cookies to the menu :)
I was wondering, can I make the dough, cut and shape it a day or two ahead and fry it on time?
I tried making this cookies today , they turned out yummy . Very crunchy too .. i had fun making them . They’re a little time consuming , but i really don’t mind making it . It’s a fun project anyway .
Jay and Nick love the cookies , esp. my husband .. he said these cookies are too dangerous .. since he can’t stop snacking on them !!
Thanks Maangchi !
haha, dangerous ginger cookies! : ) Cheers, Olivia!
ok, this is the maejakgwa photo you uploaded. awesome! http://bit.ly/1absH3H
I just made this with my 7 yr old son…as a cooking activity. My son had a blast! And he loved the taste of these cookies. Thanks for the recipe, Maangchi!
yay! I’m so happy to hear that your son loved your maejakgwa! yaho! : )
Maangchi, I’ve just read an article about “Ddong ppang”. The article said that it’s a Korean Fortune cookies and it’s very popular there. If you have the recipe, could you please share me?? I think that the cookies is very cute. Thank you so much…
This is so cool. Just the other day my mom made some Chilean treats called “calzones rotos” (torn underwear in Spanish). Why do I mention this? Well, the shape is almost identical to maejakgwa!
Calzones rotos have baking powder in them so they are puffier than maejakgwa. And instead of a syrup, they are sprinkled with powdered sugar. But, I will definitely try making maejakgwa! :)
You can see a pic of calzones rotos here: http://www.midiariodecocina.com/2010/09/calzones-rotos.html
Interesting! “torn underwear” looks like maejakgwa! lol Thank you very much for sharing this information!
wow this Chilean dough looks like the Hungarian “csöröge fánk” http://www.flickr.com/photos/debreczeniemoke/4095977554/ It’s interesting to see how very similar recipes are developped on totally opposite parts of the world! Human thinking and tastes do not differ that much I guess!
“Human thinking and tastes do not differ that much I guess!” I totally agree with you! http://www.flickr.com/photos/debreczeniemoke/4095977554/ yeah it looks like maejakgwa!
it was very nice of you to share this recipe :) i tired it and i was very nice XD, thank you very much for sharing this :)
Thank you for your nice words! Happy cooking!