Aeri's Kitchen

Korean Food and Recipes

Crab Stick and Egg MalI

맛살 계란말이, MatSal GyeRanMalI

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There are so many creative ideas to use for cooking eggs. A rolled egg is one of them. I always like my fried eggs with green onions, and I also wanted to make this recipe even more colorful and flavorful by adding red hot pepper and crab sticks. Instead of shredding the crab sticks or cutting them into little chunks, I will put the crab sticks in the center of the egg roll. The result was as great as I thought it would be, so I highly recommend you to try it. It is fun to make and delicious to taste. 😉

Yield: 2 Servings

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Kimchi BokkEum

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Kimchi is the most representative dish in Korean cuisine. There are so many delicious dishes you can make with kimchi as an ingredient, or you can enjoy some Korean food with kimchi as a side-dish. So, we Koreans will always have some kimchi in the refrigerator. We make a huge amount of winter kimchi and enjoy it for several months, or longer. We usually end up with old kimchi, which becomes too sour to eat as a side-dish. That sour kimchi is still good for making kimchi stew, kimchi jeon, etc. One simple way to enjoy old kimchi is to fry it. Turn your old kimchi into an amazing side-dish today! 😉

Yield: 2 Cups

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Egg Jjim

계란찜, GyeRanJjim

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Today, I will make a popular Korean steamed egg side-dish called gyeranjjim. It is very simple to make and delicious, so many Koreans like to eat this on a daily basis. It is simple to make, but it is not easy making it perfectly – if you want it soft, fluffy, and savory. It is very important to use the right ratio of ingredients and it is critical to control the cooking temperature and time for perfection. To share a great recipe with you, I made this recipe several times to get all of the measurements and times just right. So, you can just follow my instructions to get an amazing gyeramjjim. 🙂 Let’s get started.

Yield: 4 Servings

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Ox Bone Tang

설렁탕, SeolReongTang

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Hi Everyone! Sometime ago, I had to bring something delicious for our church’s potluck. I decided to make this tasty deep fried vegetable dish and received good comments about it. 😉 The reason I wanted to make this for the party is that it is not only delicious, but it is also a good finger food. Although maybe the best thing is that it tastes good when it’s hot or not. So you can make them ahead of the time before your party. 😉 Anyway, I can finally share my deep-fried vegetable recipe with you and I’m super excited about it now. You can make a vegetarian version by omitting the seafood, as is customary, although it is even more savory with the added shrimp. I will also share my secret batter for delicious deep-fried food without using the prepackaged Korean Frying mix flour, for people who cannot find those mixes at stores near them. So, let’s get started.

Yield: 20 Cups

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Vegetable and Shrimp TwiGim

야채 튀김, YaChae TwiGim

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Hi Everyone! Sometime ago, I had to bring something delicious for our church’s potluck. I decided to make this tasty deep fried vegetable dish and received good comments about it. 😉 The reason I wanted to make this for the party is that it is not only delicious, but it is also a good finger food. Although maybe the best thing is that it tastes good when it’s hot or not. So you can make them ahead of the time before your party. 😉 Anyway, I can finally share my deep-fried vegetable recipe with you and I’m super excited about it now. You can make a vegetarian version by omitting the seafood, as is customary, although it is even more savory with the added shrimp. I will also share my secret batter for delicious deep-fried food without using the prepackaged Korean Frying mix flour, for people who cannot find those mixes at stores near them. So, let’s get started.

Yield: 30 Pieces

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Korean Potato Wedge Pizza

포테이토 웨지 피자, PoTeITo WeJi Pizza

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Pizza is one of the most popular foods in America. My husband loves it so much that our family has a pizza day every week. lol Do Koreans love pizza too? I cannot say that pizza is a food for all ages in Korea like it is in America, but it is a popular food for Koreans, especially the younger generations. Then, how is Korean pizza is different? 🍕 That is what I’m going to show you today. 😉 Koreans like a lot of toppings on their pizza. Among those toppings, there are some ingredients that you may have never saw on pizza before, such as sweet potato paste, sweet corn, seasoned potatoes, etc. Does anything sound interesting? For me, as a potato lover, I always liked potato on my pizza in Korea. My husband thought it was weird to see potato wedges on top of his pizza for the first time. Then, once he tried Korean potato pizza, he liked it. I tried to keep this recipe simple, yet still delicious. I will also teach you how to make a garlic dipping sauce that Korean pizza restaurant often serve with this potato pizza. Are you ready to try something unique but very tasty? 😉 Then, let’s get started.

Yield: 2 10 Inch Pizzas

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Homemade Knife Noodles

칼국수 면, KalGukSu Myeon

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It is still hot these days, but did you notice that some trees are already starting to change colors and some nights are cooler? I can feel that before long, we will see the beautiful fall season. When I think of cold weather, I can easily think of warm noodle soup. So, today I want to show you how to make a kind of Korean homemade noodle called KalGukSu. Kal means knife and guksu means noodles. You knead the dough, roll it out, and then cut it into thin noodle strips with your knife. That’s where the name came from. If you buy this type of noodle in a Korean grocery store, it is about 6 dollars a pack for 4-5 servings. When I consider the price of the main ingredient, flour, we can save good money by making it at home. Plus, it can be healthier too. For this recipe, I will just share the noodle recipe, but later, I will also share a delicious kimchi kalgusu recipe using these noodles. Stay tuned for it. Aha, one more thing if you are seafood lover like me, you can check my clam kalguksu recipe that I already posted long time ago. I hope you enjoy my recipe. 🙂

Yield: 24 oz

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Kimchi KalGukSu

김치 칼국수, KimChi KalGukSu

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Hi, everyone. I’m craving something spicy, and the weather is getting cooler. I always eat kimchi with my Korean food, and I have some leftover dough for homemade Kalguksu noodles in my refrigerator. What can I cook to satisfy me? And, how many of you are actually in the same situation as me? When I posted homemade kalguksu recipe last week, the first thing that entered my mind was Kimchi Kalguksu. I could imagine that you would love it as much I do. The spicy and savory broth with chewy and soft homemade noodles, along with delicious cooked kimchi in it tastes so good. Please try it someday.

Yield: 2 Servings

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Family Secret Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

홈메이드 스파게티 소스, Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

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My husband’s family used to make a large batch of homemade spaghetti sauce once a year. Since they canned it, all of us could enjoy delicious homemade sauce all year around. Although it was delicious, it needed a lot of work and time – too much of work. It would take about a whole day to make it. I have good memories helping my mother-in-law make the spaghetti sauce, but for the past several years, we stopped making it. I’ve been craving that tasty sauce. My husband always wanted to make shortcut version of it, which still tastes like the secret family recipe. We tried different methods over the years, each time getting closer to the goal. Finally, I can share a successful recipe to share with you. 🙂 My husband thinks that this easy version of spaghetti sauce is almost the same as the original. Yay!!! 👏😄 For this recipe, I’m going to use an electric pressure cooker as a key method to save my time and effort. I am very excited to show you how to make this delicious homemade spaghetti sauce in an hour. 🙂 I also can not wait for my in-laws to try it and tell me what they think about it. lol

Yield: 5 Servings

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Korean Sauna Eggs

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If you are into Korean dramas, or if you’ve visited Korea, you might know that saunas are popular in Korea. People often eat special food while they are relaxing and enjoying their time there. Some popular ones are cold rice drinks called sikhye and steamed eggs. I already posted a recipe for sikhye before, so you can check it out. Since I’m living outside of Korea right now, I no longer can eat those delicious eggs. I was debating making them at home and I finally got the chance to do it. Recently, I was thinking of getting an electric pressure cooker or a slower cooker, because there are several different kinds of food that I wanted to make with it, such as spaghetti sauce, steamed eggs like the ones in Korean saunas, galbitang, etc. Then, as if somebody was reading my mind, one day, a company named BESKEK contacted me and suggested that I try their new electric pressure cooker. It was a perfect timing. Before I accepted a pressure cooker from them, I made it clear that, if I try it, I will only share my review publicly if I think their product is good. Otherwise, I will not make any posts, even if they send me their product. Thankfully, they agreed with me. I could experience something new in my kitchen. So far, I made plain white rice (I wanted to compare it with my stove-top pressure cooker), steamed eggs, homemade spaghetti sauce, and chicken broth. In this post, I will review my experience and share one recipe (steamed eggs) with you. Of course, this means that I’m satisfied with the result and I think this product is good enough to introduce to my viewers. 🙂 So here is my homemade Korean sauna egg recipe for you. ^^

Yield: 12 Eggs

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