Maangchi Korean cooking pages

Tteokgalbi (Minced, seasoned, and grilled beef ribs)

Tteokgalbi is a delicious Korean dish made from beef ribs, where the meat is minced and pounded on the bone, then marinated in a sweet, salty, and savory sauce, and then grilled or barbecued over charcoal. It’s sweet, chewy, and juicy, and best of all, it’s very tender because the meat is already chopped into small pieces […]

Sweet, sour, and spicy mushrooms with water dropwort

Today’s recipe is a sweet, sour, and spicy mushroom dish with water dropwort, called Beoseot minari chomuchim. It’s a variation of a popular traditional Korean dish that’s prepared the same way but uses squid instead of mushrooms (called ojingeo minari chomuchim), and something I came up with in my hotel room in Sydney, Australia during my […]

Japchae

Cold noodles

Jjajangmyeon: noodles in black bean sauce

Kale Pancakes

Hi everybody! Let’s make something healthy, delicious, and a little salty today. It’s a delicious Korean side dish, meant to be eaten with rice and other side dishes. Have you ever heard of jangtteok (장떡)? They’re pancakes seasoned with Korean jang like ganjang (soy sauce), doenjang (soybean paste), or gochujang (hot pepper paste). They make great side […]

Gimbap

4th of July chicken

Potato Salad

If you’ve ever been to a Korean restaurant, maybe they served you a small side dish of cold, smooth, slightly sweet mashed potatoes, almost like ice cream. It might have had some carrot or cucumber in it, which made it a little crispy. There was probably no more than an tiny scoop of it on the plate, and […]

Bibimguksu (Spicy mixed noodles)

Kimchi Hot Dog

This recipe combines a technique I learned from a Toronto bus station street vendor with my own spicy, sour, well-fermented Korean kimchi. For me this is the best of best summertime hot dog.

Bibimbap with fiddleheads

Spicy soft tofu stew for lunch!

Naengmyeon

Mandu (Korean dumpling)