Korean Recipe Blog

Last week, I bought a bag of Korean pancake powder, a bag of frozen seafood, and some green onions and made Korean seafood pancake (Pa Jeon). I didn’t realize that using pancake powder, making Pa Jeon can get so easier.
1 LB of Korean Pancake Powder
1 1/2 LB of water
1/2 LB of frozen seafood mix
Thin sliced green onions
1t salt
Soy sauce with a little bit of vinegar for dipping sauce

1. Make batter with pancake powder and water
2. Add sliced green onions, seafood mix and salt
3. Mix them well
4. Add vegetable oil to the pan and heat it
5. Place batter on the pan and cook it in medium heat
6. Once the edge turns to crispy, flip it and cook it until it thoroughly get cooked.
7. Serve with soy sauce

Kimchi noodle is one of my favorite summer dishes. Feel the sweet and sour taste of Kimchi and refreshing taste of cucumber at the same time!

Kimchi Noodle

1/3 Cup of chopped Kimchi
1t sesame oil, 1T sugar (for Kimchi seasoning)
1/4 Cucumber
1/2 boiled egg
Thin sliced beef 1/3 lbs
1T soy sauce, 1T sugar, 1t sesame oil (to marinate beef)
Thin Korean noodle (So-myon)

1. Add 1T soy sauce, 1T of sugar, and 1t of sesame oil to thin sliced beef and mix well. Leave it in the fridge for 15 minutes.
2. Add 1T of sugar and 1t of sesame oil to chopped Kimchi and mix them well.
3. Thin slice cucumber.
4. Boil water in a pot and cook noodle.
5. Boil water and cook egg.
6. Peel off egg shell and cut an egg in half.
7. Take the noodle out of the pot. Rinse it with cold water a couple of times and drain.
8. Cook marinated beef in a pan.
9. Put noodle in a bowl. Put beef, kimchi, cucumber on the top of the noodle nicely and put the egg.

Chopped Kimchi 1/3 Cup
Kimchi juice 2T
Cooked Rice 1 bowl
Sesame Oil 2t

1. Put oil in the pan and heat the pan.
2. Add chopped Kimchi to the pan and cook for 2 mins
3. Add rice to the pan and mix with cooked kimchi
4. Add Kimchi juice to the pan and stir the rice on the pan until rice absorbs the juice.
5. You can serve with an fried egg.

Dukbokgi is a very popular snack in Korea. It is spicy and a bit sweet. You can add ramen (instant noodle) and a boiled egg.
Korea Rice Cake 2 Cups
Red Chili Paste 2T
Red Chili Powder 1T
Oil 1t
Sugar 1T
Soy Sauce 1T
Minced garlic 1t
Sliced green onion as garnish
Water 1 Cup
Sliced Fish Cake (Oden) 1/2 Cup

1. Boil water and oil in the Pan
2. Add chilly paste, chilly powder, sugar, soy sauce to the pan and stir them for 1 minute.
3. Add garlic, rice cake and fish cake to the pan.
4. Stir them well and cook for 5-10 minutes in medium heat until rice cake is fully cooked.

There are not many meat side dishes in Korea. Jangorim is one of several meat side dishes. It takes 2-3 hours to prepare and makes a whole place smell like soy sauce, but it is definitely worth it.
1.5 LBs shank
6 eggs
1 green onion
1 bulk of garlic
1 onion
2 halapinios
2/3 Cup soy sauce
1/3 Cup sugar

1. Soak the beef in cold water for 1 hour to drain blood
2. Boil beef, green onion, garlic, onion and jalapenos in 4 cups of water for 1 hour.
3. Boil 6 eggs and peel shells off
4. Take out cooked green onion, garlic, onion, halipinos from the pot and tear the beer off into thin strips.
5. Add eggs, soy sauce, and sugar to the pot and boil them for 1 hour in low heat.
6. Cook it down a bit and serve with rice.