Easy Korean Recipes
My husband brought some interesting looking rice cakes from school today. He said one of his colleagues gave them to him. He tends to bring food home from school when he isn’t sure about it, so I am basically a his poison tester. 🙂 I haven’t seen these kind of rice cake before so I …
Easy Tofu Kimchi (Dubu Kimchi) recipe. Ready in 15 mins! Tofu Kimchi (Dubu Kimchi, 두부김치) is a delicious and versatile Korean side dish, primarily made with tofu and kimchi. Though it doesn’t mean that it’s kimchi made with tofu. (That sounds interesting, though!) Tofu Kimchi is essentially a stir fried kimchi served with boiled tofu. …
Easy and exquisite Korean rice bowl recipe – Vegetables and Flying Fish Roe Rice (Al Bap). Al bap (알밥) is a kind of trendy meal that got popular in recent years in Korea. Al (알, eggs) here refers the flying fish roe. It’s a popular ingredient when making sushi as well. (In Japanese term, it’s called …
Cooking Korean frozen dumplings! One thing I don’t like about winter is its weather. It is just too cold, so I am not as motivated as other seasons to cook any meals. I just want to stay in my room and snuggle up. However, the fact that we have to eat to survive is what …
There are a few different varieties of Korean fish sauce. Korean anchovy sauce (Myulch Aekjeot, 멸치액젓), Sand lance sauce (Kkanari Aekjeot, 까나리 액젓) and salted fermented shrimp sauce (Saeujeot, 새우젓). Korean fish sauce is typically used in Kimchi making to accelerate the fermentation process. On some occasions, it is also used in Korean side dishes and …
Addictively spicy and delicious Korean Shin Noodles! Yesterday I had a recipe request from Mika about instant noodles. She was wondering what kind of ingredients I add when I make instant noodles. I usually don’t add much vegetables or meat, because I don’t want to bother with heavy preparation. However, I had some mung bean …
We have a regular gathering with some other foreigners living in this area every second Wednesday. We have dinner in one person’s house and we take turns. The host prepares a main meal and everyone else brings their duty dish. Anyhow, Mel (most of the time dessert duty person) brought this cheese cake at the …
Dumpling pastry pizza is a great way to use up leftover dumpling pastry. It makes a great snack or light meal! I found that some Koreans make simple pizzas with dumpling pastry (만두피) at home. It is very quick to make as long as you can get the dumpling pastry easily. You can buy some at …
Healthy and soothing Korean ginger tea (Saenggang cha) recipe! A few days ago, my husband was coughing a lot and he said he had a sore throat and mucus. I am not a doctor, but he thinks I can fix him. 🙂 He basically doesn’t trust modern medicine and loves oriental treats so much. So …
How to Make Flour Tortillas from Scratch Tortillas are quite expensive in Korea. Since I speak Korean, I can easily order tortillas from the internet. But still, it seems quite expensive to pay about 4 dollars (US) to get 12 sheets of tortillas, then pay the delivery cost which is another 4 dollars. So I researched a …
Learn how to make easy Korean style oyster pancakes! Ready in 20 minutes. One thing I miss about Korea is the abundance of cheap seafood. Oysters definitely belong into this category. Back in the days when I was living in Korea (in 2006), I was able to get 400g of oysters (which is equivalent to …
Seafood Jajangmyeon (Korean black bean noodles with seafood) is another way to enjoy popular Korean black bean noodles. It’s loaded with delicious and savory seafood! There are a few different types of Jajangmyeon (Korean black bean noodles, 자장면) based on the ingredients used or the way it’s served. This seafood Jajangmyeon is one of the varieties available at …
I remember buying some rolls of Kimbab couple of years ago. There was a shop called “Kimbap Nara” (김밥나라) and they sold Kimbap for 1000 won (About US $1 that time). It was so sensational because it was so cheap. Kimbap used to be 2000 won for the cheapest one in those days. So everyone …
Korean enoki mushroom pancakes (Paeng-ee beoseot jeon, 팽이버섯전) are a perfect side dish for a mushroom lover! They are loaded with savoury flavour and crisp texture and are really easy to make! Our family loves mushrooms. Name any kinds! (Obviously, excluding the poisonous ones! Lol) I originally shared this enoki pancakes recipe back in 2006 …
A simple tuna cucumber sushi rolls recipe. No, it is not a traditional Korean food, but it is quite a simple meal to make. I do not know if this sushi is available in Japan or not, but I know this is very delicious to eat! It will make a great party finger food. Ingredients for 12 sushi …
These egg yolk only butter cookies are a great solution to use up some of your leftover egg yolks from other cooking! A few weeks ago, I made sweet and sour chicken. After making that dish, I had two egg yolks left over. So I decided to bake some cookies with them. But it only gave me 10 cookies. So, …
Tomorrow, November 11th is Pepero day in Korea. Pepero is a snack that looks like long thin sticks with a chocolate coating. It is very similar to Japanese Pocky. Pepero day became like Valentine’s Day in Korea. It is popular with young people and couples and they exchange pepero sticks each other as a gift …
Chinese date’s are known as a warm food. (People believe that all kinds of food have characteristics -warm or cold, in oriental culture.) So it makes you relax and warms you up (good for insomnia and cold body sense) . It is often used with ginseng as a roborant (a strengthening food) for example in …
Korean oyster rice recipe. It’s cooked with daikon radish, oysters, chestnut and mushrooms. A highly nutritious Korean rice meal! “Radish and Oyster Rice” (Gulbap, 굴밥) sounds like a very weird combination, apparently, it is one of the best food combinations. I cooked my oyster rice in my rice cooker, so there was hardly any work …
What is Korean black bean paste (Chunjang)? Let’s learn! Korean black bean paste (Chunjang, 춘장) is made from a salty fermented soybean and coloured with caramel. It is an essential condiment to make “Korean black bean sauce noodles (Jajangmyeon, 자장면)“. It has a slightly bitter and salty taste on its own, so some sugar is added …