Learn how to clean abalone and make abalone sotbap, a nourishing Korean stone pot rice dish with tender abalone, miyeok, garlic, and crispy scorched rice at the bottom.
Since leaving Korea and living abroad for many years, I’ve come across a few fish that were unfamiliar to me when I lived in Korea. Two of them are whiting and branzino, and I found that they can be especially delicious when cooked with Korean flavors. In a previous recipe, I used whiting to make […]
Fermenting can’t get easier with this fish sauce based ferment of pickled peppers in soy sauce. It’s made with traditional Korean green peppers that are mild, sweet, juicy, and super crispy. The flavorful juice in the peppers squirts out with every bite, so be careful!
Here’s a delicious, flavorful, juicy, crispy, spicy, small-batch kimchi you can make pretty much anywhere for 1 or 2 hungry kimchi-lovers. The ingredients are easy to find, too!
I made a Korean dosirak (lunchbox) for my father made up of many traditional sidedishes. Here’s a list of them all, plus recipes for each if you want to recreate what I made.
I headed to Namhae, my father’s hometown and where I had spent a lot of time when I was young. I was visited by my old friend Ms. Im for a seaside fresh fish lunch.
After being away for years I revisited my hometown of Yeosu in South Korea. So much of what I love and remember is still there, including some of my family’s favorite restaurants. And of course the traditional markets are all still there too!
Sweet, sour, and spicy, this hoe-muchim is inspired by a restaurant in my seaside hometown of Yeosu. When you get some very fresh fish, this recipe should be high on your list to make!
Thin, minty, and aromatic kkaennip (perilla leaves) are popular in Korean cooking. This jangtteok pancake is savory, earthy, a little spicy, minty, and crisp on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside.
A simple, easy to make dish for when you are in a hurry but still want something that tastes a little homemade. Tteok-ramyeon is spicy instant ramyeon with kimchi, rice cake slices and an egg!
Yangnyeom-gejang, spicy raw crab, is a favorite of mine and a real delicacy. It’s sweet, soft, spicy, and has a jelly-like texture. You have to try it!
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.
