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!

Mumallaengi-Muchim (Korean Marinated Dried Radish Banchan)

A classic Korean marinated dried radish banchan with a cucumber twist.

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...

Vegetable stock (Chaeso-gukmul 채소국물)

Hello everybody! Exciting exciting! This is the first recipe from my new cookbook! The book is still coming October 29th, but this is my first choice of recipes to show you from it. I chose it because you can use it as a substitute in any of my other recipes that call for anchovy kelp stock...

Pickled radish (Chicken-mu: 치킨무)

For me, this pickled radish is essential for enjoying any kind of Korean fried chicken. Tiny cold radish cubes, pickled in sweet, sour, and just a little salty brine are the perfect side dish for it. The recipe is so easy, it's barely a recipe, but you don't want to miss these pickles when...

How to Make Kkakdugi (Radish Kimchi)

Fermented radishes deliver plenty of funk and crunch.

Korean fruit salad (Gwa-il-saeleodeu: 과일샐러드)

I'm going to introduce you to Korean style fruit salad which is very simple and easy to make! This cold, sweet, crispy and nutty salad has a real unique flavor and set of textures. When you chew a spoonful it will please your mouth totally, especially when you break the peanuts! This is a salad...

Sweet, sour, and spicy mushrooms with water dropwort

Today's recipe is a sweet, sour, and spicy mushroom dish with water dropwort, called Beoseot minari chomuchim. It's a variation of a popular traditional Korean dish that's prepared the same way but uses squid instead of mushrooms (called ojingeo minari chomuchim), and something I came up with in...

Potato Salad

If you've ever been to a Korean restaurant, maybe they served you a small side dish of cold, smooth, slightly sweet mashed potatoes, almost like ice cream. It might have had some carrot or cucumber in it, which made it a little crispy. There was probably no more than an tiny scoop of it on the...

Sweet & sour seaweed salad (Miyeok-muchim)

Today I’m going to recommend you make this easy, chilly, healthy delicious recipe called miyeok-muchim or Korean sweet & sour seaweed salad. I don’t make this dish all the time, but on hot summer days I especially crave it. I always have dried seaweed in my pantry, so it’s pretty easy to put...