Korean Food and Recipes
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
This tuna pancake is a type of lunch box side dish in Korea. I think that some foods match better with others for taste, texture, or nutritional value. Canned tuna is a great match with sesame leaves (perilla) in that point. So, the tuna, sesame leaves, and mayonnaise (or ketchup) are sometimes used together in some Korean dishes. Simply mix the tuna with some other vegetables and fry, and then dip in ketchup or mayonnaise for a great taste. 😀
Yield: 2 Servings
Yield: 2 Servings
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
These Korean style white fish cakes are really delicious. They make a perfect dish with a good white fish flavor along with extra vegetables and a little bit of flour. 😀 You can prepare the fish mixture ahead and fry it just before serving. That way, it can be a good party food as an appetizer or side dish. 😉
Yield: 16 Pieces
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 is gourmet seasoning sauce. It is naturally brewed soy sauce added with the boiled down natural sauce from cooking onions, ginger, garlic, pears, apples, beef, etc. This one is specially good for soup or stew. I already tried it for my seaweed soup. I basically made the soup in the same way, but reduced the normal soy sauce amount and added some of this seasoning in place of the missing soy sauce. It turned out pretty good, so I’m going to use it for different kinds of soups and stews later. You can think of it like this – in a well flavored dish, you can add extra flavor to make it even more tasty. Sometimes if you don’t have enough time to make your own broth, as many of my recipes ask for, you can get a similar flavoring from simply using this seasoning sauce. It is a shortcut for a quick and easy dish. Hehe, that doesn’t mean skip making broth all of the time though, because making your own broth give you the best flavor for your dish. =P Anyway, I was happy about the result, so try it someday if you can find it in a Korean grocery store. This is especially for soup and stew. It has seafood extract in it, you will not like this particular flavor of sauce if you are a vegetarian or do like seafood.
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
