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Braised beef short ribs (Galbi-jjim: 갈비찜)
This rich, delicious dish is great for special occasions like birthdays, Christmas, Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving), or Seollal (New Year's Day), but you can have it any time you want something amazing. It's tender, sweet, savory, and irresistible, and the meat is almost falling off the rib bones!
Ground soybean stew (Kongbiji-jjigae)
Warm, creamy, nutty, and healthy, this is the perfect stew for colder weather. Just thinking about a bubbling pot of my grandmother's kongbiji-jjigae makes me comfortable lol. In this recipe, I make it like she made it. Enjoy!
Pork wraps (Bo-ssam)
Today's recipe is bo-ssam, a traditional Korean recipe that's a pouch full of delicious stuff! It's super-tender flavorful pork, hot red spicy oyster radish, and subtly flavored fermented shrimp wrapped in a crispy pickled cabbage leaf. It's a dish that many of my readers and viewers have...
Braised beef with eggs & peppers in soy sauce (Jangjorim: 장조림)
Jangjorim is one of the most loved Korean side dishes. It’s also a popular item for lunch boxes. I love to add lots of green chile peppers to my jangjorim. I enjoy not only the beef taste but also the juice, which contains saltiness from soy sauce, good aroma from green chile pepper, and a...
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...
Makgalbi-jjim (Easy braised beef short ribs)
Hi everybody! Yay, it's time to have party with this dish! : ) Galbijjim is a popular Korean dish made with beef short ribs and it's considered an unskippable dish on special occasions in Korea. I uploaded my traditional galbijjim video a long time ago, in 2008! This is a newer version that I...
Oxtail soup (Sokkoritang: 소꼬리탕)
Hello everybody! Today's recipe is for Korean style oxtail soup (called sokkoritang: 소꼬리탕 in Korean)! Many of you have requested this recipe over years but eventually today's the day that I release it! It's one of my new cookbook recipes, so some of you who have my book will be excited to open...
Braised baby potatoes (Algamja-jorim)
Today I'm showing you how to make a Korean side dish made of braised baby potatoes, called algamja-jorim in Korean. Gamja is Korean for potatoes, jorim means braised and al means egg, which refers to how small these potatoes are, like quail eggs. When these baby potatoes are braised in soy sauce...
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...
Easy japchae (Korean stir-fried noodles and vegetables)
Korean japchae, sweet potato starch noodles stir fried with vegetables, is a popular and delicious dish that pretty much everyone likes. I never saw someone who tasted it for the first time who didn't like it right away. That's a high compliment! This recipe is for a quick and easy version of...
Jokbal (족발) is a rich, savory dish made by braising pig's trotters in seasonings over hours until they totally absorb the flavors and are soft, shiny, and glazed with the meat falling off the bone. I developed this recipe over years, trying different combinations of seasonings, different...
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Steamed radish rice (Mu-bap: 무밥)
Let's make sweet, crispy, soft mu-bap (Korean steamed radish rice), a one-bowl meal. Radish is in peak season!
Radish salad (Musaengchae)
Musaengchae is one of the easiest and most common Korean side dishes. A good quality Korean radish is firm, and the taste is juicy, sweet, and crunchy! Choosing a good radish is very important to make good musaengchae. How can you know if it’s firm and juicy? The outer skin should look smooth...
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.
Korean lettuce salad (Sangchu-geotjeori)
Today I'm going to show my my all-time favorite fast and easy recipe for a quick, spicy salad that can be made from a head of lettuce. When my napa cabbage kimchi gets old and sour, I sometimes crave a fresher kimchi that's not so aged. Sangchu-geotjeori is a bright, spicy, lightly seasoned...
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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.
L.A. Jangajji
Today's recipe is something I call L.A. jangajji, a Korean style pickle popular in the Korean community in Los Angeles. I first tasted it years ago when I visited my mom in L.A. She said all her friends were making pickles that way in those days. Usually Korean jangajji only pickles one...
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Bossam (Korean Boiled-Pork Wraps)
Bossam is proof that Koreans do wraps right: each perfectly constructed packet features meltingly tender pork, fermented dipping sauces and pastes, crunchy preserved vegetables, and more, all in a cabbage-leaf wrapper.
Mixed green salad (Gutjuli)
This simple salad is perfect for mixing into doenjang-jjigae. Ingredients. a big bowl of mixed greens (you can replace it with lettuce), cucumber, 1 green onion, 1 clove of garlic, soy sauce, sugar, toasted sesame oil, and sesame seeds Directions. Wash a big bowl of mixed greens (5-6 cups) and...
Apple ssamjang dipping sauce (사과쌈장)
Today's recipe is a variation on dipping sauce (ssamjang: 쌈장), using a small apple instead of sugar. You wouldn't believe how excited I was when I developed this easy and simple recipe! Around that time I was also starting to write my cookbook, and this apple ssamjang quickly became my regular...
Ssamjang (Korean spicy dipping sauce)
I am introducing Ssamjang to you today, a kind of Korean dipping sauce. I've posted ssamjang recipes in the past, always as a side dish for things like grilled beef (soegogi gui) and grilled pork belly (samgyeopsal gui), but the ratio can vary depending on your personal preference and mood. This...