Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• Bom (봄) = Spring
• GahEul (가을) = Fall

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Today, I will show you how to make an ingredient for Korean cooking - sticky rice cakes. They are commonly used for tteokbokki, tteokggochi, and tteokguk. Many people cannot find these sticky rice cakes around where they live, so they want to make tteokbokki and tteokguk at home. With this recipe, you can make sticky rice cakes at home and enjoy tteokbokki and tteokguk.

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• Tteok (떡) = Sticky Rice Cakes
• HuSik (후식) = Desserts

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It is porridge time again. Ya~~~ Sometime ago, I posted Korean style chicken porridge, and many people wanted to know how to make more Korean style porridge dishes. Today I will post beef and vegetable porridge. If somebody gets sick, or doesn’t have a good appetite, this is a good dish to try. I hope you will enjoy this recipe. I will post more porridge dishes later. Thanks!!!

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• YaChae (야채) = Vegetable
• Ssal (쌀) = Rice

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Fried rice is very common food for Asian cooking. Depending on the Asian country, the ingredients can be slightly different, but not much. Today, I will show you how to make Korean style vegetable fried rice. There are no particular rules for the ingredients. So, you can use any kinds of vegetables you like. If you add some chopped ham, sausage, or hot dogs, it will be very delicious also. (Just reduce the amount of salt in that case.) I like to make fried rice when I have left over rice in the refrigerator. It is a very good way to use your old rice without wasting it. Plus, if your kids don’t want to eat their vegetables, try this dish for them. Not only is it healthy, but it is also yummy. Thanks!!!

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• YaChae (야채) = Vegetable
• DangGeun (당근) = Carrot

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Today, I will show you how to make a type of Korean style DeopBaps. As I said, there are many different kinds of DeopBaps in Korea. Wait, you will start to wonder, what is DeopBaps. hehe… It is a Korean word for a certain type of dish – If you serve some food (usually cooked with different kinds of meat, vegetables, and sauce) on top of rice, and you mix the rice with the food before eating, we call that kind of dish, DeopBap. The SoGoGi DeopBap that I’m going to make today is a non spicy type of DeaopBap. The beef has bulgogi flavor, and there are many kinds of vegetables in this dish. Later, I will post different kinds of DeopBaps. See you soon again~~~

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• DeopBap (덮밥) = The name for the Korean dish which has vegetable and/or meat sauce on top of rice that gets mixed together before eating.
• BeoSeot (버섯) = Mushroom

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JjamBbong is a Korean version of spicy seafood noodles from China. It is as popular as JaJangMyun (Blackbean paste noodles) in Korea. You need many ingredients to make this but, it’s not that difficult to make and doesn’t take a long time. Do you like spicy seafood food dishes? Then, you have to try these noodles someday.

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• SaeWoo (새우) = Shrimp
• HongHab (홍합) = Mussels

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Yube Chobap is a Korean style Japanese food. Korea and Japan are very close in distance, there were also various relationships with each other throughout history. As a result, there are some foods that Korea and Japan got from each other and changed, such as Korean style chap-ssal tteok (mochi) that was from Japan. Or in the other case, and example would be Japanese style kimoochi (kimchi) that was from Korea. Anyway, when I was little, I’ve never seen yubu chobap or other kinds of sushi, then at sometime, people started to eat sushi and it became popular in Korea. Since the way to make this dish is super easy, people often make this for picnics (along with Kimbap) or for a party. The rice tastes similar to the rice for sushi which has a vinegar and sugar flavor in it. You can make everything from scratch, but there are some companies that sell a ready-made pack. All you need is cooked rice, some vegetables (if you want extra vegetables), and that pack. So today, I’m going to show you how to use that package. Depending on your taste, you can add chopped burdock root or other kinds of vegetables that you like. I tried different kinds of sweet peppers for this recipe, and I enjoyed eating this. My husband doesn’t like tufu and sweet and sour flavor much, so I guessed he will not like this one. My guessing was right. After he tried some of the seasoned rice, he didn’t want to eat anymore. oops ~~ So I ate all 16 chobaps alone. haha… Anyway, if you like sushi, you might like this dish.

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• YuBu (유부) = Soybean Curd
• Cho (초) = Vinegar
• Bap (밥) = Rice

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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’s easier to digest. Porridge brings back your taste when you don’t 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 Seeds Porridge) or JatJuk (Pine nut porridge). There are some restaurants which is specialized in porridge, which sells many different kinds. Today, I will show you how to make one of my favorite porridge, 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 could be difficult to find, such as ginseng, dried dates, etc. This has very simple ingredients, but great flavor. The secret for a great taste is good broth, so I highly recommend that you to boil chicken with the skin and bone to get broth, and not use broth from a can or chicken stock.

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• Dak (닭) = Chicken
• Juk (죽) = Porridge

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This salad is called angel noodle salad in Korea. Wow, “angel noodles.” That’s an interesting name, isn’t it? I don’t know exactly where the name came from, but I guess maybe the clear noodles and white mayo sauce gives it an image of angel? Or, maybe it is because they have such a unique feeling when chewing them, that it could be compared to the unique feeling we would get meeting an angel in a dream? hehe Well, whatever the reason is, when I tried angel food cake for the first time in America, it reminded me of this Korean food. Oh wait, of course I’m not talking about the taste, just the name. This noodle is made from seaweed jelly (kelp), and is a low calorie food. If you reduce the amount of mayo or skip it, then it could be a good diet food. Also, it could be good as an appetizer for a party.

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The dish I’m going to make today is JapChae. JapChae is a traditional Korean holiday food. You need special Cellophane Noodles called “Dang Myun” in Korean. The way to cook this food is a little complex but the delicious taste will reward your time and effort for cooking. If you are a vegetarian, you can skip the beef.

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