quick easy korean cooking

[...].. .QUICK & EASY KOREAN COOKING 10 QUICK & EASY KOREAN COOKING 11 contents 15 introduction 18 pantry notes 21 glossary of korean ingredients 26 useful utensils for cooking korean food 30 appetizers and snacks 58 Rice Cake Stick Snack (DDUKBOKGI) Pan-Fried Beef in Egg Batter (GOGI JEON) Green Onion Pancakes (PA JEON) Korean Leek Pancakes (BUCHU BUCHINGAE) Kimchi... (KOHNG NAMOOL BAP) Kimchi Fried Rice (GIMCHI BOKKEUM BAP) Spicy Sashimi Rice (HWAE DUP BAP) Curry Rice (KALEH RICEUH) Seaweed Rice Rolls (GIMBAP) QUICK & EASY KOREAN COOKING 13 QUICK & EASY KOREAN COOKING 14 introduction I don’t remember learning how to cook Korean food, just as I don’t remember learning how to read I do remember being too short to reach the counter and having to pull up a chair to the... B-LIST INGREDIENTS Pine nuts (JAT) Coarse sea salt or kosher salt Korean malt syrup (MOOL YUT) Rice flour (SSAL GALU) Dried anchovies (MYEOLCHI) Toasted laver/seaweed sheets (GIM) Korean rice wine (CHONGJU) Soju PA N T RY N O T E S 19 QUICK & EASY KOREAN COOKING 20 glossary of korean ingredients – If you go to the dried goods aisle of your Korean (or other Asian) grocery store, you’ll find bags of little... (even if you’re cooking for just one), since you may want to make more servings occasionally Besides, it doesn’t hurt to have leftover rice for fried rice the next day USEFUL UTENSILS FOR COOKING KOREAN FOOD 27 QUICK & EASY KOREAN COOKING 28 29 appetizers and snacks 32 Rice Cake Stick Snack (DDUKBOKGI) 33 Pan-Fried Beef in Egg Batter (GOGI JEON) 34 Green Onion Pancakes (PA JEON) 35 Korean Leek Pancakes... section of Korean and other K E L P / S E A W E E D (MIYEOK OR DASHIMA) QUICK & EASY KOREAN COOKING 22 – These sprouts (sometimes labeled “green bean sprouts” or sookju namool) can be found next to the soybean sprouts in the produce section of Korean groceries Mung bean and green bean sprouts can be used interchangeably in Korean cooking They look very similar but don’t have the large yellow head of... seasoned with a bit of sea salt Whatever QUICK & EASY KOREAN COOKING 16 Your way of cooking may be different than mine, but whatever you do, I hope Korean food makes its way into your repertoire Feel free to experiment and make these recipes your own Add more garlic if you want; use less chile paste if you don’t like it too spicy There are no hard and fast rules for cooking The food police won’t come knocking... julienned red bell pepper, mushrooms, onion, and/or Korean leeks (found in Korean groceries, they look like bunches of long grass but have a mild leek flavor) You can even add ham, shrimp, or leftover turkey to the batter, too QUICK & EASY KOREAN COOKING 34 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups cold water, plus more as needed 6 green onions, cut into 1½-inch lengths 2 Korean or Italian zucchini, coarsely grated or julienned... shellfish 104 kimchi and other pickled things Quick Kimchi (MAK GIMCHI) Daikon Kimchi (GGAKDOOGI) Water Kimchi (DONGCHIMI) Cucumber Kimchi (OI GIMCHI) Pickled Peppers (GOCHU JANG-AJJI) Pickled Garlic (MANEUL JANG-AJJI) 116 rice 142 155 sauces and other basics 158 quick & easy korean menus 159 mail-order sources for korean ingredients 160 books and resources on foods, cooking, and culture of korea 161 Grilled... in Asian groceries (I have a pretty comprehensive list of them that I keep updated on QUICK & EASY KOREAN COOKING 18 A-LIST INGREDIENTS C-LIST INGREDIENTS Garlic (MANEUL) Ginger (SAENG-GAHNG) Short-grain rice (SSAL) Toasted sesame seeds (GGAE) Sesame oil (CHANGILEUM) Soy sauce (GANJANG) Korean chile paste (GOCHUJANG) Korean chile powder (GOCHU GALU) Rice vinegar (CHO) Various noodles, such as somen,... mushroom, which you would cook with the onion and carrot QUICK & EASY KOREAN COOKING 32 pan-fried beef in egg batter (gogi jeon) Traditionally enjoyed during a celebration, this dish makes an excellent appetizer or side dish Get the boolgogi (sliced rib-eye) cut of meat at your Korean grocery, or ask your butcher to slice a lean cut as thinly as he can When cooking the beef, I like to use wooden chopsticks