BuChu Oi MuChim is made with garlic chives and cucumbers. This dish is a little spicy and sour and it is easy and simple to make. Try it someday with either Korean food or western food.
Yield: 3 Cups
Beef and Sea Mustard Guk
소고기 미역국, SoGoGi MiYeok Guk
MiYeok Guk (미역국) is a popular Korean soup. Korean people can eat this soup anytime, but it is very popular for special days like birthdays, weaning days, etc. Sea mustard has good nutrition in it. According to Wikipedia, “In Oriental medicine, seaweed has been used for blood purification, intestinal strength, skin, hair, reproductive organs, and menstrual regularity.” So, it is a common practice in Korea that moms eat sea mustard soup after they birth their babies because Koreans believe that this sea mustard soup gives nutrition to both mom and baby through mom’s milk.
There is a funny superstition that some people consider seriously about sea mustard soup: The fresh or soaked sea mustard has a slippery surface. One Korean word for slippery is “미끄러지다,” which can imply that somebody will fall down. Some people try to not to eat sea mustard soup near an important testing day because they do not want to get bad luck from eating it – as to fall down, drop, or fail the test. I personally don’t believe it, but just wanted to share this humorous culture with you. This is a beef version of sea mustard soup, but you can use tuna can, clam, mushroom, or make it without any meat instead.
Yield: 2 Servings
Sea Mustard
미역, MiYeok
In Korea, it is called miyeouk (미역) and used in salads or soup. If it is dried, soak it in the water for 10 to 20 minutes before using it.
- Use:
Soup, Side dishes, Salads- Storage:
Fresh Seaweed: Keep in the refrigerator.
Dried Seaweed: Keep in the cabinet.
Zucchini BokkEum
애호박 볶음, AeHoBak BokkEum
AeHoBak BokkEum (애호박 볶음) is a simple Korean side dish. The natural zucchini flavor shines in this dish with a hint of the garlic, green onions, salt, sesame oil, and sesame seeds. This is a common flavor that you can taste in Korean dishes. It is good when added to bibimbap.
Yield: 1 Pint
Soybean Curd ChoBap
유부 초밥, YuBu ChoBap
YuBu ChoBap (유부 초밥)is a Korean styled Japanese food. Korea and Japan are very close in distance and there were various relationships with each other throughout history. As a result, there are some food ideas that Korea and Japan borrowed from each other, such as Korean styled chap-ssal tteok (mochi) that was originally from Japan. Another example is Japanese styled kimoochi (kimchi) that was originally from Korea. Anyway, when I was little, I’ve never saw anybody eating yubu chobap or other kinds of sushi, then at some point, people started to eat sushi and it became popular in Korea. Since the preparation for this dish is easy, people often make this for picnics (along with Kimbap) or for a party. The rice tastes similar to the rice for sushi, which has a sweet and sour flavor. You can make everything from scratch, but there are some companies that sell a ready-made pack. All you need to do is cook the rice, some vegetables (if you want extra vegetables), and that pack. So today, I’m going to show you how to use that package. Depending on your taste, you can add chopped burdock root or any other kinds of vegetables that you like. I tried different kinds of sweet peppers for this recipe, and I enjoyed eating this. If you like sushi, you might like this dish.
Yield: 16 Pieces
Seasoned Soybean Curd
유부, YuBu
This is ready-made yubu chobap packed with seasoned soybean curd and sauce. It was my first time to try this brand (Assi,) and it was good enough to use again.
Haddock Jeon
생선 전, SaengSeon Jeon
In Korean cuisine, there are many different kinds of jeon (전). Jeon is basically slightly salted food (meat, seafood, fish, mushrooms, vegetables, etc.) that is covered with flour and eggs, or dip in batter and fried. Today, I’m going to show you a variety using fish. You can use any white-fleshed fish such as haddock, pollack, and so on. My favorite for this recipe is haddock, because it has less of a fishy taste. Since it is not deep fried, it will be healthier, and you will not lose the flavor with excessive grease. 😉 Koreans usually eat this as a side dish. It is best to eat this right after you cook it.
Yield: 3 Servings
Cinnamon Cha
수정과, SuJeongGwa
SuJeongGwa (수정과) is a Korean traditional beverage made with mainly cinnamon sticks, ginger, and sugar. Koreans usually drink this beverage as a dessert. Koreans drink it a lot during the holidays. When you look at the ingredients, it has some healthy qualities. It tastes good both hot or cold, but I prefer it cold with ice cubes. Once you make it, you can keep it in the refrigerator quite a long time. If you invite some people over for a Korean meal, this can be a good beverage for your meal. 😉
Yield: 9 Cups
Beef TteokGuk
소고기 떡국, SoGoGi TteokGuk
TteokGuk (떡국) is a traditional Korean New Year soup. Korean people celebrate the Lunar New Year, and this soup is the main dish for that holiday meal. On New Year’s morning, we wear HanBok (Korean traditional clothes) and greet (bow) our grandparents, parents, or relatives. Older people give a blessing for the New Year to their children along with some money called “SaeBatDon” (새뱃돈). After greeting the older people, family and relatives eat breakfast together. The meal will have New Year’s soup, different kinds of vegetable dishes, fish, jeon, japvchae, galbi jjim, and so on. Since Koreans calculate their age according to New Year, and not according to their actual birthday, eating the bowl of New Year soup on New Year’s Day means becoming one year older. It might sound a little crazy. Sometime we joke, “I don’t want to eat more than one bowl of New Year’s soup, otherwise I would become more than one year older.” hehe
Yield: 2 Servings
Rice Cake for TteokGuk
떡국 떡, TteokGuk Tteok
There are hundreds of different kinds of Tteok (떡) eaten year round. In Korea, it is customary to eat TteokGuk (떡국) on New Year’s Day. This special type of rice cake is for that soup.
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