My daughter came home for spring break and she wanted to have Miyeok Gook. It has been one of her favorite ever since she was little. Miyeok Gook is very much an everyday food for Koreans but it's also a soup that's served on birthdays and for new moms after childbirth. Miyeok(Brown Seaweed/Wakame) is rich in minerals and is high in iron and potassium. It has been passed down through many ...
Korean Honey Pastry (약과 Yakgwa or Yakwa)
Yakgwa (약과) or Yakwa is a traditional Korean sweet pastry or cookie that is rich with flavors of ginger and honey. Yakgwa was my most favorite snack growing up and I tasted hundreds of Yakgwa in my life but I have never tasted one that is as light and flavorful as this one. This Yakgwa recipe that I learned from my mother-in-law is the most authentic recipe since I learned that Yakgwa was ...
Story of two Korean sweets – Yakwa(약과)and Yaksik(약식)
Story of Korean Sweets - Yakwa and Yaksik I have heard this story Korean sweets from my husband's oldest uncle when I first got married but I really did not realize the significance of it until now...you can find several different versions of this Korean sweets story on the Korean internet but here is the family's version. Hopefully my daughter will be able to appreciate and pass on the tradition ...
Pork belly cooked with onions (돼지고기 삼겹살)
Here is the simplest way to cook pork belly (Samgyeopsal 삼겹살) Korean style. In Korean cuisine, pork belly is usually either boiled in water or cut into thin slices and grilled. When boiled in water, ginger is mostly used. In addition, people have been adding Korean Soy Bean paste, coffee grinds, onions, garlic... all sorts of ingredients to make it taste better. I tried coffee grinds, soybean ...
Apple Lemon Soy Sauce
I always thought that my mother-in-law always cooked the most traditional foods.. I would have never guessed that the base to many of her dishes would be this special Apple Lemon Soy Sauce. This sauce has just the right amount of sweetness and fruity flavor that adds depth to a dish. The sauce is great for salads, fish jorims and marinades. This recipe requires a bit of time (12 hrs +) but is ...
Tofu Recipe with Soy Mirin Sauce (Dubu Jorim 두부조림)
I came back home yesterday from the cold east coast winter weather...and what a glorious day it is today here back at home. It certainly felt like spring was coming ..and my Pink Breath of Heaven plant also thought so too! So, I was visiting my sister #2 in the east coast and I took my camera with me to take pictures of our cooking. However I was not able to post since my ...
Pike Mackerel Stew and Rice Lettuce Wraps (Kkongchi Jorim Ssam-bap 꽁치조림 쌈밥)
The rain had just stopped when I stepped out onto our driveway. I noticed the fresh rain drops dangling from the branches - like crystals from a chandelier. And the air felt so clear, crisp and fresh..it felt so nice.. Anyway, so I thought about what would be good for dinner today...Hmm.. I didn't feel like cooking a whole lot so something simple but good and yet healthy as we had ...
Ssam (쌈 Lettuce and other veggie wraps)
Ssam (쌈) means "wrapped" in Korean. Ssambap (쌈밥) means rice wrapped in lettuce or other veggies with some other protein (fish, bulgogi, kalbi, etc). The three kinds you see here are Ssukat(crown daisy or edible chrysanthemum), Kkaetnip(Perilla Leaves) and red leaf lettuce. These are probably the most basic and classic set of vegetables but you can have ssam with just lettuce alone. Other ...
Ssamjang (쌈장) – Lettuce Wrap Sauce
Ssamjang is a condiment used to add the final flavor punch to the Korean Ssam or lettuce wrap. Korean ssam usually contains rice, a kind of protein(bulgogi, grilled pork belly, kkongchi jorim and more) wrapped in lettuce or any vegetable leaf that is big enough to make a wrap. And ssamjang which is made from a mix of fermented soybean paste and gochujang is what really makes the ssam taste ...
JangJoRim (장조림) – Korean beef side dish
If you have an Instant Pot, Check out my Pressure Cooker Jangjorim recipe! Ingredients 1/2 lb of beef cut into 2-3 inch pieces (brisket or eye of round) 1/2 C soy sauce 1/4 C sugar 5 cloves of garlic 3-5 shishito peppers (꽈리고추 gwari-gochoo)(optional) 3-4 hard boiled eggs (optional) black pepper 2 1/2 C water Shishito is a wrinkly and mild flavored pepper. It ...