Korean food recipes, dishes and Korean cuisine revolves around rice, vegetables, and meats. Traditional meals are remarkable for the number and variety of side dishes steamed short-grain rice. Kimchi is often served at each meal. Frequently used ingredients are; sesame oil, fermented bean paste, soy sauce, salt, garlic, ginger, pepper flakes and fermented red chili paste
As in other Asian countries, popularity of ingredients and creation of dishes varies between provinces. In some cases, previously regional dishes been incorporated as part of the national cuisine. Thus, dishes that were once regional have proliferated in different variations across the country.
Condiments are many and varied. Fermented condiments include; ganjang, doenjang, gochujang and vinegars. Spices used in Korea recipes include; red pepper, black pepper, Chinese pepper, cordifolia, mustard, chinensis, garlic, onion, ginger, leek, and spring onion.
Chuseok is a Korean harvest festival and as in all countries, special delicacies are made to celebrate this special occasion. Whereas the Chinese have their Moon Ccakes, the people of Korea have the “songpyeon“. Made from rice flour, this traditional rice cake is kneaded into balls and and stuffed with sesame seeds, beans, or chestnuts. … Read more Songpyeon – Korean Rice Cakes
Korean BBQ Sauce Sesame And Ginger Marinade Kochujang Sauce Red Bean Paste (Korean Kochu Chang) 1 Korean Dipping Sauce Korean Marinade with Sesame Seeds Mustard Cabbage Relish Yangnyum Kanjang Sauce for Bulgogi Sook Choo Na Mool Meat Sauce For Vegetables (Korean Chang) Korean Marinade Red Bean Paste (Korean Kochu Chang) 2 Korean BBQ Sauce Serving … Read more Korean Sauces
Ttok’wach’ae (Rice-Cake Fruit Cup Songpyon (Half-Moon-Shaped Rice Cake) Samsaekchuak (3-Color Sweet Cumplings) Samsaekchuak (3-Color Sweet Dumplings) Ingredients 5 cups glutinous rice 1 tbsp. salt 20 jujubes 2 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. honey food coloring(pink, green) 3 cups frying oil 1/2 cuphoney or syrup Directions Wash the glutinous rice and soak it in water. Drain, grind … Read more Korean Desserts
Ingredients: 1 lb Korean radish peeled, and cut into 1″ cubes 3 x scallions or equivalent in Chinese chives cut into 2″ lengths 1 x garlic head – (abt 12 cloves) peeled and chopped 1 piece fresh ginger – (1″ long) chopped 3 tbl hot red chili powder – (or 4 tbspns) to taste 1 … Read more Kaktugi Kimchi – Cut Pickled Radish
Korean BBQ Tofu Spinach Soup (Korean Malgun Sigumchi Kuk) Hot Cucumbers Phreelee Bindaetuk Scallion Pancakes Great Kimchee Korean Bean Sprouts Cucumber Salad Seasoned Potatoes Seasoned Spinach Spinach (Korean Sigumchi Namul) Bean Thread Sesame Noodles With Vegetables Korean BBQ Tofu Yield: 1 servings Ingredients 1-1 1/2 lbs firm tofu 1/2 c Soy sauce 5 6 T … Read more Korean Vegetarian Dishes
The Republic of Korea (South Korea) shares borders to the north with the demilitarised zone (separating it from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), to the east with the East Sea, to the south with the Korea Strait (separating it from Japan) and to the west with the Yellow Sea. There are many islands, bays … Read more Korea Country Info
Kimchi is a uniquely pungent mixture of fermented vegetables and its variations amounted to roughly 80 kinds of dishes during the Choson period. For spring, summer and fall consumption, kimchi was cured in a small quantity, but for the winter months, large quantities were made so that it could be eaten over three or four … Read more History of Kimchee
Kuljon (Oysters Fried in Egg Batter) Bulgogi Chapche Mixed Vegies with Beef Chen Ya Korean Meat Fritters Jeot Khal Spiced Whitebait Cheon Seafood And Vegetable Omelet Khal Bi (Korean Beef BBQ) Korean BBQ Chicken Chap Jae Bibimbap Vegies and Beef on Rice Pork Roast Beef Sticks Stir-Fried Cucumbers And Beef Shin Sul Ro Korean Hot Pot Kuljon (Oysters Fried in Egg Batter) Ingredients … Read more Korean Meat Dishes
Bibimbap, sometimes spelled bi bim bap or bi bim bop, is a popular Korean dish. The word literally means “mixed rice”. Bibimbap is served as a bowl of warm white rice topped with namul (sautéed and seasoned vegetables) and gochujang (chili pepper paste), soy sauce, or doenjang (a fermented soybean paste). A raw or fried egg and sliced meat (usually beef) are common additions. The hot dish is stirred together thoroughly just … Read more Bibimbap Mixed Rice
The Ingredients Sauce 1/2 cup kimchi, chopped approximately 1/3 cup kimchi liquid 1 clove minced garlic 1 tsp sugar 1/4 cup hot pepper paste (gochujang)* 2 tsp sesame oil 1 1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar 1 tbsp roasted sesame seeds 1 hard boiled egg 200 g somyeon noodles The Garnish Cucumber strips, roasted seaweed strips … Read more Mixed Spicy Noodles