Aeri's Kitchen

This side dish is made with crabsticks, eggs, flour, and different kinds of vegetables. This food brings back memories of my school days. When somebody brought this side dish to school, it was very popular with their friends. Depending on what you have or what you like, you can substitute, add, or delete some of the vegetables. You can also use shrimp instead of the crabsticks. If you have a chance to make a Korean lunch box for somebody, this is a good food for it.

Yield: 1 Dozen Pancakes

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• MatSal (맛살) = Fake Crab Stick
• GoChu (고추) = Hot Pepper

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In Korean cuisine, there are many different kinds of jeon (전). Jeon is basically slightly salted food (meat, seafood, fish, mushrooms, vegetables, etc.) that is covered with flour and eggs, or dip in batter and fried. Today, I’m going to show you a variety using fish. You can use any white-fleshed fish such as haddock, pollack, and so on. My favorite for this recipe is haddock, because it has less of a fishy taste. Since it is not deep fried, it will be healthier, and you will not lose the flavor with excessive grease. Koreans usually eat this as a side dish. It is best to eat this right after you cook it.

Yield: 3 Servings

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• SaengSeon (생선) = Fish
• SaeWoo (새우) = Shrimp

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It would be weird to hear that somebody doesn’t like kimchi or kimchi soup in Korea, except for maybe young kids. Of course once they grow up, they like it. Kimchi is the most famous Korean food. It is thought to be one of the healthiest foods in the world. Like some other Korean food, there are different types of kimchi soup, depending on the ingredients: tofu, tuna, pork, bean sprout, etc. Today, I will post one of them, tuna kimchi soup.

Yield: 3 Servings

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• ChamChi (참치) = Tuna
• JjiGae (찌개) = A way to cook: it is a type of stew, but it has more broth than stew and less broth than soup.

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MaeUn OJingEo BokkEum (매운 오징어 볶음) is a spicy fried squid dish. This can be used as both a side dish or as a main dish. As a main dish, you put it on top of your rice, or thin boiled noodles. Then mix the fried squid with rice or noodles and eat. Sometimes you can eat it with boiled bean sprouts (KongNaMul) instead of noodles. If you really like spicy food, this recipe might not be that spicy for you, so add more red pepper paste and red pepper powder.

Yield: 2 Servings

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• MaeWun (매운) = Spicy
• Dan (단) = Sweet

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Fried fish cake soup is a street food in Korea. This warm tasty soup is especially good in the cold winter. This soup tastes even better with some Korean snacks like ddeokbokki or kimbap. Try this easy and delicious soup with your family someday. Thanks.

Yield: 2 Servings

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• EoMuk (어묵) = Fried Fishcake
• Guk (국) = Soup

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