Dakbokkeumtang (닭볶음탕) is very popular spicy chicken dish in Korea. It’s also called dakdoritang (닭도리탕). This video is a remake of an earlier one I made in 2011 in Amsterdam with my reader Sarah. It was during my Gapshida tour, and Sarah hosted a meetup in her house. Ever since then when I have dakbokkeumtang […]
Making your own homemade gochujang is not difficult but it takes time, patience, and being in a good mood when starting if off so all goes well. You’ll also need a sunny spot for it to ferment for 2 or 3 months. Once you taste your homemade gochujang, you’ll become a Korean paste taste master and store bought will never be as good as what you can make. It improves every dish it’s used in!
Today’s recipe is Cantonese-style steamed chicken and rice. It’s a family recipe from one of my readers, Hannah Ong. She says: “I learned this from my grandmother and now I make this on regular basis for my family.” Of course as you see in the video, she also loves to cook Korean food on the […]
Hello everybody, I’m so excited to introduce you to these 3 easy recipes that I learned from Mere Marshall in Rotorua, New Zealand! It was great to visit her because I had been looking forward to meeting her. If you want to know why I think she’s such an inspiring person, please check out her […]
I’m excited to introduce another soup recipe to you today, this one made with squid! If you are a soup lover and love seafood, I’m sure you will love this. It’s very easy to make but it is smells and tastes great. I made this soup when I visited Tanya in Canterbury UK. We made […]
Chicken adobo! I learned this recipe from my long time reader Josephine during my Gapshida trip in the Philippines! It was a great chance to meet her face to face because she had already been sharing her amazing Korean food photos with me and my other readers for years. Her husband Cyrus volunteered to be […]
Ooh ya ya! I’m so excited about introducing a Malaysian Chinese recipe called “Fish Head Mee Hoon” to you today! Allison Chin, one of my longtime readers living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia taught me this dish when I visited her house during my Gapshida trip! Some of you might think, “Eww! how can I eat fish […]
Here is another quick and delicious recipe made with fermented kimchi: bibim-guksu, cold spicy noodles. It’s one of my favorites, so I make it often. If I don’t make these noodles for a while, I really have a craving for them. This recipe is really quick to make. The first thing I do is boil […]
Today we are going to learn 2 Dutch recipes! Reinier showed me how to make raw endive mash and Dutch meatballs, two national dishes from his country! I filmed the video with Reinier when I visited Rotterdam, Netherlands for my Gapshida project. Alex volunteered to be our cameraman. Reinier has been cooking Korean food on regular basis. […]
This soup is another recipe which is very delicious and easy to make. When you boil this soup, the aroma is irresistible. : ) If you like spicy food and soup, this is the perfect food. You don’t need any other side dishes when you eat this soup, but you need to serve it with […]
Hi everybody! I’m very excited to introduce you to another non-Korean recipe that I filmed with my reader Mariksa in Jakarta, Indonesia! Gado-gado! Mariska is showing us how to make the west Java style gado-gado because she was born and raised in West Java province. There are many regional variation for gado-gado, just like Korean […]
This recipe was provided by Tanja Rogers. I’m very excited to introduce you to one of Thailand’s national dishes, som tam (ส้มตำ). This recipe is very simple, authentic, and easy. The first destination on my Gapshida tour was to visit Tanja Rogers in Canterbury, England (read my blog about the trip here). She’s been one […]
Which to get? Both are best sellers and either one is a good choice if you want to learn Korean home cooking. Maangchi's Real Korean Cooking has all the recipes for all the essential Korean pastes and sauces, but my second book Maangchi's Big Book of Korean Cooking has more recipes, more photos, and more variety.
