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Sea Snail MuChim

골뱅이 무침, GolBaengI MuChim

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GolBaengI MuChim is a popular dish that Korean people eat as a snack when they drink. Of course people who don’t drink, like me, eat it too. You can get a can of sea snails in an Asian or Korean store. This dish is great with thin noodles if you have them. The taste is a little spicy, sweet, and sour. Depending on your tastes, you can adjust the amount of sugar and vinegar. It tastes best when just the right amount of sweet and sour flavor is in the dish. Thanks to all of the concern and prayers you sent us. Each day I feel better. Thank you so much. I’m such a blessed person to get all the love from different countries. God bless you all.

Yield: 3 Servings

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Tiny Anchovy BokkEum

잔멸치 볶음, JanMyeolChi BokkEum

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In Korea, we have different types of anchovies for cooking. There are large dried ones (about 2 inches in length) for making broth, medium sized dried ones (about 1 inch) for side dishes, and really tiny ones; the ones that I am going to use today for this side dish. Anchovy sauce is also used as an important ingredient for kimchi. Anchovies are high in calcium, so they are good for your bones. When I was a kid, I hated eating anchovies because of the strong fish flavor. Now my tastes have changed, and I enjoy eating them. Today’s side dish is a fried sweet anchovy side dish. Once you make this, it will keep for several days. Since it is sweet, salty, and crunchy, you can eat it as a snack too.

Yield: ½ Pint

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Beef GalBi

소갈비, SoGalBi

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In Korea, we love to grill marinated meat (beef, pork, or chicken). There are two main flavors for marinated meat. One is spicy, which uses mainly red pepper paste. The other one is sweet & salty which is similar to a BBQ flavor. That type uses mainly soy sauce, pear, honey, sugar, apple, kiwi, and etc. Many restaurants have indoor grills at each table so that customers can grill their own meat themselves and enjoy the fresh cooked flavor. Today, I will show you a very popular marinated meat dish called GalBi. It takes time to marinate the meat, but otherwise, it is very simple and easy to make. You can freeze some of the marinated meat to grill at a later time. Enjoy! 😀

Yield: 3 Servings

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Chicken Juk

닭 죽, Dak Juk

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Porridge (죽) is a common dish for patients, babies, or just normal people in Korea. When somebody feels sick or gets an operation, they eat porridge since it is easier to digest. Porridge can bring back your taste when you do not feel like eating anything. There are so many different kinds of porridge using nuts, grains, seafood, vegetables, beef, or chicken. Some porridge will be sweet like hobak juk (pumpkin porridge) or pat juk (red bean porridge) and some will be very healthy like GgaeJuk (black sesame seed porridge) or JatJuk (pine nut porridge). There are some restaurants that specialize in porridge. Today, I will show you how to make one of my favorite porridges, DakJuk (chicken porridge). You might be familiar with SamGaeTang (Korean chicken rice soup) if you know about Korean food. This chicken porridge tastes similar to SamGaeTang, but it skips some of ingredients that could be difficult to find, such as ginseng, dried dates, etc. This has very simple ingredients, but it still has great flavor. The secret for the great taste is good broth, so I highly recommend that you to boil chicken with the skin and bones to get the broth, and not use broth from a can or chicken stock. 😉

Yield: 2 Servings

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Spicy Pork BokkEum

제육 볶음, JeYuk BokkEum

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JeYuk BokkEum is a Korean spicy fried pork dish. It is as popular as BulGoGi in Korea. Once you marinate this pork, you can keep some uncooked in the freezer to fry and eat later. Like BulGoGi and SamGyumSal (Korean grilled meats), we wrap the cooked meat with lettuce and different kinds of vegetables: garlic, onion, carrots, cucumbers, sesame leaves, napa cabbage, and so on. Try this awesome dish soon. 😀

Yield: 3 Servings

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