Taro Rice (芋头焖饭)

This Chinese Taro Rice recipe is a delicious bowl of comfort, with buttery taro cubes, seasoned rice, Chinese sausage, and dried shrimp.

Mushroom soup (Beoseot-deulkkae-tang: 버섯들깨탕)

Korean mushroom soup (Beoseot-deulkkae-tang: 버섯들깨탕) is a delicious, nutritious, savory soup made with mushrooms and perilla seeds powder. The perilla seeds powder makes the broth soft and nutty, and the beef brisket and the mushrooms are chewy, soft, and crispy, giving this soup a very unique...

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...

Soybean sprout soup (Kongnamulguk)

Today's recipe is for kongnamulguk (soybean sprout soup), which is one of the most common, typical, and popular Korean soups, made with soybean sprouts in a delicious, savory broth. As you know, a Korean meal is composed of rice, soup or stew, and side dishes, so soup has a very important role...

Korean-style mapo tofu (Mapadubu: 마파두부)

I'm excited to share my Korean-style mapo tofu (mapadubu: 마파두부) recipe with you today! If you've been cooking Korean dishes for a while, I'm sure you have some Korean sauces and pastes stocked in your pantry or refrigerator by now. Using what you have already, you can make this dish very easily!...

Bulgogi stew in an earthenware pot (Ttukbaegi-bulgogi: 뚝배기불고기)

Now that winter is almost here, I'm going to show you a hearty, delicious, meaty dish called ttukbaegi-bulgogi (뚝배기불고기) that's great for cold weather. It's a stew made with bulgogi (Korean marinated beef) cooked in a Korean earthenware pot (a ttukbaegi, also sometimes translated as a "stone...

Taro Sago (Tapioca) Dessert Soup - The Woks of Life

This taro sago dessert soup is a tasty and lightly sweet end to a Chinese meal. It’s also easy to make, with just 8 ingredients. 

Soybean sprout soup with rice (Kongnamul-gukbap: 콩나물국밥)

Today's recipe is a popular 1 bowl meal well-loved by all Koreans. It's delicious, savory soybean sprout soup with rice mixed right in. It's fast, warm, hearty and satisfying. This style of soup is called gukbap in Korean - literally soup (guk 국) and rice (bap 밥), and this recipe with soybean...

Potato Dumpling Soup (Gamja-ongsimi-guk: 감자옹심이국)

Today I'm going to show you how to make Korean potato dumpling soup, called gamja-ongsimi-guk (감자옹심이국). Gamja are potatoes, guk is soup, and ongsimi means some kind of balls or dumplings. You remember when I made rice cake balls for my red bean porridge recipe? Those are considered ongsimi but...

Beef and vegetable porridge (Soegogi-yachaejuk)

Today's recipe is a delicious, colorful, savory one-bowl meal called Soegogi-yachaejuk, a nutritious rice porridge made with cuts of lean beef and tons of vegetables. It makes for a warm, hearty meal any time of the year. And it's easy on the stomach so good for people who are recuperating. It's...