Korean cuisine pages

  1. Spicy, chewy, sweet & sour cold noodles (Jjolmyeon: 쫄면)

    Jjolymyeon is all about the noodles – chewy, elastic, soft, wheat noodles. They are thicker and heavier than other Korean noodles, mixed with spicy sauce and soybean sprouts, they are refreshing and unforgettable!

  2. jjolmyeon noodles

    Jjolmyeon noodles

    These noodles are made with wheat flour and starch and are thicker than a lot of other Korean noodles, which makes them very chewy and elastic. In Korean they are called “jjolmyeon” which is also the name of the dish they are used in. They can be found in the frozen section of a Korean […]

  3. kimchi-ppang

    Kimchi Pork Buns (Kimchi-ppang: 김치빵)

    I’m always excited to release my new recipe and get the chance to share it with all of you. Today’s recipe is baked kimchi pork buns, called kimchi-ppang! Kimchi-ppang are jumbo, white, fluffy buns baked with a generous kimchi and pork filling inside which is spicy, savory, crispy, and meaty. They have a golden crunchy crust outside […]

  4. Rice with red beans (Patbap: 팥밥)

    Rice is very important to Korean cuisine. It’s the center of pretty much every meal and in fact the Korean word for “cooked rice” (bap: 밥) can also mean “meal.” Most of the time we Koreans eat white rice, or multigrain rice, but on special occasions we prepare rice mixed with red beans, called patbap. Patbap tastes […]

  5. dumpling soup (manduguk: 만두국)

    Dumpling soup (Mandu-guk: 만두국)

    Imagine garlic-flavored rich beef brisket stock filled with sweet, springy shrimp and chive mandu dumplings. If you’re a soup person, this is going to make your stomach very happy!

  6. Mung bean porridge (Nokdu-juk: 녹두죽)

    Today let’s make an easy, delicious, hearty and super-nutritious recipe for mung bean porridge called nokdu-juk (녹두죽)! The mild, smooth, and soft porridge is not only comforting but also nutty and filling. Korean cuisine has a lot of different kind of porridges (in Korean:죽 juk), and I showed you many of them already. Nokdu-juk is […]

  7. Fried seaweed paper coated with glutinous rice paste (Gim-bugak: 김부각)

    Today I’m going to introduce you to gim-bugak, which is seaweed paper coated with glutinous rice paste and then fried. It tastes very crispy, airy, savory, and full of the fresh flavor of the sea that is unique to gim. When it’s coated with rice paste and dried and fried, it expands like a blooming white flower. […]

  8. Braised octopus (Muneo-jorim)

    Hello everybody! This is the last of my videos filmed during my trip to France. In my last video I showed how to clean and cook an octopus and serve it in the Korean style with a sesame oil dipping sauce. As I mentioned in that video, I have so many traditional Korean recipes using […]