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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
Thanks for sharing the recipe!
We made it for dinner tonight, but didn’t have dill. It tasted good!
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Gorgeous!
What kind of pan are you using?
Hello Maangchi
I want to try to add more veggies for my kids, which one would you recommend? Maybe zucchini? Do you think spinach would work well with this patties? Thank you!
Hi Maangchi! This recipe was so delicious!!! This is my new favorite recipe for my lunch boxes. (: Could this recipe be made with only tofu? I would love to learn how to substitute the meat to make a vegetarian version for my friends and family! <3 Happy cooking.
Hey Maangchi!
I made this recipe tonight, and it came out pretty good. I have a couple questions though: I had a hard time getting my meat to shape into patties. Do I need to knead the meat longer next time? Secondly, I enjoyed the taste but want the veggies inside to be less crunchy next time, do you have any suggestions?
Thanks a bunch. I can’t wait to try some more of your recipes. :)
Hey Kaseixjaa!
For the patties not holding shape, I would first make sure you use firm tofu since it’ll be easier to squeeze out all the excess water because any moisture in the tofu will make it harder for the patties to bind and hold shape. If you still find it hard for them to hold shape you can add a pinch of flour to help it bind. As for the veggies if you don’t want them as crunchy I would suggest giving them a quick saute in a pan, but make sure you drain any excess oil or moisture that had cooked out and to also let them cool completely before adding it into the mixture. Hope that helps! Happy cooking! -Teddy
Thanks Tediono. :)
hi maangchi!
just a quick question; can you replace the firm tofu with silken tofu?
thanks, warren
Theoretically, yes – since firm tofu is further pressed silken tofu…
But you won’t have much left after you got rid of excess water there. ;-)
If it’s ok for you to use milk-products with meat, you could use “Topfen” (pressed quark) instead.
Bye, Sanne.
thank you sanne for your advice!
hi maangchi! i made these tonight and they were very easy and relaxing to make :3 i used a mix of beef and pork since we had some leftover minced pork. i wasnt able to get them as pretty and yellow as yours, but they tasted delicious! thank you for your recipe!
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Your wanjajeon looks gorgeous!
Hi Maangchi,
I have made this and my family loveed it.. the shape looks like “perkedel” (a traditional food from Indonesia which is made from potato as base ingredient)..
Thank you Maangchi!!
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I’m very happy to hear that your family loved your wanjajeon! I want some! : )
Dear Maangchi,
I’m sad I missed you when you came to New Zealand. I was in Tonga when you were there.
Congratulations on your success!
This recipe is very delicious. I tried before dongeurangtaeng. Is it the same type of food?
Yes, it’s also called donggeurantttaeng. : )
Hi Maangchi !
I discover your site few months ago and now i am an addict of corean food .
Thank’s for all recipes.
Good luck with your Korean cooking!
Is 80% lean ground beef appropriate for this recipe or would 93% lean be a better choice?
I’ve made quite a few dishes from your recipes and they always get eaten very quickly.
It doesn’t matter much but I would choose 80% lean ground beef because it will be tastier.