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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
Maangchi! I can’t wait to try this recipe! Heading to the H-Mart today. Have you ever put kongnamul in this?…I’m trying to remember if my Mom ever did that…I also remember a simple kongnamul soup she would cook, but had turnip/radish in it also…love seeing these videos…reminds me of my Mom.
Good luck with making delicious ojingeo-guk! This soup is my family’s all-time favorite!
I make fermented squid the Japanese way, ika no shiokara. Just salted but I like to eat it tossed with chili peppers and green onion, sometimes fish sauce or vinegar. My American friends think it’s disgusting. Yey, more for me!!!! I make it once a week because it’s versatile for use in recipes and it’s great just eating it alone or with hot rice much like Ojingeojeot without all the seasoning. When making a soup like this recipe, I rinse the fermented squid, toss with scallions, fresh hot chili peppers, and a little fish sauce to marinate. Since the squid is somewhat “cooked” from being in brine, I add it at the last minute, stirring it through the soup to warm it then serving immediately. The squid flavor is imparted to the soup and it’s so tender!!! Just be sure to use enough because it will shrink when it hits the hot soup!. Love this recipe. I think I will try using Ojingeojeot next time, adding it right before serving. Will make for a spicy soup! Thanks for the recipe!!!!!
Can i replace hot pepper flakes with gochujang?
This is pretty much a stew. I made it tonight for the wife. We both loved it. red pepper flakes worked perfectly ! Like the people in the video, she and I are fans.
I used all the ingedients including subbing turnips for Korean radish.
Next time I will make a double and save some for later. Good recipe! YUM!!!!
yes, this soup is my family’s favorite soup that I have been making years and years. I’m happy to hear that you made this for your wife! The soup was made with your love! It should be delicious. : )
Maangchi I totally loved this recipe. When I went to the store I couldn’t find fish sauce, so I substituted orange ginger sauce instead. The store also didn’t have squid so I used shrimp, and I did use extra green onion instead of leeks. After the hard boil as soon as I turned it to medium heat I stirred in some extra orange ginger sauce to heighten the flavor, it’s wonderful! You should try it if you haven’t already!
It sounds very delicious! Did you shell the shrimp?
I bought it precooked, all I had to do was leave it sit out while cooking so it became room temperature, pull off the tails, toss them in, mix, and viola. I know with raw, uncooked and veined shrimp you’d have to de-vein them and cook them, but buying frozen pre-cooked and de-veined shrimp made a bit less work.
Annyeonghaseyo Maangchi!
Sorry I don’t know your name, but I am a fan of yours. You make cooking Korean food so easy. Your ways of cooking are very easy to follow. Thanks to you my I can cook Korean food for my husband.
Thank you! I love this soup, it’s my family’s all time favorite.
I have been following your videos for a couple years and have not made any recipes until today!! My squid is marinating, along with everything but the onion and radish and water. I gotta run to the store! :) I cannot wait to make this, my husband is Korean and I am Mexican. So I am used to making food completely different. Thanks so much for the most awesome instructions, measurements and pictures! the videos are amazing. So easy to follow and just plain great way to cook something that is very different.
Thank you!
umm.. you made delicious oijingeoguk! Did your husband like it?
“I gotta run to the store!” cute! : )
Hi!
Wen i saw and watch your website im so excite now to learn and cook korean food…espescially this winter soup… ojigeoguk….맜 있게 드세요!!!
yup yup! : )
Dear Maangchi Nim,
This looks delicious and I will try it tonight! I just want to thank-you for saving my marriage! LOL! Seriously…my husband is Korean, I am Canadian. For the past 4 years I have been attempting again and again various Korean recipes to no avail! My husband jsut resigned himself to the fact that he would never have delicious Korean food cooked in the home for the rest of his life. Well, that was until I found YOU! Every single recipe I have made if yours has turned out not only good, but excellent!! Perhaps my persistence has also paid off, but I have to say, your measurements, your instructions are nothing short of perfect! I’m so happy and excited to cook the food our whole family loves!! Kumasimida Unni!!!
Sorry about the late reply. I found your post just today. Thank you so much for sharing your experience about Korean food with us! If you like to share more stories, please fill out the interview questions and upload some photos. https://www.maangchi.com/korean-food-fan-interview
Cheers! : )
you have a great website.i love the pictures and the recipe i will try this any spicy soup recipe i love to cook
Thank you! Welcome to my website!
YAY more squid! Now I have to figure a way to break apart my box of frozen ones.
Good luck with making delicious ojingeoguk!
Maangchi, can I make this soup with left over ojingeo banchan? If I boil it for a longer time, will the banchan textured squid get softer? Or will it get harder? (more jjjil gyu)?
OMG! Now my mouth is watering! I can’t wait to make this one, Maangchi! I love soup so much!
yeah, it sounds like you are a soup lover! Let me know how yours turns out. I make this squid soup very often.