Hi everybody! I’m very excited to introduce chonggak-kimchi to you today, a special kind of kimchi made with radishes called chonggakmu. Chonggak-kimchi is often translated as “ponytail kimchi.” I think it’s an awesome translation because the name not only sounds cute but the greens on the radish look like real ponytail. You’ll never forget the […]
Here is another quick and delicious recipe made with fermented kimchi: bibim-guksu, cold spicy noodles. It’s one of my favorites, so I make it often. If I don’t make these noodles for a while, I really have a craving for them. This recipe is really quick to make. The first thing I do is boil […]
Today we are going to learn 2 Dutch recipes! Reinier showed me how to make raw endive mash and Dutch meatballs, two national dishes from his country! I filmed the video with Reinier when I visited Rotterdam, Netherlands for my Gapshida project. Alex volunteered to be our cameraman. Reinier has been cooking Korean food on regular basis. […]
Kkakdugi is a type of kimchi made from diced radish. It’s a very common kind of kimchi and often used in Korean everyday meals along with baechu kimchi (napa cabbage kimchi).
Doljaban muchim is very delicious, flavorful, and one of the easiest side dishes to prepare. The main ingredient, doljaban, is also called gimjaban, and its texture and flavor are very similar to kim (seaweed paper), which is used for making gimbap. If you like the flavor of kim, you’ll love this side dish. It’s one of my […]
“We used to make a large quantity at once, enough to eat for the whole winter. We kept hundreds of steamed pork buns in earthenware pots in the yard. The weather was so cold that the buns were frozen the whole winter, until we finished them. They were hard as stones the whole time. We ate them every other day, not as a snack, but as a meal. We used to bring some frozen buns to the kitchen, thaw them out, steam them, and eat them.”
The first time I tried LA galbi was about 20 years ago when I visited my sister living in LA. She prepared LA galbi for me and my family. I enjoyed the galbi a lot even though I was a little surprised to see the short ribs cut thinly and across the bone.
Ojingeochae muchim is one of the most popular side dishes for Korean lunchboxes (“doshirak“). I learned this recipe from my cousin Kyeong in Korea, who was attending university when I was in high school. I couldn’t believe how tasty it was when I tasted her ojingeochae muchim because it was much softer than my own […]
Korean seasoned raw beef (yukhoe) is a delicious, fantastic totally unique dish: cool, garlicky, nutty, a little sweet and of course meaty! It makes for a great side dish for drinking. My recipe uses a lot of garlic, so plan in advance for garlic breath! This recipe has been a favorite in my family for […]
Sometimes incorrectly labeled as mung bean flour (probably because mung beans look like green beans when they’re in the pod), this is a finegrained starch extracted from mung beans. It is used to make noodles and side dishes. With one small package, you can make a huge amount of jelly. Use what you need, then […]
Hi, everybody, I’m going to introduce another side dish recipe to you. Cheongpomuk-muchim is made with mung bean starch. It’s sugar-free and fat-free but delicious. What’s the taste like? Hmmm, if you like noodles, you’ll like it. As you see in the video tutorial, I add 1 teaspoon of salt for 7 cups water and the starch powder, […]
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.
