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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
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Mar 9th
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Feb 20th
I made this today after finding a kit at a tiny Asian story near me :) so much fun to make
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Today I made 유부초밥
Very tasty
Thanks Maangchi
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Mouthwatering!
Hi Maangchi!!! I used this recipe for my home econs exam and i got an A!!!! Thank you for sharing this recipe!!!!
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Hi Maangchi!
I want to try and make this for dinner today :)
Looks so yummy! I was wondering however, if I have left overs, will it taste good the next day for lunch? Or is it better to keep the empty tofu pockets in a bag for another day?
Thank you! :)
“is it better to keep the empty tofu pockets in a bag for another day?” yes, it is.
Make it with freshly made rice.
Thank you Maangchi! They were so delicious and my husband and I ate them all i one meal :)
haha, you didn’t leave any leftover!
Maangchi, Please Make Citron Tea [Tea in a jar] best thing i ever had! Love Your Sweet, Sharing Nature
Dear Maangchi, annyeonghaseyo. ^_^
I wonder if there any appropriate substitute for cucumber, because I had an allergic on it.. Any idea??
Gomawoyo…
How about chopped spinach? Blanch some spinach and rinse it in cold water. Then squeeze out excess water.Chop it up and add a pinch of salt and mix. Then add to the rice. If this is too much work for you, just skip it. I use cucumber for color and crispy taste. Good luck!
When I buy the tofu pockets, they do not come with the seasoning, What should I do?
Do you have recipe for the seasoning powder and also the seasoning for the rice.
Thank you
You can make your own seasoning stuff. How about roasted sesame seeds and powdered kim (seaweed paper). You can add more delicious stuff like powdered dried shrimp.
YES! This is exactly what I use, and it’s delicious. I grind my own kim and dried shrimp :) It’s delicious!
These look delicious! I’d love to give this a try, but I’m afraid no one would eat them. My mother can’t eat tofu or really any soy products due to medical issues, and my dad and sister really do not like tofu. At all.
Maybe I just won’t tell my dad and sister that it’s tofu ;)
Dear Maangchi,
I ate yubuchobap at a picnic with the children I teach and wanted to find out how to make it… when I was in the grocery store I found a package and tried it at home! I came across your recipe after I had already made it, you can check out my attempt here… http://farmeggs.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/yubuchobap-seasoned-tofu-pockets-with-rice/
I didn’t realize that sticky rice would work best, I found this rice at a health food store here (in Korea) and I don’t really know what it is but I really like it!
Hope you are having a great day!
Anna
Hello… i liked the recipe… well.. dont want to look so dumb.. but… waa im from mexico and i would like to do this… the problem is i dont know how to cook rice… and i cant find a recipe where i could learn… korean rice.. waa.. hope you to help me… Thanks!
Check this out please : https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/rice
You will have to find short grain rice (known as sushi rice) though. Good luck!
If cannot find short-grain rice (arroz), medium grain will work too. Growing up in Hawaii, my mom never did use short grain, always “calrose” medium grain. It was not until I moved to California (and started cooking on my own) I realized how many kinds of rice there are!
Thank you Maangchi! I love your show. I made samgak kimbap today. Took me some searching to find the kit here in Portland Oregon!
I really want to make this but i cant find the colourful dried seasoning here and i dislike olives, so…. :((
btw anyway we can make yubu by ourself? maybe just cut tofu thinly and deep fried then dip in some kind of sweet sauce?? (wats in the sauce??)
soupstock soysauce sugar
I just made these – they are very very tasty. Much sweeter than I expected which I think is a combination of the radish and the tofu. I will definitely make these again! Thanks as always Maangchi :)
I saw the photo on the Flickr group. I will feature the photo soon. It looks great. You exactly followed my directions. : )