Samgyetang (Korean Rice-Stuffed Chicken Soup)

Instead of shreds of chicken and vegetables, this classic Korean chicken soup offers up whole small birds stuffed with sticky rice and aromatic goodies.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Korean style Roasted Chicken (Tongdak-gui: 통닭구이)

How about trying Korean roast chicken for Thanksgiving? This traditional Korean roasted chicken was the standard before fried chicken took over. This is my homemade version, cooked in my oven, and it is the most flavorful, juicy, crispy roasted chicken you will ever have. I guarantee!

Soybean sprout soup with rice (Kongnamul-gukbap: 콩나물국밥)

Today's recipe is a popular 1 bowl meal well-loved by all Koreans. It's delicious, savory soybean sprout soup with rice mixed right in. It's fast, warm, hearty and satisfying. This style of soup is called gukbap in Korean - literally soup (guk 국) and rice (bap 밥), and this recipe with soybean...

Easy Chicken and Ginger Soup With Rice Cakes, Chives, and Quick-Pickled Garlic

The perfect soup for curing a winter cold. A rich chicken broth flavored with ginger, garlic, and scallions, served with tender rice cakes and pickled garlic with chiles.

Potato Dumpling Soup (Gamja-ongsimi-guk: 감자옹심이국)

Today I'm going to show you how to make Korean potato dumpling soup, called gamja-ongsimi-guk (감자옹심이국). Gamja are potatoes, guk is soup, and ongsimi means some kind of balls or dumplings. You remember when I made rice cake balls for my red bean porridge recipe? Those are considered ongsimi but...

Spicy Chicken Noodle Soup With Lime and Ginger

The end result is a soup that's as fortifying as the best chicken noodle, but with a bit of kick from its sour/sweet/pungent flavor profile. With nothing but a single burner, a chicken, and a few vegetables, you can pull together a good soup in about an hour. The first key is to make extracting flavor and gelatin from the chicken bones as easy as possible. This means chopping the carcass into very fine pieces.