Stir-fried oyster mushrooms (Neutari-beoseot-bokkeum: 느타리버섯볶음)

This recipe is for mushroom lovers! I love any kind of mushrooms. Their earthy flavor, savory taste and most of all their texture, a little crispy and chewy at the same time. This recipe is for stir fried oyster mushrooms, which really shows off these mushrooms' taste and texture and is a little...

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...

Beef and mushrooms stir-fried over rice (Soegogi-beoseot-deopbap:...

Today I'm going to show you a very easy recipe, where you don't even need any special Korean ingredients! It's called Soegogi-beoseot-deopbap (쇠고기버섯덮밥), or beef and mushrooms stir-fried over rice. In Korean, deopbap dishes are "something on the rice" and it can be anything at all. In this recipe...

Mushroom soup (Beoseot-deulkkae-tang: 버섯들깨탕)

Korean mushroom soup (Beoseot-deulkkae-tang: 버섯들깨탕) is a delicious, nutritious, savory soup made with mushrooms and perilla seeds powder. The perilla seeds powder makes the broth soft and nutty, and the beef brisket and the mushrooms are chewy, soft, and crispy, giving this soup a very unique...

Sweet and Crunchy Tofu (Dubu-gangjeong: 두부강정)

Let me introduce you to Dubu-gangjeong (두부강정), sweet, spicy, and crunchy tofu! It's part of Korean Buddhist temple cuisine. When I went to Korea to study their cooking techniques and dishes I tasted it many times. I had it in an upscale, expensive temple cuisine restaurant in Seoul and in...

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...

Korean-style mapo tofu (Mapadubu: 마파두부)

I'm excited to share my Korean-style mapo tofu (mapadubu: 마파두부) recipe with you today! If you've been cooking Korean dishes for a while, I'm sure you have some Korean sauces and pastes stocked in your pantry or refrigerator by now. Using what you have already, you can make this dish very easily!...

Candied sweet potato (Mattang: 맛탕)

Mattang is a delicious, easy to make sweet that's chunks of sweet potato coated in translucent hot brown syrup. They are super crunchy on the outside and warm and fluffy on the inside. It's so simple and easy to make but freshly made mattang is really irresistible, with an amazing, loud crispy...

Kongnamulbap (Soybean sprouts bibimbap)

The best part about this dish is that it’s very easy to make, simple, and delicious!

Salt-roasted shrimp (Saeu-sogeum-gui: 새우소금구이)

Today's recipe is a simple way to enjoy shrimp at its full flavor and juiciness: salt-roasted shrimp (Saeu-sogeum-gui: 새우소금구이). There are a lot of ways to prepare shrimp, you can fry them, steam them, put them in a pancake, or add them to soups or stews. But this way is very simple and quick and...