What’s a good food for the summer time?! You are looking for something fun and easy to eat? Something portable and bite-sized? It’s mandu time! : ) Mandu are Korean dumplings, and I’m very happy to share my chicken mandu recipe with you today. Mandu is usually made with pork or beef, or a mixture […]
Today I’m going to show you another easy, simple recipe that doesn’t require any special ingredients from a Korean grocery store or anything. Just potato, ham, and onion. It’s a stir fried potato and ham side dish called gamja-haem-bokkeum! How many times have I made this in my life? When my kids were in school […]
Do you have nicely fermented kimchi in your refrigerator? Then this is going to be one of the easiest, simplest, and fastest recipes you will ever make! Stir-fry your kimchi for 5 minutes, then it will turn into very delicious side dish! A side dish for what? Yes, I mean rice, cooked rice. Spicy, salty, […]
Today I’m going to show you how to make a delicious and simple Korean-style sandwich from my youth! It’s called a Three color sandwich (or Samsaek sandwich in Korean: 삼색 샌드위치). It’s light, crispy, and juicy, with lots of flavor. It’s great for a light snack or picnic. Traditional Korean meals are centered around rice or […]
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 […]
Hi everybody! Spring has come! It’s time for us to make something delicious, pack a lunch box, and go on a picnic. I can’t fully enjoy any activity or event unless delicious food is on hand. Most Koreans are like this. I may spend one afternoon in Central Park here in New York, but before […]
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.
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.
