K-FOOD Recipe Talk

When you order a seaweed soup set meal, you get so much food—meat, fish, and all kinds of side dishes! Is Korea the land of side dishes? 😄 Everything was so generous…

It’s a spicy squid and beef rice bowl made by stir-frying squid and thinly sliced beef brisket with a gochujang-based sauce (soy sauce, sugar, etc.) and serving it over rice! The squid…

I made yukgaejang at home! ~ Yukgaejang is a hearty Korean soup made by simmering beef, bracken, bean sprouts, radish, green onions, and other ingredients with a flavorful spicy seasoning. It’s so…

They pan-fried these Pyongyang-style dumplings to make them nice and crispy! Since these dumplings have a mild, subtle flavor, I think they might actually be better suited to being steamed or served…

When you have spicy stir-fried squid with plenty of flavorful sauce, you can mix it with rice and enjoy it like a delicious rice bowl! The squid here is so wonderfully bouncy…

I bought a whole-watermelon juice at a local market. 🍉 The price of one small watermelon gets you two cups of juice! They even make it extra cute by adding a little…

Seolleongtang is one of my favorite Korean comfort foods! It’s a hearty ox-bone soup with a rich, milky broth that’s surprisingly light and comforting. I love having it with a bowl of…

I love both Buldak Stir-Fried Noodles and Buldak Stir-Fried Soup Noodles! 🌶️🍜 The soupy version is perfect for dipping side dishes into, and even though the broth is spicy, it’s so flavorful…

One of my favorite Korean side dishes is seasoned bean sprouts (Kongnamul Muchim)~~ I really love the crunchy, refreshing texture, and the slightly spicy and savory flavor goes so well with a…

I had a Korean street food platter with sundae (Korean blood sausage), fried snacks, fish cake, tteokbokki, and spicy mixed glass noodles all in one set! The most unique dish was the…

It’s not your typical grilled daechang—it’s grilled after being coated in a delicious marinade! The sauce is seriously good. It’s not too spicy or too sweet, just perfectly sweet and savory with…

I had potato chicken that was fried in a chewy potato coating instead of the usual flour batter! 🥔🍗 You can really taste the potato, and the chicken inside is so tender…

Have you heard of naeng-jeyuk? Unlike the usual warm bossam (Korean boiled pork), the pork is boiled, chilled, and even aged in the refrigerator before being served cold! I tried it at…

We grilled some samgyeopsal (Korean pork belly) over charcoal and pan-fried some kimchi to go with it. We also picked up some Korean sweet and spicy fried chicken (dakgangjeong) from the local…

I had some leftover raw fish from a meal, so I made myself a Korean-style raw fish rice bowl (hoe-deopbap)! I used a tangy and slightly spicy Korean cho-gochujang sauce, which turned…