Knife-cut noodle soup with red beans

Today's recipe is a 1 bowl meal made with basically 2 ingredients! It's pat-kalguksu, knife-cut noodle soup with red beans. It's a very warming and comforting noodle soup: soft, creamy and a little nutty. Pat-kalguksu is very popular in Korea. it's comfort food served in every department store...

Cold kimchi noodle soup (Kimchimari-guksu: 김치말이국수)

Today's recipe, cold kimchi noodle soup (or Kimchimari-guksu: 김치말이국수) is an icy-cold, spicy noodle dish made with the quick-fermenting water radish kimchi (dongchimi) we made in my last recipe. I developed that recipe so that it would yield a lot of broth, which is perfect for making this noodle...

Steamed perilla leaves (Kkaennipjjim)

Hello everybody! I know some of you are growing perilla leaves (Kkaennip, 깻잎 in Korean) in your garden. I've been so interested in reading all your garden stories every year, and seeing your photos of your big green perilla leaves! I have a small patio in my apartment in New York City, and you...

Myeolchi Kal Guksu (Korean Anchovy Knife-Cut Noodle Soup)

Korean knife-cut noodle soup features tender and slippery fresh wheat noodles and a balanced selection of vegetables.

Pan-fried perilla leaves with fillings (Kkaennip-jeon: 깻잎전)

Today's recipe, Kkaennip-jeon (pan-fried perilla leaves with fillings), is a fast, fun, and light savory side dish. If you like perilla leaves (kkaennip: 깻잎), you will love this dish: the egg batter makes the lightly minty leaves a little crispy, and the juicy, savory, beef patty fillings go...

Kimchi hand-torn noodle soup (Kimchi-sujebi: 김치수제비)

A bowl of kimchi sujebi and oi-muchim (spicy cucumber side dish)

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...

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...

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...

Soybean paste soup with spinach and clams (Sigeumchi-jogae...

Today I'm going to show you how to make fermented soybean paste soup with spinach and clams. It's not only delicious but it's a kind of soup that makes my body and soul warm! The hot, savory, beefy, spicy, and earthy broth gives me 100 percent satisfaction in cold weather like we have these days...