Today it’s time for another simple and delicious recipe: Korean-style curry rice (pronounced ka-re-raiseu in Korean, using 2 borrowed words from English, curry and rice). It’s quick to make and warm, hearty, and filling. It has just a few simple ingredients, and pretty much anyone can make it. When I was in university, my friends and I used […]
Today let’s make some soegogi-jeon, or beef pancakes. It’s a super-simple recipe that pretty much every meat eater loves: nice, tender beef sliced thinly, battered lightly in flour and egg and pan fried quickly. The result is light, meaty, savory, golden brown, and really delicious. This is a Korean side dish (banchan) recipe meant to be served with […]
Today we’re going to make kimchijjim, which is braised kimchi with pork and/or with mushrooms. It’s a delicious, savory side dish for rice that’s hearty, meaty, spicy & addictive! If you like kimchi, you’re going to love this dish, especially if you like kimchi-jjigae. Even people who are not crazy about kimchi tend to like […]
Yesterday I was invited to be a judge for the New York City preliminaries of the Global Taste of Korea contest. This is a Korean cooking contest held by the Korean Cultural Service all around the world in Norway, France, Vietnam, Malaysia, Russia, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, the Philippines, Algeria, Peru, New York and Hawaii. […]
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.
