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What is Hoddeok?

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Hoddeok is a sweet Korean pancake. It is usually eaten as a dessert in Korea. Inside Hoddeok there is melted brown sugar or just sugar and sometimes there are some mashed nuts to make it more tasty. Hoddeok is usually sold as a street food. I personally think Hoddeok is a bit similar to rice cake because it is chewy like rice cakes. I also think Hoddeok is a roasted Korean pancake.

What is Dakgangjeong?

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Dakgangjeong is a sweet fried chicken. It is usually kids favorite food. Dakgangjeong is sweet but has a little spicy kick in it. Dakgangjeong’s main ingredient would be the chicken. Dakgangjeong is a simple food to make. The sauce of Dakgangjeong is usually used with Gochujang a.k.a. the Korean chilli paste and a Korean sweet syrup that is used for cooking. Sometimes if people wants it to be less spicier they usually put some ketchup in it. Dakgangjeong’s sauce also contains Gochugaru or a Korean chilli flake. Dakgangjeong is also a popular food in Korea for kids and adults.

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What is Kimchi Jjigae?

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Kimchi Jjigae is a Kimchi stew. Kimchi Jjigae is a spicy stew. It is a famous and a common food in Korea. The main ingredient is the Kimchi. The Kimchi in Kimchi Jjigae needs to be ripe or old so that the kimchi will be sweeter and less bitter. It will also make the stew sweeter and better. Mostly adults like Kimchi Jjigae, because it is spicy. Kimchi Jjigae contains onions, pork, and scallions. Most of the time people put tunas in it. The tuna makes it taste better. If you want the stew to have a stronger taste of the Kimchi, put a little amount of the juice from the Kimchi. You should try it if you have Kimchi at your home!

What is Kimchi?

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Many of you might already know what Kimchi is. Kimchi is the most famous food in Korea. It is a traditional food in Korea. There are no restaurants in Korea that has no Kimchi served. Kimchi is technically a Chinese cabbage that is seasoned with salt water and Gouchugaru a.k.a. the Korean chilli flakes. There are many kinds of Kimchi’s. One of them is a radish Kimchi. You basically just do it almost the same way but you use a radish instead of Chinese cabbages. Kimchi is a very loved Korean food around the world.

What is Jaeyook Bokkeum

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Jaeyook Bokkeum is a spicy sliced pork cooked with other vegetables. It is a popular food in Korea. Jaeyook Bokkeum is a Korean BBQ dish but spicy. Jaeyook Bokkeum is usually cooked with onions and carrots. Some people put cabbages so that it would be less spicy. The vegetables are cooked with the meat. Many people eat Jaeyook Bokkeum with lettuces or rice. Make sure not to cook the lettuces with other vegetables and the meat. I would prefer it to eat it fresh. The sauce is usually made with Gochujang a.k.a. Korean chilli paste. People who likes spicy food adds a bit of Gochugar which is Korean chilli flakes. Jaeyook Bokkeum is a Korean BBQ but cooked in a spicy way. Hope You try it!

What is Japchae?

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Japchae is a Korean food. Japchae was a food that only kings could eat. Now it is a food that you can see a lot in parties. Japchae is made with glass noodles and with other vegetables. Japchae also has sliced eggs in it. The sauce of Japchae is usually soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar, and roasted sesame seeds. Japchae is sweet and tasy. Japchae is rarely salty depending on people who makes it. If you fry the vegetables it will upgrade the taste. Japchae is a very loved food in Korea. You should try it!

What is Bulgogi?

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Bulgogi is a Korean food that is cooked using beef. Bulgogi is a very loved food in Korea. Bulgogi contains green onions, onions, Korean glass noodles, carrots, cabbages, and more. Bulgogi is sweet and salty. Most people in Korea eat Bulgogi with rice because it is salty. The sauce is very watery like a soup or sometimes there are almost no sauce. There are sauces only spread to the meat. Bulgogi would sometimes be called as Korean BBQ beef. Bulgogi in Korea means fire meat. I would translate it as meat cooked in fire. Bulgogi is a famous lunch menu. Many kids in Korea eat Bulgogi for lunch. Bulgogi is a delicious and a popular food in Korea.

What is Bibimbap?

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Bibimbap is a Korean food that is healthy for you. Bibimbap contains variable types of vegetables and some beef. It also sometimes contain fried egg or just the yellow yolk. Bibimbap has rice on the bottom. The rice is covered with vegetables, meat, and egg. There are two types of sauces for Bibimbap. One of them is called “Gochujang” which is a Korean chilli paste. The other one is “ganjang” which is a Korean soy sauce. Gochujang is spicy but Ganjang is sweet. I wanted to introduce you to Bibimbap because Bibimbap is a food that many Koreans enjoy eating, including me.

Recipes of Tteokbokki

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On this blog I am going to tell you the recipes of tteokbokki.

I am going to tell you the recipe by using 6 oz. of rice cake.

Tteokbokki is usually eaten as a snack food in Korea.

Introduction to Tteokbokki Rice Cake

  • Tteokbokki is a food which uses rice cakes. There are many different kinds of rice cakes, but the one you want to use is the tteokbokki tteok or garaetteok. Usually, super markets sell the rice cakes that is used for tteokbokki in packages.

Tteokbokki Sauce

  • 1 Tbs. of gochujang. (Gochujang is a Korean chili paste)
  • 1 Tbs. of gochugaru. (Gochugaru is a Korean dried chili flakes. It will make it spicier, so if you like spicy things you may put it in)
  • 1 Tbs. of soy sauce. (Soy sauce will make it sweeter and taste better)
  • 1 Tbs. of sugar

Tteokbokki Ingredients

  • 6 oz. of rice cake
  • 3 oz. of fish cake (cut into bite sizes)
  • 1 green onion (sliced)
  • 1 boiled egg (optional)
  • Cheese (optional)

How to Cook Tteokbokki

  • Boil 3 cups of water in medium high heat.
  • Leave the rice cakes in normal temperature water until the sauce goes inside the boiling water.
  • Put Gochujang, Sugar, and Soy sauce inside the boiling water and stir it until the boiling water becomes red.
  • Take the rice cakes out of the water and add them into the boling sauce and water. Lower the heat into medium heat and cook it for 5 to 6 minutes. Stir the rice cake occasionally.
  • Then, after 5 to 6 minutes had passed add the fish cakes and add them in the boiling sauce with rice cakes in it. Keep stirring the rice cake and the fish cake until the sauce gets thickened or stir it for 3 to 4 minutes after you had added the fish cake.
  • After the rice cake is cooked take the food out and immediately slice the green onion. You would only want a bit of the green onions, because it is usually used for decorating.
  • Then, cut the boiled egg in half, if you want, and set it on top of the tteokbokki. (optional)
  • You can also put cheese on top of the tteokbokki. (optional)
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Recipes about Kimbap

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Today I will be telling you the recipe of kimbap. Hope you enjoy.

Also for the Kimbap fillings I am going to tell you about the classic fillings, because there are lots of different fillings used to make Kimbap. (All the kimbap fillings are seasoned)

Kimbap Seaweed and Rice

  • You will need special dried seaweed sheets that are used for making Kimbap.
  • You will need cooked rice that is seasoned with sesame oil, salt, and sesame seeds. ( If you don’t have sesame seeds you don’t need it necessarily)

Kimbap fillings

  • Yellow pickled radish’s(Danmuji) are cut straight in the vertical way or the long way. (They should not be thin or thick but in just the right size to fit in the seaweed sheet)
  • Carrots should be cooked in a weak fire and keep stirring it so that the carrots won’t burn. Also try to cut the carrots in short and thin way. (Again make sure your fillings are not so thin or thick)
  • Cucumbers are cut in the same way as the Yellow pickled radish. Cucumbers should also be cooked in a weak fire until the inside of the cucumbers are looking a bit invisible. (Make sure to not cut them short but long and don’t burn the cucumbers)
  • Spinaches are seasoned and boiled in hot water for a very short amount of time. The boiled spinaches should be ice bathed and after that squeeze the water out of the spinaches. Spinaches should look weak and not alive like how it was before it got boiled. The spinaches are seasoned with sesame oil and salt.
  • Eggs are supposed to be cooked like fried eggs and put salt into the eggs, but mix it with the white part and the yellow yolk. The Eggs are to be cut in a square shape but long like the cucumber. (Don’t cut the egg before it is a bit cooled down because the shape might change or it might break down)
  • I like to put hams instead of meat, because hams are already salted. I cut the hams into the vertical way like the cucumber and cook it.
  • Braised burdock roots are usually sold in packages because they are hard to seasoned and cooked. Braised burdock roots are optional, so if you want to put them in you may but if you can’t find them you don’t need them.

How to roll Kimbap

  • First, you just put the seaweed sheet down and spread the rice evenly.
  • Second, put or stack each ingredients you cooked and cut onto the rice.
  • Third, start rolling the seaweed sheet and be careful not to leave out any ingredients when you roll it.
  • Fourth, put weak pressure using your hands evenly while you roll it.
  • Fifth, it will be easier to cut the roll if you put water on your knife or put a bit of the sesame oil on the roll and spread it. This will help for you to cut the kimbap easier without ripping the seaweed sheet.