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...

Kimchi pancake (Kimchijeon: 김치전)

A kimchi pancake is one of the easiest and quickest things to make and is one of Koreans' all time favorite dishes. It's hot, spicy, crispy, a little sweet, sour, and a little salty. It is not only a great snack but also it goes well with rice as a side dish, and is great in lunchboxes in place...

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...

Kimchi pork ribs (Deungalbi-kimchijjim: 등갈비김치찜)

Today I'm going to introduce you to the kimchi pork ribs that I usually make during the winter when my well fermented winter kimchi is abundant in the fridge! The seasoned ribs and kimchi are cooked for a long time until the meat falls off the bone. The juicy and tender meat is infused with...

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...

Emergency Kimchi (Yangbaechu-kimchi)

A simple and rapid method I developed for making kimchi.

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...

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...

Spicy stir-fried pork and kimchi (돼지김치 두루치기: Dwaeji-kimchi duruchigi)

Dwaeji-kimchi duruchigi (stir-fried pork with kimchi) is a spicy, savory, delicious dish that is easy to make and is great party food! Use well-fermented kimchi to give it a bit of sweet and sour. Yum!

Kimchi Fried Rice

Kimchi fried rice is endlessly adaptable and this version takes a page from bibimbap and is topped with a whole, golden-yolked egg. It's a perfect, easy weeknight meal.