Jangajji (Korean Soy Sauce-Pickled Vegetables and Chiles)

Salty, sweet, spicy, and crunchy soy sauce pickles.

Broccoli pickles

Broccoli isn't a traditional Korean vegetable, so this is something that I invented. I hope you like it! In this video, I am demonstrating how to arrange broccoli and 2 other side dishes that I have already posted on my website in Korean lunch box called Doshiraak (도시락). This is going to be good...

Mumallaengi-Muchim (Korean Marinated Dried Radish Banchan)

A classic Korean marinated dried radish banchan with a cucumber twist.

Braised beef with eggs & peppers in soy sauce (Jangjorim: 장조림)

Jangjorim is one of the most loved Korean side dishes. It’s also a popular item for lunch boxes. I love to add lots of green chile peppers to my jangjorim. I enjoy not only the beef taste but also the juice, which contains saltiness from soy sauce, good aroma from green chile pepper, and a...

Spicy, chewy, sweet & sour cold noodles (Jjolmyeon: 쫄면)

2 brands of jjolmyeon noodles, sold without broth I prefer to buy the just the noodles and then make my own seasoning sauce at home, which is more delicious and cheaper. If you're in a hurry you can get the set with the sauce, but I suggest that when you make jjolymyoen with the kit you dress it...

Fermented squid side dish (Ojingeojeot)

I used to make salty fermented anchovies every year when I lived in Korea. It was very easy to make! I mixed fresh anchovies with a lot of salt and put them into a huge earthenware jar. About 6 months later, the achovy jeot fermented well! I used to use them in my kimchi paste, or I took some...

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...

Nabak-kimchi (Vegetable and Fruit Water Kimchi) 나박김치

Today's recipe is vegetable and fruit water kimchi called nabak-kimchi in Korean. It's fruits and vegetables fermented in a spicy rose-colored brine: savory, refreshing, tangy, cold and delicious with a little bit of heat. Koreans serve this kimchi as a side dish to rice, but also rice cake...

Yak-gochujang (Fried gochujang)

If you're a fan of Korean gochujang, the spicy, sweet, savory, pungent paste that's used so often in Korean cooking, you're going to love yak-gochujang. It's gochujang fried with beef, honey, sesame oil and pine nuts, and will totally knock your socks off! Yak-gochujang looks simple, but it's a...

How to Make Kkakdugi (Radish Kimchi)

Fermented radishes deliver plenty of funk and crunch.