Asian Recipes: Great Korean Food

In recent years, lots of individuals in the West have become interested in Korean foods and recipes. You could taste Korean dishes in a diner, or if you like you can try to prepare it at home in your very own kitchen.

Korean cuisines are typically centred around noodles, rice, meat, vegetables and tofu (that’s called “dubu” in Korea). Majority of meals are served with a spread of side dishes (“banchane”), as well as soup, steam rice, and kimchi (fermented vegetables). Flavor is added utilizing a range of seasonings and spices including ginger, garlic, red chili paste (“gochujang”), soy sauce, salt, and fermented soybean paste (“doenjang”).

A few popular Korean dishes include:

* Gamjatang – A soup made from pork spine and potatoes. It generally also includes other green onions, vegetables, sesame seeds and hot peppers.

* Kongnamul-guk – Soybean sprout soup.

* Maeuntang – A peppery and spicy fish soup.

* Jeongol – A seafood and vegetable stew.

* Hoe – Thinly slice rawfish, rather similar to Japanese sashimi. Usually immersed in wasabi or red chili paste (“gochujang”), and served on cellophane noodles (“dangmyeon”).

* Sannakji – A uncooked, very fresh little octopus, seasoned and diced into pieces and served – it may still be moving on your plate!

* Ramyeon – Noodles with meat and vegetables, similar to Japanese ramen noodles.

* Kongnamul-bap – Rice containing soybean sprouts.

* Japchae – Potato noodles with beef, onions, carrot and spinach.

* Kalguksu – Flat noodles in a bisque.

* Yukhoe – Raw beef topped with egg yolk, and seasoned with garlic, green onions and a variety of spices.

* Bulgogi – Meat or seafood prepared on a grill. Common varieties include chicken (“dak bulgogi”), pork (“dweji bulgogi”), and squid (“ojingeo bulgogi”).

* Dakgalbi – Grilled chicken.

* Galbi – Grilled pork ribs.

* Makchang – Grilled pork intestines (similar to chitterlings).

* Samgyeopsal – Grilled pork belly. Slices of meat are positioned inside lettuce with cooked rice and a piquant paste (“ssamjang”). Various accompaniments such as chillies, spring onion salad, or raw garlic dipped in samjang may be eaten with the meal.

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