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 steamed eggs in an earthenware bowl

Today's recipe is spicy steamed eggs in an earthenware bowl, or maeun ttukbaegi gyeranjjim in Korean. I call it a spicy volcano eggs side dish because it's reddish and gets puffed up like a steaming hot volcano! I actually made a traditional steamed eggs recipe and video all the way back in...

Korean rolled omelette (Gyeran-mari: 계란말이)

This recipe for Korean rolled omelette is very easy, and it's one of the most popular and common dishes for a Korean dosirak (lunchbox). This is because it's easy to make, looks beautiful, goes well with rice, and can last for hours in a lunchbox and still look delicious and fluffy when you open...

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...

Soybean sprout soup with rice (Kongnamul-gukbap: 콩나물국밥)

Today's recipe is a popular 1 bowl meal well-loved by all Koreans. It's delicious, savory soybean sprout soup with rice mixed right in. It's fast, warm, hearty and satisfying. This style of soup is called gukbap in Korean - literally soup (guk 국) and rice (bap 밥), and this recipe with soybean...

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...

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...

Steamed egg side dish (Gyeranjjim)

Gyeranjjim is very easy to make if you use a microwave oven, but my grandmother made her gyeranjjim using her special method. She had a huge pot made of cast iron (gamasot in Korean) with which she made rice or soup. She made her gyeranjjim when she cooked rice at the same time. When her 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 bread (Gyeran-ppang: 계란빵)

Let me introduce you to a popular Korean street snack gyeran-ppang (계란빵) or "egg bread" today. This is a sweet, steamy, hot and fluffy little loaf of bread with a whole egg inside. It's sold by street vendors all over Korea. Until recently, I had never had gyeran-ppang before. Many of my readers...