Geomeun-kongjorim (Braised black beans)

Braised black beans (geomeun-kongjorim) is a popular and easy side dish. Sweet and a little nutty, it goes well with beer, but usually we serve it with rice. Korean housewives make it on a regular basis and keep it in the fridge so it's available any time, because children love it. There's...

Stir-fried garlic scapes (Maneuljjong-bokkeum: 마늘쫑볶음)

Whenever the season changes, I always love to see the fresh, new ingredients available at the farmers' market and the Korean grocery store. I love to cook with these ingredients, and I love to eat them, but I'm sometimes not sure if I should use them in my recipe videos, because they might be...

Sautéed Green Beans with Garlic

Sautéed Green Beans with garlic is a wonderful, classic preparation for a green beans recipe. Totally delicious, quick and easy.

Ground soybean stew (Kongbiji-jjigae)

Warm, creamy, nutty, and healthy, this is the perfect stew for colder weather. Just thinking about a bubbling pot of my grandmother's kongbiji-jjigae makes me comfortable lol. In this recipe, I make it like she made it. Enjoy!

Stir-Fried Green Beans

Cooking in a smoking hot wok makes for green beans which still taste fresh and crisp.

Broccoli with tofu (Broccoli dubu-muchim: 브로콜리 두부무침)

Happy New Year! For my first video for 2021, I chose something easy, simple, fast, and healthy. Broccoli with tofu, or broccoli dubu-muchim (브로콜리 두부무침) in Korean. Some of you are probably familiar with this dish because many Korean restaurants serve it as a side dish. This is a more modern...

Cook's Illustrated's Sauteed Green Beans with Garlic and Herbs

The perfect green bean is nicely browned, with a still-snappy and fresh texture.

Collard greens doenjang-bokkeum (Stir-fried collard greens with...

This Korean-inspired side dish stir-fries collard greens with Korean doenjang (fermented soybean paste) and dried anchovies. The result is savory, delicious, easy to make, and goes great with BBQ!

Asparagus side dish (Asparagus-muchim: 아스파라거스무침)

These days when you go to a grocery store in New York City beautiful asparagus is everywhere because it's in peak season, and usually on sale, too! We have to take advantage of this, right? I went to my local Whole Foods and I chose good-looking asparagus with thin and long stems, to make this...

Mung bean sprout side dish (Sukjunamul-muchim)

Today I'm going to make a mung bean sprout side dish with my homegrown mung bean sprouts. If you followed my directions and harvested your sprouts already, this is perfect timing for you and you're ready to start! If you didn't grow your sprouts, don't worry, you can still buy them in a grocery...