Easy Korean Recipes
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Learn how to make seasoned Korean acorn jelly! It’s a light, flavourful and healthy Korean side dish! When I was a child, I sometimes went hiking with my mom and we picked up some dropped acorns on the hills. We didn’t hike to the top of hills but on the way back the basket of my …
Korean lotus root side dish – lotus root braised in soy sauce. It’s salty, sweet and moreish! Yeongeun Jorim (연근조림) is one of my favourite side dishes, and my mom cooks this really well. There are a couple of various ways of cooking lotus and I like the one has a softish chewy texture and …
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! Lol) Tofu Kimchi is essentially a stir fried kimchi served with boiled …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Delicious and addictive Jangjorim recipe! It’s a popular Korean side dish. Jangjorim (장조림) is a traditional Korean side dish. It’s made with beef and eggs. Though, in this recipe, I used quail eggs (because it’s so cheap and easy to get in Korea!) but if you can’t get them, you can use normal hard boiled …
I heard about Korean pickled radish wraps while I was surfing the internet a couple of months ago. It was the first time I heard of that food. I don’t know about the history of it, but someone named this dish “Naeng gujeolpan” (냉 구절판). Naeng means cold in Korean and Gujeolpan is a nine different foods …
Easy gochujang pancakes! Gochujang pancakes are called Jang-Tteok in Korean. The word “Jang” (장) means seasoning, like soy sauce (Ganjang, 간장), soybean paste (Doenjang, 된장), or chilli paste (Gochujang, 고추장). Therefore “Jang-Tteok” (장떡) means pancakes seasoned with some kind of sauce that I mentioned earlier. Its name can be varied depending on the type of …
Gungjung Tteokbokki is a Korean royal court cuisine that originated from the royal palace in the Joseon dynasty. Gungjung means “palace or royal court” in English. It is known as king’s snack. Unlike typical Tteokbokki (Korean spicy rice cakes), Gungjung Tteokbokki is not spicy but rather savoury. Gungjung Tteokbokki VS. Tteokbokki If you are familiar with Korean …
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Super easy Korean tuna pancakes! Tuna pancakes (Chamchijeon, 참치전) is something you can make easily with readily available ingredients from your pantry. It’s a great side dish for kids (without chili to remove the spiciness) and it will go well in anyone’s lunchbox. I hope you get to try this soon! (Update: Check my improvised …
Learn how to make this popular Korean fish cake side dish! Korean fish cake stir fry is a very popular Korean side dish (banchan, 반찬) in Korea. Korean fish cake is called eomuk (어묵) or odeng (오뎅), so Korean fish cake stir fry is called Eomuk Bokkeum, 어묵볶음 or Odeng Bokkeum, 오뎅볶음. Korean fish cake …
Easy and delicious Korean squid pancakes. A perfect appetizer! Korean pancakes (Buchimgae, 부침개) are very popular on a rainy day among Koreans. There are a couple of theories about the reason, but I don’t really know why. The other day my husband told me he wished it rained all the time so that he can …