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Seafood Pancakes (Haemuljeon: 해물전)
Today I'm introducing you to my family's all time favorite dish, haemuljeon, a Korean pancake made with a few different kinds of seafood. Growing up in a harbor city on the southern coast of South Korea, every meal table was abundant with seafood. The traditional open air market was very close...
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...
Shrimp porridge (Saeu-juk: 새우죽)
Today let's make a nutritious 1 bowl meal, Korean shrimp porridge! A spoonful of soft, mild, savory porridge goes down so smoothly. Also, chewing bits of shrimp is delicious and fun. This video is filmed during a recent trip to Montauk, where I got some fresh high quality shrimp! Porridge is...
Shrimp & Asian chive dumplings
Today I'm going to show you a delicious, easy recipe for making Korean dumplings (aka mandu: 만두). Deliciousness of dumplings depends on the filling. My classic mandu recipe video has been used by many of my readers over the years, to great success! But the mandu I'm showing today is made with...
Crispy Kimchi Pancakes With Shrimp
These kimchi pancakes are packed with bits of spicy kimchi and fresh plump shrimp. They make a fantastic appetizer, snack, or light dinner.
Seafood green onion pancake (Haemul-pajeon: 해물파전)
Today's recipe is a green onion (scallion) pancake with seafood. You may remember I made a green onion pancake (pajeon) video a long time ago which used foraged green onions. But when making pajeon, most Koreans use this kind of green onion, and the most popular kind of pajeon is made with...
Korean Scallion Pancake with Shrimp, Bacon, and Kimchi
I don't often have time during the week to bust out some serious banchan, but is there a way to turn a Korean scallion pancake into a quick meal? Yes, and this is it.
Steamed shishito peppers (Kkwarigochu-jjim)
Today I’m happy to re-introduce you to kkwarigochu-jjim made with shishito peppers. When I first made a video for this recipe 10 years ago, these thin-skinned, wrinkly, mild peppers could only be found at Korean or Japanese grocery stores, but now you can find them in many more neighborhood and...
Seafood kimchi fried rice (Haemul-kimchi-bokkeumbap: 해물김치볶음밥)
When I was staying in Montauk, on the farthest tip of Long Island, New York, I went to a seafood store and found it was full of fresh seafood. The large sea scallops especially got my attention. The fishmonger said they are so fresh that I could even eat them raw. So I decided on the spot to...
Korean potato pancakes (Gamjajeon)
Hi everybody, today I'm introducing you to a Korean regional specialty from Gangwon province called gamjajeon (potato pancakes). Gangwon province is well-known in Korea for its delicious potatoes. Out of all the recipes on my website, this one requires some of the fewest ingredients: potato and...
Do you like shrimp? I think pretty much all seafood lovers will accept a shrimp, if offered. Korean cuisine has many recipes that use shrimp, and I love them all, but today I'm going to show you how to make shrimp pancakes (saeujeon: saeu means shrimp and jeon means pancake) from jumbo shrimp...
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Oi Muchim (Spicy Korean Cucumber Salad)
Oi muchim is a spicy Korean cucumber salad served as a small side dish or banchan alongside a main course and cooked rice in a Korean meal.
Seasoned dried shredded squid (Ojingeochae-muchim)
Ojingeochae muchim is one of the most popular side dishes for Korean lunchboxes ("doshirak"). I learned this recipe from my cousin Kyeong in Korea, who was attending university when I was in high school. I couldn't believe how tasty it was when I tasted her ojingeochae muchim because it was much...
Oi-Sobagi (Korean Stuffed Cucumber Kimchi)
A crisp cucumber kimchi, no fermentation required.
Japchae (Korean Sweet Potato Noodles with Meat and Vegetables)
A classic Korean noodle stir-fry, Japchae is a colorful dish featuring sweet potato (or glass) noodles and a variety of bright vegetables.
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...
Vegan Korean BBQ "Samgyupsal" Bowls - The Woks of Life
Check out this vegan Korean BBQ recipe adapted to resemble Samgyupsal, or Korean BBQ pork belly, using meaty king oyster mushrooms.
Homestyle Bibimbap
An assortment of banchan (side dishes), a dollop of gochujang, and a drizzle of sesame oil makes this comforting homestyle bibimbap a favorite in Korea.
Stir-fried kimchi (Kimchi-bokkeum: 김치볶음)
Do you have nicely fermented kimchi in your refrigerator? Then this is going to be one of the easiest, simplest, and fastest recipes you will ever make! Stir-fry your kimchi for 5 minutes, then it will turn into very delicious side dish! A side dish for what? Yes, I mean rice, cooked rice...
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...
Fried rice (Bokkeumbap)
Bokkeumbap, or Korean-style fried rice, is a simple dish that almost everyone loves. This recipe is the one I've been making for my family for years and years. It's great for cleaning out all the leftover vegetables in your fridge. I skip the cheese sometimes, but children really love it...