Anchovy kelp stock (Myeolchi-dasima-yuksu: 멸치다시마육수)

All cultures rely on stock to make their soups and stews delicious. Today I'm going to show you how to make a savory Korean stock that you can use as a base in many Korean dishes. It's a typical Korean base for soups and stews like sundubu-jjigae (spicy soft tofu stew), and noodle soup (guksu)...

Radish salad (Musaengchae)

Musaengchae is one of the easiest and most common Korean side dishes. A good quality Korean radish is firm, and the taste is juicy, sweet, and crunchy! Choosing a good radish is very important to make good musaengchae. How can you know if it’s firm and juicy? The outer skin should look smooth...

Quick-fermenting dongchimi (radish water kimchi) 동치미

This dongchimi (Korean radish water kimchi) tastes sweet and sour with a deep kimchi flavor when fermented. It's wonderfully refreshing and the radish is crispy and crunchy, the apple making it naturally, mildly sweet. This recipe has 2 uses: one is as a side dish to rice, and the other is for...

How to Make Kkakdugi (Radish Kimchi)

Fermented radishes deliver plenty of funk and crunch.

The Ultimate Asian Vegetable Stock

This rich Asian vegetable stock is tasty enough to be sipped alone or used as a base for countless soups and noodle soups. It's truly a cornerstone recipe.

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...

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...

Stir-fried Asian chives, meat, and vegetables (Buchu-japchae: 부추잡채)

Buchu-japchae is Asian chives stir-fried with meat and vegetables. It's usually served in Korean-Chinese restaurants with Kkotppang (Steamed flower-shaped buns). When you go to Korean-Chinese restaurants this delicious stirfry is the most popular dish after jjajangmyeon (noodles in black bean...

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...

Quick, fresh kimchi (Baechu-geotjeori: 배추겉절이)

Today's recipe is for quick, fresh, small-batch kimchi made with napa cabbage, called baeuchu-geotjeori. I make it Jeolla province style, with a thick paste made from fermented anchovies. I filmed this video in Yeongyang, where the best red peppers in Korea are grown, and is well known for hot...