In my last recipe I showed you how to make Korean street toast. I’m very happy to see many people have made it and enjoy the recipe. Today I’ll introduce you to another Korean street food: Grilled cheese and rice cake skewers! When I visited Korea a couple of years ago, I tried this from […]
This classic Korean street food recipe is not all that old, but it supports endless variations and room to experiment. It’s a hot, sweet, sour, juicy and crispy sandwich usually made right in front of you in a street stall on the go. Here’s how to make it at home — don’t skimp on the shredded cabbage!
Time for something crunchy outside and soft and chewy inside! : ) Let’s make gimmari! Gimmari are crispy seaweed noodle rolls, a snack food that is popular with Korean street vendors and also sold frozen in Korean grocery stores. They’re made of glass noodles rolled in seaweed paper (gim) and then deep fried. Today I’m […]
Today I’m going to show you how to make a Korean street snack called yachae-hotteok. Yachae means “vegetables” in Korean, and hotteok are pancakes usually stuffed with sweet stuff and nuts. But in this case they’re filled with savory noodles and chopped vegetables. I love the crunchiness of the outer crust, the yeasty fluffiness of the inner […]
Let me introduce you to a popular Korean street snack gyeran-ppang (계란빵) or “egg bread” today. This is a sweet, steamy, hot and fluffy little loaf of bread with a whole egg inside. It’s sold by street vendors all over Korea. Until recently, I had never had gyeran-ppang before. Many of my readers who had travelled to Korea requested it, so when I […]
Hi everybody! Bungeoppang, the super-popular Korean street snack is here! : ) After watching this video you’ll be able to make it at home whenever you want. This will be a relief for those of you who used to live in Korea, because I’m sure you’re missing this sweet, hot, delicious treat. For those of you who […]
I was really surprised the first time one of my readers requested a recipe for ppopgi. I had totally forgotten about it! When I was in elementary school in Korea, there was a ppopgi vendor outside my school every day, and I was forever tempted by him, so the request brought back a lot of […]
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.
