Korean cuisine is made up of savory, spicy, and sweet dishes that offer plenty of variety on the dining table. Despite having different tastes and flavors, most Korean dishes often use the same ingredients, and they are just mixed and matched together to form a new flavor for numerous kinds of Korean … Read more
From the earliest known pottery makers of 8,000 BC, through the evolution of city-states and kingdoms from scattered tribal villages and nomadic barbarians, to modern day civilization, Korea has a very rich and colorful history that spans thousands of years. The earliest peoples of the Korean peninsula were small bands of hunter-gatherers, … Read more
Common Name: Fish Cake, odaeng, eomuk 오댕 / 어묵 Korean fishcake is made from ground fish and wheat flour formed into rectangular sheets (or other shapes), and then baked. Fishcake is usually served as a stir fried side dish or used in soups or stir fries. Recipes Using This Ingredient Snack/Appetizer/Dessert – … Read more
Common Name: Scallions, pa, green onion 파 Recipes Using This Ingredient Ban Chan – Pajeon (Korean Green Onion Pancake) Ban Chan – Haemul Pajeon (Korean Seafood Pancake) Ban Chan – Kimchi Buchim (Kimchi Pancake) Royal Cuisine – Yuk Hoe (Seasoned Raw Beef) Soups & Stocks – Yukejon (Korean Spicy Beef Soup) Soups … Read more
Common Name: Kombu 다시마 Kelp Used in soups, broths, and as a seasoning. Recipes Using This Ingredient Soups & Stocks – Dasima – Korean Anchovy and Kelp stock Soups & Stocks – White Prawn and Mussel Soup (Saeuhonghaptang) Ban Chan – Pickled Daikon Slices Snack/Appetizer/Dessert – Deokbokki (Tteokbokki) – Spicy Stir Fried … Read more
This is a glossary of Korean foods and food terms. There are quite a few entries here, but this is still far from a complete listing. Glossary Index Acorn – Dotori Acorn Cake – Dotoritteok Acorn Starch Jelly – Dotorimuk Adzuki 팥 (pat) Agwi 아귀/아구 Monkfish/Angler Fish Agwijjim Altang Anchovy Sauce – … Read more
궁중떡볶이 Alternate Spellings: Goong Jeong Ddeokbokki, Gongjung Ddeokboki, Gungjung Tteokbokki Ddeokbokki is one of the most popular snack dishes in Korea. The modern version is a spicy preparation of stir fried ddeok, or rice cake, combined with sweet potato starch noodles, shredded carrot or similar vegetable, fish cake, onions, and garlic. Ddeokbokki … Read more
궁중떡볶이 Alternate Spellings: Goong Jeong Ddeokbokki, Gongjung Ddeokboki, Gungjung Tteokbokki Ddeokbokki is one of the most popular snack dishes in Korea. The modern version is a spicy preparation of stir fried ddeok, or rice cake, combined with sweet potato starch noodles, shredded carrot or similar vegetable, fish cake, onions, and garlic. Ddeokbokki … Read more