Korean Food and Recipes
This is a simple radish dish for garnishing mul naengmyeon or bibim naengmyeon, although you can use it as a side dish or you can use it in other noodle dishes too. The sweet and sour flavor in this radish garnish gives extra flavor to the main dish. 🙂
Yield: 1 Cup
In Korea, there are many popular foods made or flavored with green tea. This green tea ice cream is one of them. You may already know that green tea is very healthy in many points. If you make ice cream at home with some green tea, it will be healthier and still taste delicious. I made this recipe especially for people who don’t have an ice cream machine like me. The mixture is frozen without using a machine. It will be icier than store bought ice cream, but I actually prefer that kind of texture for my ice cream. If you have an ice cream machine, you can use it too. I am very happy about the result, so I am excited to share this recipe with you. 🙂
Yield: 1 Quart
This garlic chive kimchi is one of my favorite types of kimchi. This recipe doesn’t require any soaking in salt water, which makes it easier and quicker to make. Garlic chives have their own unique flavor and they are healthy. The down side is, you might smell like garlic after eating, but it is very delicious and worth it. 🙂
Yield: 1½ Quarts
Yield: 2 Dozens
This Korean date and ginger tea is a simple homemade tea. It is good either hot or cold. It tastes good and it is also good for colds. Koreans believe that dates and ginger help keep the body warm, so it is especially good in the winter. Dates, ginger, honey, and pine nuts are all healthy ingredients. 😀
Yield: 4 Cups
Yield: 8 Pancakes
This is another version of a Korean zucchini side dish. My sister-in-law gave me a very fresh zucchini from her garden the other day, so I made this delicious side dish. When I was a kid, I liked making a simple bibimbap with this whenever my mom made it. To make that simple bibimbap, mix some cooked rice, this side dish, red pepper paste, kimchi, a fried egg, and some sesame oil to make a wonderfully simple bibimbap. 🙂 If you are a vegetarian, you can skip the anchovies. And you can skip the hot pepper if you don’t like spicy food.
Yield: 6 Servings
This is one of the many Korean spinach side dishes. The combination of red pepper paste and soybean paste give the spinach a unique and delicious flavor. It is good for the busy daily life because it only takes a couple of minutes to make. Adjust the amount of red pepper paste and soybean paste to your tastes. Spinach is a very healthy vegetable, so try this tasty and healthy side dish someday. 😀
Yield: 2 Servings
This dried laver soup (김국) is one of my favorite Korean soups. I loved to eat this soup when I was little. It is very easy to make, so I used to make it by myself when my mom was not at home. Sometime ago, I got a big box of Korean food from Sempio. I tried some of their products for this recipe and the result was good. I am happy to share this recipe with you. Try this delicious soup someday that only takes a few minutes to make. 😀
Yield: 2 Servings
This cold cucumber side dish, 오이 냉국, is a very refreshing summer dish. It is delicious with both cooked rice and noodles. Cucumbers and cold water seasoned with vinegar, sugar, and sesame seeds tastes cool and delicious. You can add soaked dried seaweed (미역=MiYeok=Wakame) also.
Yield: 1½ Quarts
