Andong Jjimdak is a Korean braised chicken dish, “Jjim” refers to dishes that are steamed, stewed or braised in a sauce and “dak” means chicken. This dish originates from the city Andong and is sweet with a hint of spiciness. It is cooked over high heat and can have various tastes by adding diverse ingredients. […]
Yachaejeon is a Korean Vegetable pancake that’s savoury and filled with zucchini, scallions, sweet potato, mushroom and onion. That’s right, Yachaejeon literally means vegetables fried pancake. This pancake is so easy to make and is nice as a side dish served with diner or as breakfast or lunch. When I first discovered this dish, I […]
“Japchae ” literally means mixture of vegetables and also describes the method with which it is prepared. You can either serve this dish with “beef’ or veggies only. The original version back in the 17th century didn’t contain meat nor noodles and was invented by one of the King’s subjects as a dish for a […]
Korean Fried Chicken (‘Dakgangjeong’) is known for its crispiness as it’s being fried twice as opposed to the typical American fried chicken. The chicken is also usually seasoned with spices, sugar and salt prior to and after being fried. In South Korea, this chicken is consumed as a meal, an appetizer, snack with beer and […]
Samgyeop-sal means “three layer flesh” in Korean, referring to striations of lean meat and fat in the pork belly that appears as three layers when cut. Belly is used a lot in Korean cooking and this happened during Japan’s ruling over Korea when Japan considered belly as a by-product so this was left in Korea. […]
Kimchi Jjigae is a kimchi stew/soup, a traditional korean dish and my type of comfort food. In addition to that kimchi jjigae is also super healthy as kimchi delivers probiotics to increase the body’s immunity, which comes in handy to fight against the current pandemic. Since I have started eating this dish regularly (at least […]