Korean food ingredients pages

Shishito peppers (Kkwarigochu)
Shishito peppers are called kkwarigochu (꽈리고추) in Korean. They’re usually about 2-3 inches long and always wrinkly. The skin is thin and they’re very mild. In Korean cuisine they’re often used in side dishes and are steamed, stirfried, cooked, boiled, or sauteed.
Posted by Maangchi in Korean cooking ingredients on Jul 19th, 2011. Tagged: 꽈리고추, green chili pepper, kkwarigochu, Korean food ingredients, kwarigochu, padron peppers, shishito chie peppers, shishito peppers
Toasted sesame seeds (Bokkeun-kkae)
Toasted sesame seeds add a bright nutty flavor to many dishes in Korean cuisine. You can get pre-toasted sesame seeds in a Korean grocery store or buy dried raw sesame seeds (cham-kkae: 참깨) and toast them at home. Even if you buy pre-toasted seeds in the store, you can give them a quick toasting at home […]
Posted by Maangchi in Korean cooking ingredients on Mar 8th, 2008. Tagged: bokkeum-kkae, chamkkae, 깨, 볶은 깨, 볶음깨, kkae, Korean cooking ingredient, korean food, Korean food ingredients, korean ingredients, raw sesame seeds, sesame seeds, sesameseeds

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