Jaeyook Kimchi Bokum (Korean Spicy Marinated Pork With Chiles and Kimchi)

This stir-fried marinated pork with kimchi is one of my favorite Korean meat dishes. Easy to make, it features thin strips of pork shoulder in a spicy-sweet blend of Korean chile paste, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, and sesame oil—plus a bit of Asian pear for both flavor and its tenderizing effect on the meat.

Spicy stir-fried octopus (Nakji-bokkeum)

Spicy stir-fried octopus, called nakji-bokkeum in Korean, is loved by many Koreans. It's also one of my all-time favorite dishes. If you love spicy seafood, this is what you're looking for. The najki (octopus) we use to make it has long thin arms and a small oval head. It's found in the shores...

Oi-Sobagi (Korean Stuffed Cucumber Kimchi)

A crisp cucumber kimchi, no fermentation required.

Squid soup (Ojingeo-guk)

I'm excited to introduce another soup recipe to you today, this one made with squid! If you are a soup lover and love seafood, I'm sure you will love this. It's very easy to make but it is smells and tastes great. I made this soup when I visited Tanya in Canterbury UK. We made a large pot of...

Braised octopus (Muneo-jorim)

Hello everybody! This is the last of my videos filmed during my trip to France. In my last video I showed how to clean and cook an octopus and serve it in the Korean style with a sesame oil dipping sauce. As I mentioned in that video, I have so many traditional Korean recipes using octopus to...

Soondubu Jjigae (Korean Soft Tofu Stew)

[Photograph: Jessica Leibowitz (mycameraeatsfood.com)] Notes: Kombu, small dried anchovies, kimchi, gochujang, and Korean chili flakes can be found in most Asian supermarkets. For a vegan-friendly recipe, omit anchovies and add 1 tablespoon miso paste, using vegan kimchi (see recipe here)....

Fermented squid side dish (Ojingeojeot)

I used to make salty fermented anchovies every year when I lived in Korea. It was very easy to make! I mixed fresh anchovies with a lot of salt and put them into a huge earthenware jar. About 6 months later, the achovy jeot fermented well! I used to use them in my kimchi paste, or I took some...

Chayote kimchi

Chayote belongs to the gourd family and is a vegetable native to Mexico and Central America. It's not a usual Korean cooking ingredient, but I found that it works very well as a substitute for Korean radish when making kkakdugi (Cubed radish kimchi)style kimchi. Koreans say there are almost two...

Spicy grilled squid (Ojingeo-tonggui)

This spicy grilled squid is a favorite in Korean bars, and if you've ever been to one, you couldn't have missed it. A huge grilled squid covered in shiny, juicy, spicy sauce in the middle of a table full of drinkers. It's not a dish you eat alone, you share it with friends, the more the merrier...

Soondubu Jigae (Korean Soft Tofu Stew)

Soondubu Jigae, or soft tofu stew, is a very popular spicy Korean stew. Soondubu is loaded with pork, kimchi, silken tofu, and topped with a cracked egg.