Korean Food and Recipes
JeYuk BokkEum is a Korean spicy fried pork dish. It is as popular as BulGoGi in Korea. Once you marinate this pork, you can keep some uncooked in the freezer to fry and eat later. Like BulGoGi and SamGyumSal (Korean grilled meats), we wrap the cooked meat with lettuce and different kinds of vegetables: garlic, onion, carrots, cucumbers, sesame leaves, napa cabbage, and so on. Try this awesome dish soon. 😀
Yield: 3 Servings
Koreans love~ deep fried chicken. As a result, there are many different kinds of them. I already shared the most common style before. So today, I want to share a fun and delicious Korean fried chicken using green onion. Who would guess the flavor and texture of this combination is this good? The chicken is crispy and has savory flavor from the garlic and curry powder. Then, it boasts its flavor and texture with green onion and a special sauce. It can be a great surprise for your football game party.
Yield: 1-2 Servings
Every now and then, I start to feel that the weather is getting warmer and warmer. Before too long, we will be in summer without enjoying the spring enough. We Koreans love to eat cold noodles in the summer. I’m ready for something cold and tasty too. So, today, I will share a variation of the Korean cold chewy noodle dish, JjolMyeon using soybean sprouts. It is called KongNaMul JjolMyeon. The chewy texture from the noodles goes very well with the crunchy texture of the soybean sprouts, and the spicy, sweet and sour sauce makes this dish even more special. I will share some of my special tips and secret ingredients for tasty jjolmyeon in this post, so please check them out too.:)
Yield: 2 Servings
Tofu is a good source of protein and also can be a great replacement for meat. However, sometimes the flavor is too bland to enjoy by itself. So today, I will introduce a delicious way to enjoy tofu by adding curry flavor to it. It is called ‘KaReDuBu BuChim’ in Korean. As usual, it is super simple yet delicious.
Yield: 2 Dozen Pieces
Fresh Spring vegetables are telling me that Spring is finally here. There are many Spring foods that I was missing this past winter, and you will see them one by one from my recent posts. So, today let’s cook something savory, healthy, and delicious using shishito peppers and potatoes. Shishito peppers called “GgwaRiGoChu” in Korean have a unique flavor and shape compared to other peppers. They are not spicy at all and are a little bitter. We enjoy their flavor in our Korean food. They usually go well with a sweet and salty sauce. Braised potatoes with these peppers makes for a quick and delicious side.
Yield: 6 Cups
Recently, I’ve been into vegetarian-friendly recipes – not only because I meet many vegetarian followers, but also because personally, more and more, I like to eat vegetarian food. So, this week, I will share a super simple jeon recipe using enoki mushroom and crown daisy. I can taste spring in it, which makes me happy. I also love the unique chewy texture of the enoki mushroom in jeon. Here is another delicious recipe that you can fall in love with and make it again and again.
Yield: 2 Dozens
It’s April, but it is still chilly here when the wind blows. I will go on a picnic with this kimbap with my family when the weather gets nicer. I hope everybody is doing great. Instead of using multiple strips of ingredients, just make a rolled egg with some chopped up ingredients inside. (Video intro: Picnic season is getting closer, so today, I will share a unique and delicious kimbap recipe using a rolled egg called dalgyalmali kimbap.)
Yield: 2 Rolls
I’m excited to share this noodles recipe with you today. I got inspiration for it from a video by the Korean grandma Youtube channel. She introduced this tasty noodle dish to her fans (I’m one of them. lol), and it looked very good. I wanted to share it with my fans too. haha I didn’t follow the exact same recipe she shared, but my recipe is pretty good too. It is a common simple noodle dish Koreans enjoy daily, but Korean grandma revealed her secret ingredient to enhance the flavor of this dish: vinegar. Interestingly, I usually add a little bit of vinegar to my sauces too. I bet you will love it because I got big thumbs up from my 3 boys and myself.
Yield: 2 Servings
This spicy, sweet, and sour cucumber side is a Korean side-dish you can quickly make it with just a few ingredients. The flavor matches with many other Korean foods, so it is a perfect choice for any Korean meals. I especially like this sweet and sour flavor combination, so I often make it. If you see a cucumber at market, grab some to try this super easy but tasty Korean side-dish.
Yield: 2 Cups
Do you think 3 dollars is too much for a doughnut hole at a Korean bakery? Today, I will teach you how to make irresistibly delicious Korean homemade sweet rice donuts called “chapssal donuts” in Korean. One day one of my Korean friends told me that she loves these a lot, but they are too expensive to buy at the Tous Les Jours Bakery inside H-Mart. I normally don’t buy stuff at the bakery there, but when I heard that it’s 3 dollars per piece, it was a jaw dropping experience for me. It shouldn’t be that expensive to make, considering the ingredients. You can buy a whole American donut for less than a dollar. I thought I definitely should make a recipe for this to share with my viewers, because I know there are many out there who love this kind of Asian dessert. Unlike normal donuts, these use sweet rice flour instead of wheat flour, so the texture is a little crunchy on the outside, but soft and chewy on the inside. Also, it has a sweet red bean paste filling, which makes this donut unique, and it will make you fall in love with it. Even though I called it a Korean donut, actually other Asian countries have similar types of donuts with different fillings and coatings. Try this popular Asian sweet rice donuts at home someday.
Yield: 16 Pieces
