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...

Ssamjang (Korean Barbecue Dipping Sauce)

Korean ssamjang combines the savory funk of doenjang with the sweet heat of gochujang for the perfect grilled meat condiment.

Thick soybean paste stew with vegetable wraps (Gang-doenjang: 강된장)

Gang-doenjang (강된장) is a reduced and thickened fermented soybean paste stew, usually served as a dipping sauce for Korean lettuce wraps (ssam:쌈). It's earthy, savory, and hearty, and full of fresh chopped vegetables and a bit of meat and/or seafood. The best way to eat it is with some...

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...

Asparagus side dish (Asparagus-muchim: 아스파라거스무침)

These days when you go to a grocery store in New York City beautiful asparagus is everywhere because it's in peak season, and usually on sale, too! We have to take advantage of this, right? I went to my local Whole Foods and I chose good-looking asparagus with thin and long stems, to make this...

Shrimp Ssam

Delicious and bright with simple, easy to prepare ingredients.

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.

Kongnamulbap (Soybean sprouts bibimbap)

The best part about this dish is that it’s very easy to make, simple, and delicious!

Wollamssam (Korean style Vietnamese rice paper rolls) 월남쌈

Let's make Korean-style Vietnamese rice paper rolls, called wollamssam (월남쌈)! This is something we Koreans enjoy in the summer because it's fresh and light, pretty easy to prepare, and is a casual thing we can make and eat together. "Wollamssam" combines the Korean word for Vietnam (Wollam) with...

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...