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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