Korean Bapsang

Hotteok (Sweet Korean Pancakes)

February 19, 2019

Hotteok is a popular Korean street snack. You can make hotteok at home with a few basic ingredients. It’s delicious with lots of healthy seeds and nuts!

Who wouldn’t love biting into a golden fried dough filled with a gooey brown sugar syrup and nuts from a street cart or stall on a cold winter day? Eaten hot off the griddle, hotteok (호떡, hodduk or hoddeok) is extremely popular during winter months. There are many variations, but the classic hotteok we grew up on is made with a simple yeast dough with a brown sugar and nut filling and pan-fried in a little bit of oil. This recipe is my modern take on the classic version. Continue reading

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Tteok Mandu Guk (Rice Cake Soup with Dumplings)

February 4, 2019

Make this warm, soothing bowl of rice cake soup with dumplings for your New Year celebration! It's also a great comfort food any time of year. The recipe shows how to make a quick Korean beef broth, but use any broth/stock you prefer. Happy Lunar New Year! Tomorrow is Lunar New Year (Seollal, 설날)! Although we eat tteokguk all year round, Continue reading

Filed Under: Recipes, Soup, Traditional holiday food Tagged With: dumplings, Korean soup, New Year soup, rice cake soup, soup, tteokguk Leave a Comment

Vegetable Broth for Korean Cooking

February 3, 2019

Vegetable broth in a jar and a measuring cup

Learn how to make Korean vegetable broth for your Korean soups and stews! It's super easy to make and requires very few ingredients. In my previous post, 15 Korean Vegan Recipes, I mentioned that many classic Korean dishes can easily be veganized. You can make the dishes like bibimbap or japchae vegan simply by omitting the meat and the egg. Continue reading

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15 Korean Vegan Recipes

January 22, 2019

A collection of easy, delicious Korean vegan recipes! Happy New Year! According to the news media, 2019 will be "the Year of the Vegan.” For those of you who are looking for Korean vegan recipes, here's a collection of easy, delicious recipes! From kimchi to noodles, this list features a nice variety of recipes for your Korean vegan table! Even Continue reading

Filed Under: Recipes, Vegan, Vegetarian dish Tagged With: Korean vegan, plant based, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian 3 Comments

Kimchi Mandu (Kimchi Dumplings)

December 30, 2018

These Korean dumplings filled with a kimchi mixture are highly popular in Korea. If you like kimchi, you'll love this dumpling recipe. Kimchi adds tons of spicy and savory flavors! What’s your favorite dumpling variation? Filled with a kimchi mixture, these Korean dumplings, known as kimchi mandu (김치 만두), are highly popular in Korea. Needless Continue reading

Filed Under: Appetizer/Snack, Kimchi dishes, Main Dish, Recipes, Traditional holiday food Tagged With: dumplings, kimchi, Korean food, mandu, steamed 49 Comments

Dakjuk (Korean Chicken Porridge)

December 16, 2018

Porridge is hugely popular in Korea as a breakfast or a light meal. This creamy porridge made with chicken is one of the best when it comes to comfort food, especially on cold winter days! Are you a fan of porridge (juk, 죽, in Korean)? Porridge is hugely popular in Korea as a breakfast or a light meal. Because it’s healthy and easy to digest, Continue reading

Filed Under: Main Dish, Meat, Noodles and Rice, Recipes Tagged With: Chicken, juk, Korean food, porridge, rice 11 Comments

Ojingeo Bokkeum (Korean Spicy Stir-fried Squid)

December 2, 2018

Ojingeo bokkeum is a spicy stir-fried squid dish. Ojingeo is squid, and bokkeum refers to the dishes that are stir-fried. If you love squid and spicy food, this flavor packed dish is easy to make with a few staple Korean ingredients. Ojingeo bokkeum (오징어 볶음) is a spicy stir-fried squid dish. Ojingeo is squid, and bokkeum refers to the dishes Continue reading

Filed Under: Main Dish, Recipes, Seafood Tagged With: Korean food, spicy, squid, stir-fried 21 Comments

Menus for Korean Dinner Parties

November 17, 2018

The holiday season is upon us! I'm sure many of you are planning holiday gatherings with family and friends. For your convenience, I put together some menu ideas for a Korean dinner party. This is an updated post of my December 2016 dinner party menus. I've updated the menus with new photos and added a Korean street food party menu. Continue reading

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Haemul Sundubu Jjigae (Seafood Soft Tofu Stew)

November 12, 2018

This bubbling hot, hearty stew is made with extra soft tofu (sundubu or soondubu) and seafood. It cooks up so fast, making it perfect for a weeknight meal! The Korean stew (jjigae, 찌개) made with sundubu (or soondubu, 순두부) is enormously popular both in and outside Korea. There are even tofu houses that specialize in this dish, Continue reading

Filed Under: Recipes, Seafood, Stew Tagged With: gochugaru, jjigae, seafood, soft tofu, spicy, stew, tofu 37 Comments

Tangsuyuk (Sweet and Sour Beef or Pork)

November 4, 2018

deep-fried pork in a sweet and sour sauce

Tangsuyuk is a popular Korean-Chinese sweet and sour pork (or beef) dish! Learn how to make this crispy deep-fried meat in a delicious sweet and tangy sauce at home with this easy to follow recipe. Tangsuyuk (탕수육) is crispy deep-fried pork (or beef) in a delightfully sweet and tangy sauce! It’s Chinese sweet and sour pork (or Continue reading

Filed Under: Appetizer/Snack, Korean-Chinese, Meat, Recipes Tagged With: beef, Korean Chinese, sweet and sour pork, tangsuyuk 34 Comments