Easy Korean Recipes
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Try this popular Korean sweet potato recipe – Candied sweet potatoes (Goguma Mattang)! Goguma Mattang (고구마 맛탕) is one of our family’s favorite Korean side dishes and snacks. Deep fried chunky sweet potatoes are coated with caramelized sugar. It’s a crunchy outside and soft and fluffy inside kind of dish. Continue reading if you would …
Easy Korean toast – Korean egg toast recipe! In essence, it’s a savory, filling and mildly addictive toast! Korean egg toast, also known as gilgeori toast (길거리 토스트) / street toast , is a popular “on the go” breakfast in Korea. It has been around for 20 or so years and it’s a popular Korean street …
Super easy Korean mochi – chapssaltteok recipe! Chapssaltteok (찹쌀떡) is a Korean version of Japanese mochi rice cake – daifuku. It is a popular Korean snack and dessert particularly during winter months. Also, it is a popular gift to give to the exam-taker (e.g. university entrance exam). It symbolizes wishing good luck for the exam. …
Let’s make some sweet Korean snacks, Korean walnut pastry – Hodugwaja! Do you know hogugwaja / hodo kwaja (호두과자)? It’s a popular Korean street snack! But you can also easily see it at a highway rest stop in Korea. It used to be my family’s go to snack while we are travelling around the country. …
Korean tteokbokki recipe. Tteokbokki is one of the most popular Korean street foods in Korea. Among other things, today’s recipe is made with Korean rice cakes, Korean fish cakes, Korean soup stock / dashi stock and gochujang (Korean chili paste)! It’s super delicious, umami rich and highly addictive! So much so that even if your …
Explore the wonders of delicious Korean street food! Here I share eight of the best Korean street food recipes you can try in your own home. They are easy to follow and fun and delicious to make! You will feel like you’re in the midst of a food street in Korea! If you’ve been to Korea …
Fuss free, healthy and delicious – Nut free energy balls! These bliss balls are made with dates, coconut and cacao powder. Today I want to share our family’s favorite snack – nut free energy ball recipe. This isn’t Korean food in any way, nonetheless I make it a lot in my kitchen! I first discovered …
Make a perfect summer dessert, Patbingsu (Korean shaved ice) at home! It will chill you down for sure! Also, it’s super easy and delicious. Bingsu / Bingsoo (빙수) is probably the most sought after summer dessert in Korea. Bingsu means Korean shaved ice dessert. When I was little, I only knew one kind of bingsu and …
Cucumber boats with crab salad is an easy, quick and super versatile dish. It’s perfect for a light lunch, snacks or as a party finger food. You name it! This cucumber boat recipe (some less adventurous people might just call it ‘stuffed cucumbers’) is one of my first recipes I shared on this blog back …
Bungeoppang is a Korean name for Japanese taiyaki, a fish shaped pastry that is particularly popular in winter streets of Korea. With this recipe, you can now make it at home! Super easy! Bungeoppang (붕어빵) is my favorite childhood snack. When I was younger, you could easily see a cart or van selling it on the …
Easy and delicious Korean Kimchi Mandu (Kimchi dumplings) recipe. Let’s take a bite! If there is Jiaozi in China and Gyoza in Japan, we have something similar called Mandu / Mandoo (만두) in Korea. There are many ways of making Korean mandu / Korean dumplings and one of the most popular is Kimchi Mandu (Kimchi Dumplings, 김치만두). A bit …
Are you ready to indulge yourself in this crunchy and sticky Korean style popcorn chicken? Korean popcorn chicken (Dakgangjeong, 닭강정) is a popular Korean street snack in Korea. The boneless chicken nugget is deep fried and coated with Korea’s special sticky, spicy, tangy and sweet sauce. I know it was a bit mouthful to describe …
Spicy, super delicious and addictive Rabokki recipe! Rabokki – Ramyeon (Instant Ramen Noodles) + Tteokbokki (Korean Spicy Rice Cakes) Today I want to share a popular Korean snack meal – Rabokki (라볶이). Rabokki is a combination of the words for Ramyeon (라면, instant ramen noodles) and Tteokbokki (떡볶이, Korean spicy rice cakes). I actually prefer …
Spicy Korean BBQ chicken pizza is our family’s new favourite pizza. Spicy char-grilled chicken and sweet pineapple make wonderful combination on a tortilla pizza base. It’s addictive, crunchy and delicious! It’s Korean spicy chicken day! OK, if you’ve been following me for a while, you would have noticed my love for spicy food and chicken. (But …
Nutella + Mochi + Donut Holes = Bomb! This combination makes a super delicious chewy gooey nutella mochi donut holes! With the Easter holiday just around the corner (in fact, by the time you read this, the holiday would have just started) I am sharing a dessert recipe today. I don’t know why I often …
Healthy, delicious and addictive baked Korean chicken wings recipe! I love chicken wings. (OK, I will be honest. I don’t like wing tips as they scare me but I like the other parts of chicken wings.) In general they are just so darn good! They are very affordable, easy to play with and most importantly …
Learn to make popular Korean winter street food – Hotteok (Korean sweet pancakes). It’s crispy outside and inside is filled with sweet gooey indulgence! Today I’m sharing my sweet tooth love with you. I’m here to present my Korean sweet pancakes (Hotteok, Hoddeok or Hodduk, 호떡) recipe! My original recipe is like 9 years old …
Crunchy, delicious and addictive Korean rice cake skewers (Tteok Kkochi) recipe! Do you like rice cakes? I love them. I particularly love the soft and chewy texture of them. Korean rice cakes are usually one of two types, sweet or savoury. Today I want to share my Korean rice cake skewers (Tteok Kkochi, 떡꼬치) recipe, …
Learn how to make Korean sweet rice dessert – Yaksik (Yakbap)! What is Yaksik (Yakbap) Today’s recipe is Korean sweet rice with dried fruit and nuts. Its Korean name is Yaksik / Yakshik (약식) or Yakbap (약밥). It means medicinal food. One of the key ingredients used is honey and honey was considered as a …
Let’s make some popular Korean pizza – Bulgogi Pizza! No doubt, it’s another creative way to enjoy delicious Korean BBQ – Bulgogi! Bulgogi is a popular food among Korean food lovers and even I make this quite often – at least once a week. I didn’t used to make this often 2 years ago – I …