Today I’m introducing you to my family’s all time favorite dish, haemuljeon, a Korean pancake made with a few different kinds of seafood. Growing up in a harbor city on the southern coast of South Korea, every meal table was abundant with seafood. The traditional open air market was very close to my house so […]
Today’s recipe is spicy beef and vegetable soup, called dakgaejang. It’s a delicious hot and spicy soup, and with just one small chicken you can feed a lot of people. That’s good value! And if you’re making it for yourself just freeze the leftovers and eat them for a while. If you made my yukgaejang […]
Buchu-japchae is Asian chives stir-fried with meat and vegetables. It’s usually served in Korean-Chinese restaurants with Kkotppang (Steamed flower-shaped buns). When you go to Korean-Chinese restaurants this delicious stirfry is the most popular dish after jjajangmyeon (noodles in black bean sauce), jjamppong (seafood and noodle soup), and tangsuyuk (Sweet and sour pork). A lot of […]
Hello everybody! I know some of you are growing perilla leaves (Kkaennip, 깻잎 in Korean) in your garden. I’ve been so interested in reading all your garden stories every year, and seeing your photos of your big green perilla leaves! I have a small patio in my apartment in New York City, and you guys […]
These days it’s hot summertime, but you still need to cook! Even on the hottest days you can always get some energy from your own homemade food. Today’s recipe is another simple and easy recipe, spicy pork stew or dwaejigogi-jjigae in Korean, a spicy, savory, juicy stew made with pork belly. Usually when I cook with […]
Who wouldn’t like a cool, refreshing punch made from Korea’s famous 5 flavored berries? Salty, sweet, sour, spicy, and bitter, and loaded with ice, this drink is delightful on a hot day.
Today I’m going to show you my recipe for dried shredded pollock seasoned with hot pepper paste. I’ve been making this for a long time and everyone loves it. It’s sweet, spicy, juicy sauce covering light, dried flaky fish. Called Bugeopo gochujang-muchim in Korean, it’s a great side dish for rice and can be kept in the […]
Last night I had a meetup at my friend’s budae-jjigae restaurant in Seoul (김이박부대찌개). This meetup wasn’t planned much in advance, I was in Seoul and I wanted to meet my readers and viewers because I’m here. I was surprised that a lot of people who came last night were also travelers in Korea, just […]
Today let’s learn about another Korean side dish that you can make so easily, using zucchini and shrimp. It’s sautéed zucchini and shrimp (Aehobak-saeu-bokkeum: 애호박새우볶음). Green, semi-translucent zucchini becomes a little savory when it’s cooked with shrimp, and then fermented shrimp sauce enhances the flavor even more. The colors are beautiful and the contrast stimulates our […]
Today’s recipe is something I call L.A. jangajji, a Korean style pickle popular in the Korean community in Los Angeles. I first tasted it years ago when I visited my mom in L.A. She said all her friends were making pickles that way in those days. Usually Korean jangajji only pickles one vegetable and is […]
This spicy braised potato side dish is very simple and something you can make quickly with only a few ingredients. You’ll be surprised at how delicious it is, with such little work! Your house will be full of a good aroma! As I mentioned it the video, this is a more frugal version of the […]
Jokbal is rich and savory pig’s trotters braised in seasonings for hours until they totally absorb the flavors and are soft, shiny, and glazed, with the meat falling off the bone. This recipe took me years to perfect and it can’t get any better.
Today’s recipe is vegetable and fruit water kimchi called nabak-kimchi in Korean. It’s fruits and vegetables fermented in a spicy rose-colored brine: savory, refreshing, tangy, cold and delicious with a little bit of heat. Koreans serve this kimchi as a side dish to rice, but also rice cake, porridge, and steamed sweet potatoes. It’s a […]
Gang-doenjang (강된장) is a reduced and thickened fermented soybean paste stew, usually served as a dipping sauce for Korean lettuce wraps (ssam:쌈). It’s earthy, savory, and hearty, and full of fresh chopped vegetables and a bit of meat and/or seafood. The best way to eat it is with some freshly-made multigrain rice and wrapped in fresh, […]
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.
