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Layered rice cake with red beans (Pat-sirutteok: 팥시루떡)
Today, I'm going to introduce you to Korean pat-sirutteok (팥시루떡), a steamed, layered rice cake with red beans. Its basically made from two ingredients: pat (azuki beans) and glutinous rice flour. Just thinking of a piece of thin, steamy, chewy rice cake coated with a generous amount of fluffy...
Songpyeon 송편
This recipe is a very special one, made for a very special occasion in Korean culture. It's rice cake called songpyeon, which Koreans make for Chuseok, the Korean harvest moon festival (although you can also make them any time you want). The cakes are a little sweet, chewy, and nutty, with a...
Chapssaltteok (Korean-style mochi)
This is my first attempt to make the same recipe with 2 videos in English and Korean. Yaho! : ) I can't wait to share this delicious sweet and chewy rice cake with my readers and my fellow Koreans. Chapssaltteok used to be called "mochi" among Koreans, but these days everybody calls this...
Bean porridge (Kongjuk)
Are you interested in cooking something light, healthy, gorgeous and delicious? Then this is the recipe I recommend! It will be a perfect for brunch on a weekend. It's bean porridge, called kongjuk (콩죽) in Korean. Porridge (juk) is loved by Koreans for its soft texture, lightness, nutrition, and...
White steamed rice cake (Baekseolgi-tteok)
Koreans often make baekseolgi-tteok to celebrate a baby's 3 week birthday (saei rye in Korean) or any child's birthday, but it's most often traditionally prepared to celebrate a baby's 100 day birthday (baek il in Korean). The white cake represents purity and perfection and is attained by using...
Injeolmi rice cake
Injeolmi is rice cake made with sweet rice (glutinous rice). It's one of the most popular and common Korean rice cakes and it's made on special occasions and Festival days.
Squash rice cake (Hobaktteok)
Today let's make squash rice cake (Hobaktteok), using a small ceramic bowl or cup. I'm so excited to release this recipe because with it you can easily make fluffy rice cake and sweet squash filling. Ramekins work well, but you could try any other kind of similar-sized, heat-resistant bowl or...
Cinnamon rolls (Cinnamon-rollppang: 시나몬롤빵)
Today's recipe is very special! Sweet, fluffy, cinnamon rolls (Cinnamon-rollppang: 시나몬롤빵). If you made my original bread rolls (rollppang: 롤빵) recipe, these will be easy for you, because the dough is the same. My rollppang recipe has been so popular since I posted it, probably some of you had a...
Candied sweet potato (Mattang: 맛탕)
Mattang is a delicious, easy to make sweet that's chunks of sweet potato coated in translucent hot brown syrup. They are super crunchy on the outside and warm and fluffy on the inside. It's so simple and easy to make but freshly made mattang is really irresistible, with an amazing, loud crispy...
Homemade rice syrup (Ssal-jocheong: 쌀조청)
Today's recipe is a Korean cooking ingredient I've been using a long time, rice syrup (Ssal-jocheong: 쌀조청). You can find in a Korean grocery store or even online but some of my readers who don't have access have asked me how to make this. And even if you can easily get it in the store, the taste...
I'm going to show you a very popular and well-loved Korean rice cake, Yeongyang-chaltteok (영양찰떡). I call it super-nutritious rice cake in English because it's made with all nutritious ingredients: black beans, pine nuts, jujubes, honey, and rice flour. It's not only super-nutritious, it's also...
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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...
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Oi-Sobagi (Korean Stuffed Cucumber Kimchi)
A crisp cucumber kimchi, no fermentation required.
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!
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Kimbap (Korean Seaweed Rice Rolls)
Kimbap, one of Korea's most popular snacks, can have all sorts of fillings; this very classic version is a great place to start.
Squid soup (Ojingeo-guk)
I'm excited to introduce another soup recipe to you today, this one made with squid! If you are a soup lover and love seafood, I'm sure you will love this. It's very easy to make but it is smells and tastes great. I made this soup when I visited Tanya in Canterbury UK. We made a large pot of...
Spicy grilled squid (Ojingeo-tonggui)
This spicy grilled squid is a favorite in Korean bars, and if you've ever been to one, you couldn't have missed it. A huge grilled squid covered in shiny, juicy, spicy sauce in the middle of a table full of drinkers. It's not a dish you eat alone, you share it with friends, the more the merrier...
Spicy stir-fried octopus (Nakji-bokkeum)
Spicy stir-fried octopus, called nakji-bokkeum in Korean, is loved by many Koreans. It's also one of my all-time favorite dishes. If you love spicy seafood, this is what you're looking for. The najki (octopus) we use to make it has long thin arms and a small oval head. It's found in the shores...
Maekjeok (Doenjang Pork Skewers)
These savory pork skewers are a delicious alternative to classic bulgogi and perfect for meat eaters of all ages and tastes. They will especially be appreciated by guests who don't like spicy food. It's best to cook them over an open flame or BBQ if you can. If you're like me and cooking...
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...