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.

Super-nutritious rice cake (Yeongyang-chaltteok: 영양찰떡)

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...

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...

Tteokbokki (Korean Rice Cakes)

Glutinous, chewy Korean rice cakes, glazed with an irresistibly sweet-spicy sauce.

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...

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...

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...

Bai Tang Gao - 白糖糕 (White Sugar Sponge Cake) - The Woks of Life

This white sugar sponge cake recipe (白糖糕 - bai tang gao in Mandarin; bak tong gou in Cantonese) was once a dim sum favorite, but is now disappearing from...

Dinner Tonight: Roasted Rice Cake

I've been infatuated with Korean cuisine for years now but never really understood rice cakes. They always seemed so mushy, bland, and covered in sweet sauce. But a recent midnight snack at a Korean bar changed everything. Instead of boiled, these were grilled, so they had that crackly outer layer, which gave way to a tender and succulent inside. They were also tossed with this fiery red sauce, which forced you to keep a drink close at hand.