Korean-style curry rice (Kare rice)

Today it's time for another simple and delicious recipe: Korean-style curry rice (pronounced ka-re-raiseu in Korean, using 2 borrowed words from English, curry and rice). It's quick to make and warm, hearty, and filling. It has just a few simple ingredients, and pretty much anyone can make it...

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...

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...

Beef and mushrooms stir-fried over rice (Soegogi-beoseot-deopbap:...

Today I'm going to show you a very easy recipe, where you don't even need any special Korean ingredients! It's called Soegogi-beoseot-deopbap (쇠고기버섯덮밥), or beef and mushrooms stir-fried over rice. In Korean, deopbap dishes are "something on the rice" and it can be anything at all. In this recipe...

Egg rice (Gyeranbap: 계란밥)

The recipe I'm showing you today is so simple! It's gyeranbap, or egg rice, a healthy and flavorful light meal you can make in no time at all. It's basically a fried egg and crispy rice, with some soy sauce, sesame oil, and gim (roasted seaweed). This is my upgraded version of a dish all Koreans...

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...

Kongnamulbap (Soybean sprouts bibimbap)

The best part about this dish is that it’s very easy to make, simple, and delicious!

Pepper fried chicken (Yuringi: 유린기)

Today I'm introducing you to another Korean Chinese dish called yuringi (pronounced yu-rin-gi). It's fried chicken with peppers and a light sweet sour sauce. A piece of crunchy chicken soaked in sweet, sour, salty sauce tastes so crispy and juicy! The chopped spicy fresh pepper served with this...

Spicy Korean chicken skewers (dak-kkochi: 닭꼬치)

Today's recipe is one of the most popular Korean street foods: spicy chicken skewers called dak-kkochi. When I visited Seoul a few years ago, I saw many people lining up to get chicken skewers from street vendors. Customers can choose which kind they want, depending on which sauce is used or if...

Rice cooked in eggshells (Gyeran-kkeopjilbap: 계란껍질밥)

Today I'm going to show you a fun way to cook rice: in a hollowed-out eggshell! It's called gyeran-kkeopjilbap in Korean. My grandmother used to cook rice in a cauldron over a fire. While the rice was simmering my grandmother would grill fish over the embers or just tuck a potato or sweet potato...