Gado-gado (Indonesian salad)

tempeh and fried tofu For blanched vegetables: 1 cup of string beans cut into 4 cm long pieces, 1 cup of shredded cabbage, 1 cup of mung bean sprouts, 2 small chayotes cut into wedges (2 cups' worth), 1 cup of water spinach ("ong choy"), 1 cup of Chinese spinach Chinese spinach water spinach...

Crispy crunchy Korean fried chicken (Dakgangjeong)

My fast and easy Korean fried chicken recipe is the crispiest and crunchiest fried chicken you will ever make. It's still crunchy even days later!

Chicken gimbap (Dakgogi-gimbap: 닭고기김밥)

Today I'm going to share my chicken gimbap recipe with you! It's very easy to make, great for lunchboxes and picnics. Korean gimbap (seaweed rice rolls) can be as simple as some rice (bap in Korean) rolled and pressed in a sheet of dried seaweed (called gim in Korean), but usually the typical...

Spicy chicken & vegetable soup (Dakgaejang: 닭개장)

Today’s recipe is spicy beef and vegetable soup, called dakgaejang. It’s a delicious hot and spicy soup, and with just one small chicken you can feed a lot of people. That’s good value! And if you’re making it for yourself just freeze the leftovers and eat them for a while. If you made my...

Korean market-style fried chicken (Sijang-tongdak: 시장통닭)

Let's make traditional market-style Korean fried chicken! I've introduced you to many kinds of Korean fried chicken before, and now I want to show you one more! It's called sijang-tongdak: 시장통닭 (literally: "market chicken"). Unlike some other Korean fried chicken recipes this one doesn't use a...

The Best Fried Chicken Gizzards

"You can never be surrounded by too many gizzards." More commonly sold than duck gizzards, chicken gizzards are dirt-cheap and wholly delicious. I was first introduced to the glory of Southern fried chicken gizzards at Roscoe's, a chain of chicken-and-waffle...

Yak-gochujang (Fried gochujang)

If you're a fan of Korean gochujang, the spicy, sweet, savory, pungent paste that's used so often in Korean cooking, you're going to love yak-gochujang. It's gochujang fried with beef, honey, sesame oil and pine nuts, and will totally knock your socks off! Yak-gochujang looks simple, but it's a...

Spicy garlic fried chicken (Kkanpunggi 깐풍기)

Kkanpunggi is spicy garlic fried chicken stir-fried with vegetables and a sweet, sour, spicy sauce. It’s a Korean Chinese dish, originating in China but modified to suit Korean tastes, with Korean ingredients. I can remember eating this only a few times as a kid. When we went to a Korean Chinese...

Fried dried squid (Ojingeo-twigim)

Dried squid was one of my all-time favorite snacks when I was young. I still love it and if I don't eat it for a while, I get cravings. I always keep a few dried squids on hand in my freezer. Then I can just take one out whenever I want it, toast it on the stove and eat it. If you've never...

Crispy seaweed noodle rolls (Gimmari: 김말이)

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...