Today’s recipe is a delicious, colorful, savory one-bowl meal called Soegogi-yachaejuk, a nutritious rice porridge made with cuts of lean beef and tons of vegetables. It makes for a warm, hearty meal any time of the year. And it’s easy on the stomach so good for people who are recuperating. It’s also a low carb food, […]
Hello everybody! I’m introducing a delicious, nutritious, healthy, and simple recipe today. Ow ow lots of adjectives, huh? : ) It’s black sesame seeds porridge! Are you saying, “Uh oh! Warm porridge on hot day?” But this porridge is good for any season. It’s a very popular dish all year round. The black sesame seeds […]
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!
This chicken and chicken soup called Yeonggye-baeksuk in Korean (영계백숙) is a simple, communal dish that’s delicious, filling, and easy to share with many people. It uses a young chicken between 3 and 4 pounds which is boiled and then served with a rice porridge made from the broth. I remember my grandmother on my […]
Abalone porridge (jeonbokjuk) is known as the “king of porridges” in Korea. Not only is it creamy, savory, delicious, hearty, and satisfying, but because they live on the rocks on the bottom of the ocean, abalones are incredibly lean and have almost no fat. They are full of good minerals and vitamins, too. It’s hard to beat […]
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.
