Korean kitchen pages

  1. Emergency Kimchi (Yangbaechu-kimchi)

    A simple and rapid method I developed for making kimchi.

  2. Jatjuk (pine nut porridge)

    Pine nut porridge (Jatjuk)

    Beautifully white, mild in taste, warm and satisfying, I’ve never seen anybody who doesn’t like pine nut porridge (jatjuk). The recipe is also very simple, made with just a few ingredients, and it’s super-nutritious!

  3. Babette’s Korean feast

    Jenny made everybody happy by cooking Korean food! She reminded me of my favorite movie Babette’s Feast. Yes, she is the Singapore version of Babette.

  4. Dipping sauce for raw fish (Doenjang-banga)

    Hi everybody! Today I have a short and simple – but fun – video recipe for doenjangbanga. When I was in the island of Roatan in Honduras, I chartered a boat and a few men for snorkeling and fishing. We started at about 11:00 am and came back about 4:00 pm. It was an awesome experience […]

  5. Goguma mattang

    Candied sweet potato (Mattang: 맛탕)

    Mattang is a delicious, easy to make sweet that’s chunks of sweet potato coated in translucent hot brown syrup. They are super crunchy on the outside and warm and fluffy on the inside. It’s so simple and easy to make but freshly made mattang is really irresistible, with an amazing, loud crispy crunch but then […]

  6. Ox bone soup (Seolleongtang)

    The milky broth is achieved by simmering for hours and hours. There’s no rule to how many hours you have to boil it, but I can tell you that you need simmer until you get a milky broth, and the bones are smooth with no more meat is sticking to them. The bone marrow should be all boiled away so that there’s a cavity in the center of each bone. The inside of the bones should look like a sponge.

  7. My readers’ 1 month project: making ojingeojeot

    My readers have started making fermented squid. Let’s see how it looks after a month.

  8. yubuchobap

    Fried tofu stuffed with rice (Yubuchobap: 유부초밥)

    Yubuchobap, made with seasoned fried tofu and rice. It originated from Japan, but it’s very popular lunch box and picnic food in Korea. You can make it very easily at home because these days ready-made kits of ingredients for yubuchobap are sold at Korean and Japanese grocery stores. You may find them in Asian grocery stores, too.

  9. Korean-style collard greens side dish

    Collard greens are not a familiar vegetable in Korean cuisine. However, since the vegetable is nutritious, healthy, and delicious, I wanted to use it in my cooking. First I tried to make kimchi with it, but it turned out too tough. Then I tried cooked collard greens at a BBQ restaurant in New York and […]

  10. baking cups

    Baking cups

    These are not uniquely Korean, but they were great for making steamed pork buns.

  11. Steamed pork buns (Jjinppang-mandu)

    “We used to make a large quantity at once, enough to eat for the whole winter. We kept hundreds of steamed pork buns in earthenware pots in the yard. The weather was so cold that the buns were frozen the whole winter, until we finished them. They were hard as stones the whole time. We ate them every other day, not as a snack, but as a meal. We used to bring some frozen buns to the kitchen, thaw them out, steam them, and eat them.”

  12. Mung bean jelly starch powder (Cheongpomuk-garu)

    Sometimes incorrectly labeled as mung bean flour (probably because mung beans look like green beans when they’re in the pod), this is a finegrained starch extracted from mung beans. It is used to make noodles and side dishes. With one small package, you can make a huge amount of jelly. Use what you need, then […]

  13. Braised beef with eggs & peppers in soy sauce (Jangjorim: 장조림)

    Jangjorim is one of the most loved Korean side dishes. It’s also a popular item for lunch boxes. I love to add lots of green chile peppers to my jangjorim. I enjoy not only the beef taste but also the juice, which contains saltiness from soy sauce, good aroma from green chile pepper, and a […]

  14. Pork bone soup (Gamjatang)

    Have you ever heard of gamjatang? Gamjatang is soup made with pork neck bones and vegetables. Sizzling hot gamjatang is hearty and savory which makes it always popular at the dinner table. The soft fatty meat picked from the gaps between the bones is especially tasty. The fully cooked cabbage and bean sprouts in the stock turn soft yet […]