Radish Soup (무된장국 Mu Doenjang Guk) - the most comforting, soothing, umami flavor packed Korean dish that is truly a 'brings-me-back -home' kind of a soup. Radish Soup!!?? Yes, in Korean it's MuDoenjang Guk. Mu 무 = radish, Doenjang 된장 = soybean paste, Guk 국 = soup. Now that fall is just around the corner (or is it here already?? 😜)...I feel the sun getting weaker and the air getting ...
Easy Instant Pot Galbitang (Short Rib Soup)
Galbitang (Korean Short Rib Soup) cooked in Instant Pot in just 30 minutes! Korean Galbitang soup usually takes hours to boil on a regular stove top and I sometimes end up cooking too much because I get distracted and forget. Sad... But, wait, did I say you can make that same soup in just 30 minutes after you start cooking??!! (Disclaimer - This is in addition to soaking ribs in water for 30 min ...
Alaska Pollock Stew with Gochujang – Dongtae Jjigae
Alaska Pollock Stew or Dongtae Jjigae is a very popular Korean fish stew that is made with frozen Alaska pollock. I have shared in my Bugeo Gui recipe about how Koreans use different words to describe Alaska pollock in different states - fresh, frozen, dried, semi-dried.. Alaskan pollock is such an important ingredient in Korean cuisine that there are unique names (6 in all!) for all the ...
Jeonju Hanok Village (Hanok Maeul)
Jeonju Hanok Village DAY 1 Jeonju, Korea is the capital city of North Jeolla Province. Jeolla province has history dating back to pre-historic times but Jeonju came to existence as a city in 900 AD as part of Later Baekjae era. When I think of Jeonju, I think of Jeonju Bibimbap. That is probably the most famous dish that comes from Jeonju. But recently Jeonju boasts a lot more good eats than ...
Cold Soy Milk Noodle Soup (Kongguksu 콩국수)
Cold Soy Milk Noodle Soup or Kongguksu(콩국수)/Kong Guksoo is one of my childhood favorite Korean foods to have in the summer. When Korean summers get really hot, even a 'skipping meals is just NOT in my dictionary' kind of a food lover like myself can lose her appetite. But I remember having this wonderful cold noodles in this white cold milk like liquid as a child, it was so ...
Yukgaejang – Korean Spicy Beef Soup
Yukgaejang or Yukgyejang (육개장) is a soup that I have made for over 20 years and the version I make at home is somewhat different from what I actually grew up with. The classic traditional Yukgaejang soup recipe consists of brisket meat, Gosari (Bracken Fiddleheads) in addition to lots of green onions, bean sprouts and eggs. And this recipe is what I grew up eating. I love Gosari in Yukgaejang and ...
Doenjang Jjigae – Korean Soybean Paste Stew
Doenjang Jjigae..I have not yet blogged about this fantastic Korean stew and this is why. It was not on my list of recipes when I first started my Kimchimari Korean food blog because I thought the dish was just too smelly to cook in my daughter's dorm. Cooking in dorms...that reminds me of my grad school dorm days - 6 students (somehow all Asians) with their own rooms shared a common bathroom and ...
Beef Short Rib Soup – Galbitang (갈비탕)
Deliciously rich and deeply satisfying - Beef Short Rib Soup (Galbitang 갈비탕) was my most favorite soup as a kid. Because we were a family of 7 and beef was really expensive then (it still is today in Korea), it was an especially happy day when there was beef short rib soup for dinner. When we have Galbitang or beef short rib soup, it was probably because it was someone's birthday or it was because ...
Best Eats in Korea – Day 3 Kongnamul Gukbap
Here is my best eats for day 3 of my trip in Korea. My mother asked me to go with her to Wonju (원주) on day 3 in Korea. Wonju is about 2 hrs away from Seoul and it is not known for any special foods but mainly for traditional Korean paper called 한지 (Hanji). Driving on the highway though reminded me of my all time favorite Korean snack – Hodo Kwaja(호도과자). So I had to stop on the way at one of ...
Samgyetang – Korean Ginseng Chicken Soup
Is summer too hot for you? Do you feel worn out from the heat?? Well, guess how Koreans fix that?! They stand in line for hours in front of restaurants in Seoul to eat a pot of piping hot Samgyetang - Korean Ginseng Chicken Soup!!! Samgyetang(삼계탕) is probably one of the most popular "energy" foods in Korean cuisine. And some people, like my husband, swear by it. When he has symptoms of allergy ...