Spicy stir fried squid

Ojingeo-bokkeum 오징어볶음

Today I’m going to introduce you to a simple, flavorful seafood dish called ojingeo-bokkeum. It’s spicy Korean stir-fried squid, one of my all-time favorite dishes. It’s easy to make that if you do it once you’ll probably be able to make for the rest of your life! : )

This recipe is very special to me because it’s the first one I ever shared on YouTube, on April 9, 2007. I filmed it with a very simple point-and-shoot camera (Sony Cybershot DSCW50) so the quality is not very good, and I used music that was protected by copyright, which YouTube later removed. This video really needed a remake in HD.

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I was living in Toronto, Canada at the time, and I never would have known that I would still be cooking Korean food on YouTube so many years later. But I’ve met so many wonderful people around the world through my videos that it’s truly one of the best decisions I ever made in my life.

This dish is incredibly easy to make once you get the ingredients together. I’ve been making it so long I don’t even remember where I learned it! It’s like a part of me. And I don’t remember why I decided to make a video about it except that me and my Korean coworkers used to go to a Korean restaurant all the time in Toronto and eat ojingeo-bokkeum there. They all loved it, but I thought to myself: “Mine is better.”

You can use more or less hot pepper flakes, depending on how spicy you like it, and you could substitute squid for chicken, or even king oyster mushrooms if you’re a vegetarian.

Good luck with making delicious ojingeo-bokkeum!

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Ingredients: Serves 2 to 4

  • 1 pound cleaned squid, cut into bite size pieces (about 2″ x ½”)
  • 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon potato starch

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For seasoning paste:

Vegetables:

  • 12 green onions, cut into 2 inch long
  • 1 green chili pepper, sliced
  • 1 medium onion (about 7 ounces), sliced
  • 1 small carrot (about ½ cup worth), sliced into thin strips (about 2″ x ½”)

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Directions

Make slurry

  1. Combine the potato starch and ¼ cup water in a small bowl and mix well.

Make seasoning paste

  1. Combine garlic, ginger, soy sauce, hot pepper flakes, and sugar in a bowl and mix well.

Stir fry!

  1. Heat up a pan over medium high heat. Add the vegetable oil and stir-fry the onion, carrot, green onion, and green chili pepper for about 7 to 8 minutes until the green onions are wilted and the onion is a little translucent.
  2. Add the squid and seasoning paste. Stir fry for a few minutes until the squid turns opaque.
  3. Mix in the slurry and cook for 30 seconds.

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Serve

  1. Serve right away as a side dish for rice.

Posted on Monday, April 9th, 2007 at 4:08 pm. Last updated on August 10, 2021.
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133 Comments:

  1. freldici France joined 6/20 & has 22 comments
    Posted July 21st, 2021 at 6:54 pm | or create a profile.

    bonjour MAANGCHI ! Je ne savais pas trop comment cuire mon calamar : maintenant je sais ! merci ! j’en profite pour vous dire que je vous suis depuis la naissance de ma 2ème fille il y a 6 ans et elle a donc grandi avec vous et vos vidéos : elle vous adore et vos vidéos nous détendent toutes les deux : vous rendez vous compte, une petite française parisienne de 6 ans sait faire du kimchi !!!!

  2. MaangchiLove Montreal, Toronto joined 8/19 & has 39 comments
    Posted April 20th, 2021 at 12:58 am | or create a profile.

    My first time. The sauce is delicious, but the squid I bought from a supermarket seems to be a different kind. It was tough. Korean ojing-o is more tender and juicy, I think :(


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  3. sinned chicago joined 4/15 & has 2 comments
    Posted May 8th, 2020 at 9:00 pm | or create a profile.

    Maangchi –

    To use King Oyster mushrooms instead of squid, about how many? Or how much volume of ingrediet for 1 pound of squid?

    Has it been 13 years already thank you for sharing your passion!

    sinneD

  4. lizlewis71 Twin Falls, Id. joined 11/13 & has 4 comments
    Posted March 15th, 2020 at 5:48 pm | or create a profile.

    Hi. I have been following you for a long time. I made this but I can’t get squ8d in my area (Idaho) so I used a seafood mix. I am adopted from Korea and learning so much from you. Thank you!

  5. Charl Orange County joined 3/19 & has 1 comment
    Posted March 19th, 2019 at 7:11 pm | or create a profile.

    Hi Maangchi,
    Thank you for sharing this recipe. I cooked this for my family last night and they all loved it!
    It was spicy & very tasty.. another great recipe from you.. Thank you!

  6. Megan87 South Korea joined 1/19 & has 2 comments
    Posted January 11th, 2019 at 6:51 pm | or create a profile.

    How many people would this dish feed with rice?

  7. Mikura New Haven, CT joined 6/09 & has 8 comments
    Posted July 22nd, 2017 at 5:02 pm | or create a profile.

    Maangchi,

    I had the pleasure of watching your videos pretty early on since the summer of ’07. Such a fantastic journey you’ve had thus far, and also what great resources you’ve given to the world!

    In the post, it says your first video was April of 2017, you must have meant 2007!

  8. MollieGrant London joined 7/17 & has 1 comment
    Posted July 20th, 2017 at 2:18 am | or create a profile.

    nice post

  9. Carl O Auckland, New Zealand joined 4/17 & has 3 comments
    Posted May 9th, 2017 at 8:22 am | or create a profile.

    10 Year Anniversary. Congratulations Maangchi. Here is my Spicy Stir-fried Squid. I used only head and tentacles (I’m lazy today next time I will use whole squid). Also I added some zucchini. Absolutely delicious. I will definitely be making Ojingeo-bokkeum again.


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  10. Sarah03 New york joined 7/13 & has 3 comments
    Posted May 4th, 2017 at 2:23 am | or create a profile.

    After cooking the recipe Maangchi’s food really does give the same joyful expression of deliciousness she has while eating. I can make the same expression because the flavors really does taste that delicious! So yummy! Made this without the red pepper flavors. Did put in the green hot pepper which makes it spicy kick too. Super super delcious and easy, even got past the cleaning squid part. Thank you Maangchi!

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