Dried Seaweed Sidedish

Today, I will post a simple and cool Korean seaweed side dish. When my husband and I visited Korea last February, he had the chance to try this side dish in a restaurant and he loved it. I promised him to make that for him when we came back home. You don’t need to cook and only need few ingredients to make this delicious side dish. If you like seaweed and a sweet and sour pickle flavor (freezer pickles), you will love this. Try it someday.

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

  • MiYeouk (미역) = Seaweed
  • BanChan (반찬) = Side dish

Main Ingredients:

  • ½ oz Dried Seaweed (1 Cup Soaked Seaweed)
  • ⅛ Onion
  • 3 Tbsp Vinegar
  • 3 Tbsp Sugar
  • ⅛ tsp Salt
  • ¼ Sesame Seeds

Yield: About 1½ Cup

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Prepare ½ oz of dried seaweed. This is same seaweed with the one you use for the Korean birthday soup, MiYeouk Guk. Soak the seaweed in water for 10 to 15 minutes, until it becomes soft. You will get about 1 cup of soaked seaweed.

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Rinse the soaked seaweed in hot water and then cold water. Drain the water.

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If the seaweed has stems or thick parts, remove them.

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Cut the seaweed into bite sized pieces.

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Cut ⅛ of an onion very thinly.

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If you don’t like too strong (spicy) of a raw onion flavor, soak the onion in ice water for 5 minutes.

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In a bowl, mix 3 Tbsp of vinegar, 3 Tbsp of sugar, and ⅛ tsp of salt. Stir it well, so that the sugar and salt dissolve.

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Add the seaweed to the bowl. Then add the onion and mix well.

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Last, sprinkle ¼ tsp of sesame seeds on top. Taste it, and you can add 1 pinch of more salt depending on your taste.

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Keep in the refrigerator before you serve it. It tastes best when it’s cool. Enjoy~~~

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18 comments so far

Carol writes:
  reply May 4th, 2010 at 11:13 PM

Hi, Aeri,
I love your recipes. I’ve tried a seaweed dish similar to this, but it has a red paste sauce on top. It was so delicious. Could you maybe do this recipe, too?
Thank you!

    Aeri Lee writes:
      reply May 8th, 2010 at 5:59 AM

    hi Carol,
    Okay.. I will add it to my list..thanks :D

Michael writes:
  reply October 30th, 2009 at 8:01 AM

I finally found the recipe for this side dish!!! Thanks a lot, I just made it and it tasted yummy!

    Aeri Lee writes:
      reply November 2nd, 2009 at 4:56 PM

    Hi Michael,
    GREAT !!! Thanks for trying my recipe. hehe

Pio writes:
  reply August 18th, 2009 at 9:18 PM

Hi Aeri,

Just made this dish for lunch. I had it with kimchi and gyeran marim.

I added sesame oil to the seaweeds. its was so delicious.

    Aeri writes:
      reply August 20th, 2009 at 7:53 PM

    Hi, Pio
    Your lunch menu sounds simple but delicious. Thanks for trying my recipe. :)

Dexter writes:
  reply August 18th, 2009 at 8:58 PM

Thank you for the recipe! My fiance and I enjoyed it very much.

    Aeri writes:
      reply August 20th, 2009 at 7:42 PM

    Hi, Dexter
    You are very welcome. It’s always happy to hear that somebody tried my recipe and enjoyed it. hehe.. thanks !! :)

      Dexter writes:
        reply August 21st, 2009 at 11:50 PM

      :D

      I made it again, but this time added cucumbers (like some korean tofu restraunts). It tasted pretty good too!

        Aeri writes:
          reply August 23rd, 2009 at 9:48 AM

        Hi, Dexter
        haha.. you tried it again..wow.. You must be really liked this dish. good !!!
        Yep..cucumber sounds great with seaweed.. thanks !!!

Alex writes:
  reply August 18th, 2009 at 8:19 PM

I like the version where they grind up the sesame seeds and mix the seaweed with sesame seed powder.. Its so 꼬소해^^

    Aeri writes:
      reply August 20th, 2009 at 7:41 PM

    Hi, Alex
    Haha… you are right.. 꼬소해 :)
    Thanks for your comment !!!

layping writes:
  reply August 18th, 2009 at 4:21 PM

yummy seaweed. i made this once with shredded crabmeat sticks too. very delicious ~_~ /

    Aeri writes:
      reply August 20th, 2009 at 7:41 PM

    Hi, layping
    oh… with shredded crabmeat sticks?? I’ve never tried it before..but sounds yummy.. hehe thanks :)

Jennifer writes:
  reply August 18th, 2009 at 9:06 AM

Aeri,

I love you! I just made it to have tonight except I added thinly sliced kirby cucumbers! It is sooo good!!

    Aeri writes:
      reply August 20th, 2009 at 7:40 PM

    Hi, Jennifer
    assa !!! I love you too !!!! hehe… That’s great you added some cucumbers in it. Thanks for trying my recipe. :)

Jennifer writes:
  reply August 18th, 2009 at 4:52 AM

Hi Aeri,

I get so excited about food! My family loves this dish. I can’t wait to try it tonight! Thank you as always! Is your baby getting big? A few more months…right?

Jennifer

    Aeri writes:
      reply August 20th, 2009 at 7:39 PM

    Hi, Jennifer
    Oh… your family loves this ?? great !!!
    I hope this turns out great.. hehe.. Yep..he is getting bigger.. and makes me more hungry..hehe.. yep.. 3 more moths to go.. thanks !!! :)

 

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