A soupy twist on the Korean spicy rice cake dish, tteokbokki! Tteokbokki is one of the most popular street foods and quick snacks in Korea. They can be found on street carts, inside hole in the wall restaurants and quick restaurants! They’re most often made of cylinder rice cakes, flat fish ...
Pa Kimchi (Green Onion Kimchi) – Baek Jong Won
Quick and easy delicious kimchi made with green onions. Compared to other kimchis, many of the steps are simplified for pa kimchi and make this recipe much more approachable! Since we live too many miles away from our moms, I have gotten really tired of eating the same packaged cabbage kimchi ...
Katsudon (Pork Cutlet Over Rice) – Baek Jong Won
Deliciously fried panko-covered pork cutlet topped over rice with sauteed onions, egg and a sweet soy sauce. Figuring out what to eat for the week can always be an obstacle. What to make? What about when thinly cut pork is on sale! Skeptical? A bit, but score! It also doesn’t feel right ...
Soondubu Jjigae (Korean Tofu Stew)
This stew almost killed my cooking spree when I first started getting into the kitchen. My mom’s soondubu and the Korean restaurant soondubu’s taste very different from each other. But, the recipes I tried to make came nothing close to either! Many recipes use Kimchi to enhance (and cheat) ...
Baek Jong Won – Korean Chili Shrimp Box
I don’t usually buy meats frozen and try to buy them fresh, meaning I’m going to the grocery store more often than I’d like. But, I do almost always stock up on frozen raw shrimp (by the bulk from Costco!). It is also one of the few things I can buy at Costco for our small family of two. The ...
Kang’s Kitchen Omurice (Omelette Rice)
Omurice is a fried rice often sauced in a ketchup base and topped with a fluffy egg. It's a simple fusion dish that combines Asian flavors with a Western twist. When I was a kid, my mom used to make me fried rice topped with a egg and a ketchup smiley face or heart decorated on the egg. Today’s ...
Korean Oyster Pancake (Gul Jeon) – Baek Jong Won
Plump pan-fried battered oysters that are lightly crisp but juicy and flavorful in just a couple of minutes. Oysters in the states are sold by the oyster, but in Korea, they’re super cheap, pre-shucked and sold by weight and enjoyed abundantly in soups, stews, side-dishes and more! In ...
Spicy Korean Braised Pork Ribs (Galbi Bokkeum Tang) – Baek Jong Won
Work has been super busy the last few weeks so I’ve wanted quicker meals but then again, my husband has also been even busier with lack of sleep and skipped lunches so I want him to have a good home cooked meal for dinner. I am not trying to be old fashion with being the wife that makes warm dinners ...
Baek Jong Won’s Donkkaseu (Tonkatsu)
I’m back with another Korean celebrity chef Baek Jong Won’s recipes: Donkkaseu! (or the sauce is his famous part). It’s an iteration of Japanese tonkatsu or European schnitzel which is essentially fried breaded pork cutlet. There’s many ways to enjoy this dish but most simply and often it’s served ...