Korean Recipes

• Bulgogi - In Korean, bulgogi means "fire meat". Beef is thinly sliced or shredded and cooked over a grill. Other meats may be substituted, including pork ("dweji bulgogi"), chicken ("dak bulgogi"), or squid ("ojingeo bulgogi").
  
  
• Dakgalbi - Seasoned chicken cooked over a charcoal grill.
  
  
• Gamjatang - Spicy pork spine soup. As well as pork spine, vegetables, including potatoes and green onions, as well as hot peppers and sesame seeds, are used.
  
  
• Gujeolpan - This dish was traditionally eaten by Korean nobility and royalty. In the Korean language, the name means means "dish of nine dishes", reflecting the fact that it is consists of eight separate small dishes, and pancakes. It is served on a special octagonal plate with eight side containers (used for the small dishes), and a center container (used for the pancakes).
  
  
• Hoe - Thinly sliced raw fish, somewhat similar to Japanese cuisine's sashimi, dipped in either chogochujang which is a sauce made from gochujang (red chilli paste), or wasabi sauce, then wrapped in green leaves, and served on a bed of cellophane noodles ("dangmyeon").
  
  
• Japchae - Boiled potato noodles with beef, carrots, onions and spinach.
  
  
• Jeongol - A stew made using seafood and vegetables.
  
  
• Jokbal - Pig's trotters cooked in soy sauce and spices, deboned, and served with a shrimp sauce.
  
  
• Kalbi (or Galbi) - Pork or beef ribs cooked on a charcoal grill.
  
  
• Kalguksu - Boiled flat noodles, usually in a broth containing anchovies and zucchini (courgettes).
  
  
• Kimchi jjigae - A soup made using kimchi, pork and tofu.
  
  
• Kongnamul-bap - Soybean sprouts served over rice.
  
  
• Kongnamul-guk - A soup made from soybean sprouts.
  
  
• Makchang - The Korean version of chitterlings - grilled pork intestines.
  
  
• Maeuntang - Hot and spicy fish soup.
  
  
• Ramyeon - Spicy noodles with meat and vegetables, somewhat similar to Japanese cuisine'sramen noodles.
  
  
• Samgyeopsal - Pork belly meat (similar to bacon), flavored and seasoned with garlic, sesame oil and salt. The meat is cooked on an oepn grill and then placed inside lettuce or a similar leafy vegetable, along cooked rice and ssamjang (a spicy paste), before eating. Green chillies, slices of raw garlic dipped in ssamjang and spring onion salad, are common accompaniments, and these help absorb the grease from the meat.
  
  
• Sannakji - A small live octopus, cut in pieces and lightly seasoned. The octopus pieces are usually still moving when the dish is served.
  
  
• Tteok - A chewy cake made from either pounded short-grained rice, pounded glutinous rice, or glutinous rice left whole without pounding. It may be served hot or cold, and as a dessert or snack. It is also sometimes served with beef, mushrooms, onions, etc., as a light meal.
  
  
• Yukhoe - A raw beef dish somewhat similar to steak tartare. The raw beef is shredded and topped with a raw egg yolk, then seasoned with asian (nashi) pear, black pepper, garlic, gochujang (red chilli paste), green onions, sesame seed, sesame oil, soy sauce and sugar.

• Korean Recipes & Cookbooks
  
  
• Recipes and Cookbooks

An Artist's Kitchen: Korean Recipes for my Daughters By Yangja Cho Im BookSurge Publishing Released: 2009-04-23 Paperback (68 pages) List Price: $22.99* Lowest New Price: $22.99* Lowest Used Price: $46.00* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 09:22 Pacific 10 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: /An Artist's Kitchen/ is a unique book combining recipes for Korean cooking and art. The author-artist, Yangja Cho Im, first handwrote and illustrated cookbooks for her daughters so they could learn to prepare Korean food. Now they have taken their favorite recipes and her beautiful artwork and reproduced it to share with family and friends. These tasty and easy-to-prepare recipes are enhanced by personal comments, reminiscences, and lovely paintings, making this a one-of-a-kind cookbook.

Korean Home Cooking: Quick, Easy, Delicious Recipes to Make at Home (Essential Asian Kitchen Series) By Soon Young Chung Periplus Editions Hardcover (128 pages) List Price: $19.95* Lowest New Price: $9.99* Lowest Used Price: $9.99* *(As of 09:22 Pacific 10 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Korean cooking is one of the healthiest in the world. Now, with Korean Home Cooking, discover how easy it is to create the delights of Korean cuisine at home. A variety of spicy and warming dishes graces the pages of this delicious new cookbook, including traditional favorites like classical Korean mung bean pancakes, traditional rice with Korean vegetables (Bibimbup), and cucumber kimchi with fillings, as well as modern dishes such as pan-fried fish with chili sauce and barbecued beef with vegetable skewers. All the recipes in this beautiful cookbook are accompanied by step-by-step instructions and gorgeous full-color photography. The perfect guide for cooks of all levels and ability, Korean Home Cooking has everything readers need to bring the celebrated meals of this unique Asian country into their own homes.

Discovering Korean Cuisine: Recipes from the Best Korean Restaurants in Los Angeles Dream Character, Inc. Paperback (170 pages) List Price: $19.95* Lowest New Price: $12.27* Lowest Used Price: $12.33* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 09:22 Pacific 10 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here ISBN13: 9780978541804 Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product Description: A step-by-step guide to re-creating healthy, delicious, Korean-style dinners, this book unlocks the mysteries behind these delicacies in an approachable, illuminating manner. Featuring contributions from 12 of Los Angeles’ most prominent Korean restaurants, this cookbook includes recipes ranging from mainstays such as kimchi, bulgogi (marinated beef), mu-saengchae (spicy Korean radish), and bossam (boiled pork) to specialty dishes such as jjim-dak (vegetable chicken stew), hobak-juk (squash porridge), and jjam-bong (spicy noodle soup with seafood). Besides the typical listing of ingredients and instructions, each recipe contains a progression of photographs illustrating various stages of preparation along with the completed dish. A handy introductory section visually identifies common ingredients and details how to complete the basics—cleaning, peeling, dicing, slicing, shredding, and preparing broths and rice. Those inspired to visit the restaurants themselves will find contact information and a map of their locations in the back of the book.

Cooking Korean Food With Maangchi: Traditional Korean Recipes (Volume 1) By Emily Kim CreateSpace Paperback (50 pages) List Price: $15.00* Lowest New Price: $15.00* Lowest Used Price: $35.41* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 09:22 Pacific 10 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: This book is a companion to my DVD, where I teach you how to make the recipes in my first 18 YouTube cooking videos. All of them are delicious and I include pictures of ingredients, so you can bring it with you to Koreatown and buy the exactly what you need. Recipes include: Cod Jeon (Daegu jeon), Dduk bok kie (spicy rice cake), Jja Jang Myun (black bean noodles), Kimchi and Kaktugi, Yuk Gae Jang (spicy beef with vegetable soup), Spinach side dish (sigumchi namul), Bibimbap (mixed rice with vegetables), Doen Jang Jjigae (bean paste vegetable stew), Bulgogi jungol (beef and vegetable stew), Oi Sobagi (stuffed cucumber kimchi), Moo Woo Guk (radish soup with beef), Sam Gye Tang (ginseng chicken soup), Grilled beef, Tuna Kimbap, Kimchi Jjigae (kimchi stew), Vegetable pancake, Hot and spicy stir fried squid, Miyuk gook (sea plant soup), Miyuk naeng chae (sea plant salad), and Job chae (glass noodles with mixed vegetables). I hope you have as much fun eating them as I did writing them!

Beauty of Korean Food: With 100 Best-Loved Recipes By Institute of Traditional Korean Food Hollym International Corporation Perfect Paperback (261 pages) List Price: $39.50* Lowest New Price: $39.00* Lowest Used Price: $35.55* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 09:22 Pacific 10 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Korean food has been praised as a hearty, slow-cooked, healthy cuisine due to its integration with the different seasons, regional specialties, harmony of food ingredients and combination of food groups. Despite the high interest in Korean food by people around the world, this is the first book to introduce Korean food with internationally accessible recipes. As part of the "Research and Development Project for Standardization of Korean Cuisine" driven by the Korean government, this book is designed to standardize the recipes of the selected 100 Korean foods by using the international system of units (SI unit) and to present the pleasure of cooking healthy Korean food in an approachable way for everyone to enjoy.

The Korean of the Morning: Classic Recipes from the Land of the Morning Calm By Copeland Marks Chronicle Books Paperback (240 pages) List Price: $15.95* Lowest New Price: $6.38* Lowest Used Price: $5.50* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 09:22 Pacific 10 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Interest in the cuisines of Eastern Asia has never been greater. What better time for a new edition of this classic Korean cookbook, complete with a fresh new design throughout and a beautiful new cover? With its intriguing flavors and generous spice, Korean cuisine is one of the most exciting Asian cuisines and, featuring leafy greens, grains, and an abundance of seafood, one of the most healthful as well. The Korean Kitchen includes more than 140 tantalizing, easy-to-follow recipes for soups, salads, fritters, pancakes, fish and shellfish, barbecue, noodles, and, of course, the Korean national favorite: pickled vegetables, or kimchi. Complete with a history of the cuisine, a glossary, and tips on serving a traditional meal, The Korean Kitchen leads the way to homemade Korean fare.

Cooking Korean Food With Maangchi - Book 2: More Traditional Korean Recipes (Volume 2) By Emily Kim CreateSpace Paperback (68 pages) List Price: $18.00* Lowest New Price: $18.00* Lowest Used Price: $39.39* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 09:22 Pacific 10 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: This book picks up where my last one left off, with 24 more delicious traditional Korean recipes and plenty of photos of the ingredients you will need to cook them. Everything is clearly explained and illustrated, in the same style as my popular YouTube videos.