Aeri's Kitchen

The first time I made this food for my in laws in America, they called them “stuffed peppers,” and I found there are different kinds of stuffed peppers in America. The common American stuffed peppers are sweet peppers baked in the oven. Of course, the taste is different from these Korean stuffed peppers, but the idea of filling peppers with some ingredients and cooking them is the same. Anyway, I wanted to share Korean stuffed peppers with you. This is a holiday food, and it is one of my favorite foods. I learned how to make this from my mom. The marinated beef, hot pepper, and egg combination gives you a very tasty and happy flavor. We usually use less spicy peppers for this recipe because you don’t want the peppers to overpower the other flavors. If you can’t eat spicy food then I recommend that you use sweet peppers instead. I used both peppers in this recipe. You can eat this dish just plain or as a side dish.

Yield: 3 Servings

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• GoChu (고추) = Hot Peppers
• PiMahng (피망) = Sweet Peppers

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There are many kinds of dishes that use seaweed in Korea. This is one of them. The ingredients for this dish are very simple and the way of making it is very easy. Once you make this, you can keep it in the refrigerator and eat it anytime with rice. From Wikipedia, “Seaweed has several important biological activities or applications in biomedicine. Seaweed is also a known source of iodine, an element necessary for thyroid function with deficiencies leading to goitre. It has been asserted that seaweeds may have curative properties for tuberculosis, arthritis, colds and influenza, worm infestations and even tumors. A number of research studies have been conducted to investigate these claims and other effects of seaweed on human health…”

Yield: ½ Quart

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• MiYeok (미역) = Sea vegetable, or edible seaweed
• JulGi (줄기) = Stem

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This is a spicy Korean stir-fried chicken dish. If you have any question about the ingredients, please ask me.

Yield: 2 Servings

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• SonTop (손톱) = Fingernail
• BahlTop (발톱) = Toenail

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JaJangMyeon (자장면) is the most popular Korean style Chinese food in Korea. This is made of mainly black bean paste, meat, and different kinds of vegetables. In Korea, you can easily order JaJangMyeon (Black bean paste noodles) from the Chinese restaurants. Then they will deliver the food to your house only for 3 or 4 dollars without any tipping. Typically, Korean style Chinese restaurants serve JaJangMyeon with Yellow Pickled Radish (DanMuJi), radish kimchi (KkakDuGi), and raw onion with black bean paste, which you will use to make this recipe. Dip the onion into the black bean paste when you eat JaJangMyeon. Garnish with cucumber or peas. Cucumber tastes especially good with this JaJangMyeon.

Yield: 2 Servings

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• JaJangBap (자장밥) = Black bean paste with rice
• JaJangMyeon (자장면) = Black bean paste with noodles

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Just yummy Korean food this time. Kimchi fried rice. Like Kentuky Fried Chicken, only different. For delicious fried kimchi rice, I want to tell you several things. First, good kimchi makes yummy fried kimchi rice. Well fermanted kichi is the best. Another thing is..Frying the kimchi first is important – don’t cheat. I prefer to fry my rice a little crispy which takes longer to cook. (patience … hehe) You can add more sugar or salt depending on your taste.

Yield: 2 Servings

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• SikDahng (식당) = Restaurant
• EumSik (음식) = Food

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