Grilled Cheese With Kimchi

A grilled cheese sandwich stuffed with spicy, tangy kimchi.

Grilled cheese & rice cake skewers (Cheese-tteok-kkochi: 치즈떡꼬치)

In my last recipe I showed you how to make Korean street toast. I'm very happy to see many people have made it and enjoy the recipe. Today I'll introduce you to another Korean street food: Grilled cheese and rice cake skewers! When I visited Korea a couple of years ago, I tried this from a...

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...

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...

Crispy Kimchi Cheese Rice

Crispy-chewy rice, gooey cheese, funky and sour kimchi...what's not to like?

Corn cheese (콘치즈)

Today's menu is Korean style corn cheese! You might have tasted this dish at a Korean restaurant because it's a common side dish in many places. Korean restaurants almost always serve some side dishes before they bring out the main dish, and bubbling corn cheese served on a small cast iron pan...

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...

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...

Korean street toast (Gilgeori-toast: 길거리토스트)

I hope all of you are safe and stay healthy during these pandemic times. I'm doing well so far and I never go out except for grocery shopping. As long as I have a big bag of rice, a large quantity of fermented kimchi, potatoes, onion, garlic, dried beans, and Korean essential ingredients like...

Grilled Korean-Style Bulgogi Burgers With Kimchi Mayo and Pickled Daikon

When we want the flavors of Korean bulgogi (grilled marinated beef) and the convenient outdoor grilling method of a burger, there's an easy solution: combine them. By sticking with a classic burger patty, glazing it with a flavorful sauce, and stacking it with spicy kimchi mayo and pickled daikon radish, you can keep the best of both worlds without offending culinary purists.