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Fermented squid side dish (Ojingeojeot)
I used to make salty fermented anchovies every year when I lived in Korea. It was very easy to make! I mixed fresh anchovies with a lot of salt and put them into a huge earthenware jar. About 6 months later, the achovy jeot fermented well! I used to use them in my kimchi paste, or I took some...
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...
Crunchy squid threads
Today I'm going to introduce you to a very easy but incredibly addictive side dish. If you love anything a little salty like the sea a little and stinky like squid, you'll fall in love with ojingeo-silchae-bokkeum (오징어실채볶음), or crunchy squid threads. It's tastes sweet, crunchy, and a little...
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...
Seasoned seaweed (Gim-muchim: 김무침)
Today's recipe is my all-time favorite quick emergency side dish, seasoned seaweed sheets (gim-muchim 김무침). Sometimes when I want something easy to make and eat, and all I have on hand is kimchi, this is a side dish I can make fast and then serve with kimchi and rice. It's basically just toasted...
Fried dried squid (Ojingeo-twigim)
Dried squid was one of my all-time favorite snacks when I was young. I still love it and if I don't eat it for a while, I get cravings. I always keep a few dried squids on hand in my freezer. Then I can just take one out whenever I want it, toast it on the stove and eat it. If you've never...
Oi Muchim (Spicy Korean Cucumber Salad)
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Seasoned seaweed (Doljaban-muchim)
Doljaban muchim is very delicious, flavorful, and one of the easiest side dishes to prepare. The main ingredient, doljaban, is also called gimjaban, and its texture and flavor are very similar to kim (seaweed paper), which is used for making gimbap. If you like the flavor of kim, you'll love...
Mung bean jelly side dishes (Cheongpomuk-muchim)
Hi, everybody, I'm going to introduce another side dish recipe to you. Cheongpomuk-muchim is made with mung bean starch. It's sugar-free and fat-free but delicious. What's the taste like? Hmmm, if you like noodles, you'll like it. As you see in the video tutorial, I add 1 teaspoon of salt for 7...
Braised beef with eggs & peppers in soy sauce (Jangjorim: 장조림)
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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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A crisp cucumber kimchi, no fermentation required.
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Kimchi Pancake (Kimchijeon)
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Michael Natkin's Kimchi Jigae with Shiitake and Daikon
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Seafood kimchi fried rice (Haemul-kimchi-bokkeumbap: 해물김치볶음밥)
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