Welcome to my website. 
This is a place for my family and me to share useful information with you. My name is Aeri Lee. My hometown is GwangJu, South Korea, and I’m currently residing in the USA. I’m married with one son.
About Me
- Religion: Christian
- Hobby: Cooking
- Likes: God, Family & Friends, Children, Teaching, Eating, Cookbooks, Pretty Dishes & Things, Spring Green Color, Organizing, Making To-do Lists
- Dislikes: Sweet Desserts, Peanut Butter, Wiping Dust
My Wish List
- Live closer to God
- Be happy with people who I love
- Have lovely children
- All my family and friends are healthy
- Make my own cookbook
- Have a beautiful kitchen
- Speak English more fluently
This Blog’s Content Sections
There is a guest book where you can introduce yourself, ask general questions, or just say hi. There are six main categories in this website. My husband, mother-in-law, and I will manage each category separately.
- Korean Food: I (Aeri) will share delicious Korean recipes and cooking videos.
- Western Food: My mother-in-law will share delicious Western food recipes.
- Ingredients: This category gives more details about various ingredients to my recipes such as pictures, uses, health benefits, etc.
- Korean Lessons: I will post Korean language lessons in both text and videos forms.
- Misc: This is for anything that does not fit into the categories listed above, written by either my husband or myself.
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Miscellaneous
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from the WEB (World English Bible) translation, which is a modern translation in the public domain.
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Hello Aeri,
I’m very much interested in the korean culture. I have not tried to do any of your cookings because I am currently living on campus at a university but I plan to soon. I love all of your videos because you’re very informative and actually show us step by step. Keep up the fantastic job!!!! ^^
I watch all of your youtube videos and I just want to say, you are awesome!!!!
-Pahoua
hi Pahoua,
hehe thanks for sweet comment. I hope you can try some of my recipes soon.. please let me know how they turn out later.. good luck for your studying..
Hello Aeri!! I’ve been such a loyal fan of your website. It kept me through my hard times (cravings for korean food) when I was studying overseas alone.
Can I ask how should I keep unused gochugaru & dashida powder? Should I store them in fridge or can I leave it at room temperature?
Thanks so much angel (: Take care. Have fun with your family over the weekends (;
Hi Chloe,
happy to meet you..
you have a good weekend too.
oh.. my loyal fan.. thank you very much..
once you open the lid for gochugaru and dashida.. I usually put gochugaru in a container like.. big used Parmesan cheese container.. like this..
http://aeriskitchen.com/2008/09/hot-pepper-powder/
keep it in a cabinet ..which means.. room temperature.. dashida.. that also will be kept at room temperature. thanks
Thanks for your help! =D Nomulkamsahamnida.. Can I request for recipes on korean steamboat/hotpot? I tried the one with spam, hotdogs and ramen and another one was with beef and octopus.. *Drools*
I always eat it at a korean restaurant when I was back then studying.. Now that I’m working I hardly have the time .. So I want to cook at home and share the love with my family and friends (:
Help me with my cravings pls! ;P
1) 옛날 국수 소면
2) 옛날 국수 칼국수
3) 옛날 국수 중면
Which one is suitable for 짜장면 & 쫄면?
What is each of them for?
I tried to translate the terms but I still don’t understand. Sorry to trouble you..
Hi Aeri!
Just want to tell you that I l really really love all of these Korean recipes. I wish I get to have all your cookbooks.. or is it already available for sale on line? I’d love to have all of your cookbooks. Thank you so much for all your hard work. God Bless you and your family!!
hi Lilia Co,
Nice to meet you..
hehe… We are working on our cookbook to publish.. can’t wait for that… so please wait a little more. Thank you very much for your sweet comment.. God bless you and your family too.
Aeri,
I’ve been following you for some time now on YouTube. Recently, my mom’s friend sent some Yak-Shik which I hadn’t eaten in a long time. It was home-made and fantastic. Can I request that you post about Yak-Shik?
Amy
hi Amyable,
Nice to meet you !!!
oh.. yak shik.. I love it.. hehe Okay..I will add it to my list.
Dear Aeri,
Friday is always Aeriday at our home (Nador, Morocco) me and my children pick a recipe from your site, going out to shop for the ingredients and then it’s cooking time.
Thank you for the great recipes.
Kind regards,
Nermina
hi Nermina,
I will try to think more korean dishes that kids will love for your children. Say hello to your children. 
Oh.. Aeriday.. I love it. My husband I thought it’s very cute… What a fun idea.. you pick menu with your children..and shopping ingredients and cook.. wow.. maybe I will do that too with my son once he grows ..hehe thank you very much.. it was very special message from you.
Hello Aeri,
Thank you for bringing such great Korean recipes! I was looking for Japchae and found your video and have been looking through your videos ever since. I am going to try out the Japchae and Kimchi recipe very very soon
I am not sure how I can ask a question on your recipe and hope this is OK here.
I noticed you use microwave when making sweet rice flour mixture for kimchi and sweet rice cake with red bean. Is it possible to cook it on stove rather than microwave? I find i have more control over it when i cook it, but not sure how much / long to cook instead of microwave.
Hope you can help!
Thank you~
hi K,
I hope you like my japchae recipe. About your question, you can cook the sweet rice flour on stove, but you really have to watch not to burn the bottom… it’s easy to burn.. so use thick nonstick pan…and keep stir it when you cook it. I can’t tell exactly how long it will take..but on my video.. you saw the consistency.. right ?? you cook until your batter becomes like that. thanks..
Nice to meet you.
안녕하세요 ^^
저는 인도네시아에서 살다가 한국으로 돌아온 (한국인) 학생입니다.
다름이 아니고, 제가 인도네시아 사람들에게 한국을 좀 알려야겠다는 생각이 들어서 올릴만한 내용물을 찾던 중에 이곳에 한국 음식이 매우 잘 소개가 되어있는 것을 보고 연락을 드립니다.
혹시 실래가 되지 않으면 이곳에 있는 요리 글들 인도네시아어로 번역하여서 제 블로그에 개시하면 안되겠습니까?
자료의 출처는 분명히 하도록 하겠습니다.
그럼 연락 기다리겠습니다 ^^
Incase your pc can’t read korean,
Nice to meet you Aeri ^^,
I’m a korean student who use to live in Indonesia(Now I’m Living in Korea)
I want to advertise Korea to Indonesian people, so I was looking for some contents.
Then, I found that your blog had wonderful posts about korean food.
If it doesn’t concern you, may I have the permission to translate your cooking posts into Indonesian and post it in my blog?
I will clearly state the source of the article.
Thanks, and Have a nice day ^^
hi Chang,
안녕하세요. 반갑습니다. ^^
답변이 조금 늦었죠? 죄송해요.. 답변을 어떻게 드릴지 생각을 좀 해봐야 해서요. 인도네시아에 한국을 알리는 좋은 생각을 가지고 계시네요. 물론 레서피 인도네시아어로 번역해서 올리시는거 괜찮다고 생각합니다.
다만.. 레서피만 원하시는건지.. 사진도 모두 원하시는건지요.
좀 지난일이지만.. 어떤 한국분이 제 레서피와 사진 모두를 그대로 자신의 홈피에 옮겨가서 출처도 밝히지 않고 사용하신 분이 계셔서..그 이후로 이런 점들에 대해서 좀더 분명하게 해야겠다고 생각했었거든요. 출처를 밝혀주신다고 하니 다행이구요.. ^^
말씀드린대로.. 사진은 제 홈피에서만 소장하고 싶은데.. 그점은 이해를 해주시면 좋겠구요.. 이건 어떨까요.. 유투브 비디오를 님의 홈피에 올리시구요.. 레서피만 인도네시아어로 번역해서 비디오 밑에 올리시면요.. 제가 유투브에 설명한 문장들이 제 홈피의 레서피내용과 똑같거든요. 어떻게 생각하는지 말씀해주세요. ^^
답변 감사드립니다 ^^
몰론 층분히 이해하고 있습니다
저작권은 Aeri Lee님께서 소유하고 계시니까 원하시는데로 하겠습니다.
그러면 말씀하신데로 유투브 동영상을 글에 게재하고, 레서피 내용을 번역해서 포스팅해도 되겠습니까?
물론 언제든지 제 홈페이지에 방문하셔서 제가 약속을 지키고 있는지 확인하시면 됩니다.
어찌되었든 허락해주셔서 감사합니다~
그럼 좋은 하루 되세요 ^^
hi Chang,
이해해 주셔서 감사해요. ^^ 말씀하신대로 레서피 내용을 번역해서 유투브 비디오 밑에 올리시면.. 제가 말씀드린것처럼.. 거의 대본이나 다름없을정도로 내용이 같기 때문에.. 비디오 내용이 영어라두 보시는 인도네시아 분들이 이해하는데 어려움이 없을거라 생각되요 님의 번역본 레서피를 보면요. 홈피에 한국을 알리는 좋은 포스트들 많이 올리시는것같은데.. 네 종종 놀러갈게요. 님도 가끔 제 홈피 놀러와주세요. 좋은 주말 되세요 ~~~
Hello Aeri
Did I mention that your YukGaeJang recipe is just awesome. It is better than the restaurant. I have a question regarding your salting process when you make cucumber kimchi. Why do you salt the cucumber in hot salted water? All the recipe I have seen use just salt and no hot water.
Hello Aeri,
I’m so glad I accidently found your blog. Last Spring my English/Irish/Scottish/Dutch nephew married a Korean born in Seoul who grew up in the USA. It’s been a culinary awakening. My nephew does most of the cooking for the couple but he is doing and learning Korean cooking and coaching me along to give it a try. So I’ll be looking at your site often and I do appreciate the Christian perspective as I also am a Christian.
hi Marilyn,
Oh.. so you have a Korean family.. that’s cool~~ hehe.. I’m very happy to meet you. I hope you can try many delicious Korean food through my blog.. maybe I can see you more often here right ?? hehe thanks
Hi david,
Oh~~ really ?? that’s great.. hehe better than restaurant.. ?? wow.. maybe I have to sell it on the street then.. jk.. Even you put salt for your cucumber kimchi.. it’s still become soft..and kind of not that good texture later… but if you add hot salt water .. it helps the cucumber keep some good texture to eat.. I hope my answer is good enough.. thanks
Hello Aeri,
I am enjoying your blog everyday. Your reciepe has inspire me to cook Korean food. I have used yor recipe to make khakdugi, cucumber kimchi as well as napa kimchi and they have all turned out excellent. My family was impress, thanks to you. I am trying to make 총각 kimchi and I am wondering if the reciepe is same as khakdugi?
Thank you
ps I am so glad that your site is up again.
hi david,
Nice to meet you. I’m happy that you got success to try my recipes. Well.. 총각 kimchi recipe will be different from radish kimchi… If I can get that special kind of radish for 총각김치 .. I will post it someday. It’s hard to get some of Korean ingredients around here. anyway.. thank you very much.
Hi Aeri!
I missed your blogs a lot and good thing you are back
Just wanted to share with you that I went to H-Mart last night and got overwhelmed with all of the Korean Food ingredients!!! Its soooo amazing 
I got the Pork Belly thinly sliced and browsed thru your pork/beef pages but didnt find a recipe for the Samgyeupsal ( sorry if i misspelled it…hehehehe) Back home in the Philippines, I normally order this at my favorite korean bbq resto….just wanted to know the sauce/pastes used 
Thanks soo much aeri!!! hope to hear from you soon!
Hi Rhona,
wow.. h-mart ^^… I’ve heard of it..but didn’t have a chance to go there yet. I really want to go there someday..hehe anyway about your question..
you mean.. the sauce you put when you wrap your samgyupsal with lettuce ??? we dip the fried pork in the sauce… (salt.. sesame oil mixed one..) not much a little.. plus.. add this paste… we call ssamjang..
2 Tbsp red pepper paste, 2 tbsp soy bean paste, 1 tsp minced garlic, 2 tsp finely chopped green onion, 1 tsp sesame oil, 1 tsp sesame seeds, 1/8 tsp sugar.. mix all together. thanks
kumapsumida! i will let you know the outcome of the samgyupsal
h-mart is really awesome! its awesome that we have it in Illinois…let me know what you need…heheheheh! i could send you one as a gift 
hi Rhona,
Yep.. enjoy your samgyupsal.. hehe
Oh.. you are so sweet… thanks for your kind suggestion…oh… you don’t have to send me anything.. i’m just happy to hear your kind words.. hehe thank you very much.
Hi Aeri,
thank you for making and maintaining this site. I will continue to learn about Korean cuisine much through your sharing. You are so beautiful and you are doing great with learning the English language. I hope to one day speak Korean, but right now, I cannot. I am happy to see that you love God. May God bless you always!
hi Ben,
I wonder what made you to be interested in Korean food and language…hehe anyway.. Soon I’m going to start to have Korean lessons also. Hopefully soon..hehe again..happy to meet an another christian. thanks 
Nice to meet you.
Hi Aeri,
I’ve just stumbled on your site. I love the look and feel as well as the awesome-ness of your delicious looking recipes! I’m going to try all your side dishes first. Thanks for sharing! (^^v)
hi Uyen,
thanks
Nice to meet you. hehe.. yep try delicious Korean food..and share your experience with us…
안녕하세요! I found your website through your page on Youtube. I am half Korean and although I grew up in a Korean household with all of its customs, I failed to watch my 엄마 cooking. So, now I am trying to catch up so I can cook Korean food for myself instead of going to the restaurants or home
* Would you consider showing how to make Korean Dukk (rice cake with bean frosting?) I would greatly appreciate it! I cannot wait for your cookbook to come out esp since I can get most of these ingredients in Flushing, NY 
Yay!
hi Laura,
good for you..that means.. try many Korean food by yourself.. okay ?? hehe… Yep.. I can’t wait for my cookbook to publish hehe..
Nice to meet you!!! wow you are a half Korean like my son ?? great.. Yes, I will add it to my list and post it someday.. hehe wow.. I envy you because you can get most ingredients over there.
nice website. i live in Denmark i was born in korea. I think you are a great cook.
hi donald,
Nice to meet you.
Hello!
I was wondering if you could help me identify some Korean Ingredients?
I can’t put up the photo here, but it is currently on my facebook page:
Http://www.facebook.com/ieatishootipost
In particular I am trying to identify the amber coloured syrup which I think should be golden syrup and the bottle next to it which I think should be a sweet rice wine. Many thanks!
Is there an email which I can write to?
hi ieat,
Nice to meet you.. I checked your facebook… so you are asking me.. what are they for ??? the amber coloured syrup is… called yoridang in Korean.. people use it instead of sugar or corn syrup.. maybe it supposed to be a little healthier than sugar or corn syrup… and the bottle next to it is.. yes..it’s cooking wine.. sweet rice wine.. You can send me e-mail.. blog@aeriskitchen.com
thanks
Hi Aeri -
I love your recipes! Can you post the toraji namul recipe you said you might “one day publish”? I love that side dish, but it is so hard to find a good recipe for it. Thank you! (and pls let me know when you’ve uploaded it???)
oh, and it is hard to find the fresh, so if you could include instructions for dried, that would be nice, thank you
hi amyskitchen,
Okay.. I will post it someday..hehe then.. which type you are talking about.. ?? spicy one..or non spicy one ??? I’ve posted the spicy version of doraji muchim before.. I guess it’s non spicy version you are talking..since you mentioned.. namul instead of muchim.. yep..I can’t find fresh one around here either..so it will be dried one if I post..just let me know what kind dish you meant.. thanks
Hi Aeri-
I was talking about the non spicy one. I just love it!
Thanks for considering it!
Amy
hi amyskitchen,
I got it.. hehe thanks for your reply. Someday I will post it.
Hi, Aeri.
I am so excited to have found your website. I am married to a Korean-American. I have been to a couple of how-to cook Korean food classes however, your instructions for cooking Korean food are by far less intimidating. I am inspired to try out these dishes, especially the jjam bbong as it is hard to find good jjam bbong where I live. I too, am Christian, so you are my “sister” in Christ! I am planning to make the Jap Chae for an international foods party for my Sunday school class in about a week or so. I will let you know how it turns out!
Also, it seems to me that the most difficult part of cooking Korean food is the preparation (cutting vegetables, etc.). Would you agree? Is it okay to pre-cut the vegetables and freeze them so that they will be ready to use for all the delicious recipes you have posted?
hi Lynette,
I’m very excited to meet you, sister..hehe It’s great your husband is half Korean. Jap Chae.. good choice !!! hehe.. I hope it turns out great..and people can enjoy your jap chae.. sounds like..that’s a very fun event.. anyway.. YES..I AGREE ~~~ Korean cooking needs work.. in Korea.. we don’t have frozen or.. can vegetables as Americans have here.. so I will say..it will be depending on food. some.. you can freeze ahead..but some not… if you ask me specific recipes..I can answer better.. I hope to see you more often. thanks
Annyeong!!!
I discovered that website when looking for the right recipes for my huge korean meal at home.. and found the best side dishes recipes with the nicest pictures. made me hungry only by looking.
I’m so happy ive found this great source of korean food inspiration.. reminds me of my trip to korea..
keep sharing the good recipes.. my family approves of it haaha.. loved your info!
hi Joëlle De Roo ,
hehe..Nice to meet you !!!
I hope you can find as many as recipes you want on my blog..thanks
Hi Aeri,
nice to know you here~!!! I love Korean food. Hopefully, I will learn a lot from you. however, i hardly see any of korean supper market around NYC, maybe i didnt pay much attention yet. can you suggest some of places in NYC if you know?
thanks alot~~!!!
hi mcsophie,
Nice to meet you !!!
NYC means.. New York ??? here are some links for you..
http://www.lotteplaza.com/branch/branch.php?Id=44&lan=ENG
http://www.hmart.com/company_new/shop_main.asp
I hope you can find one for you.
Hi Aeri! Thanks for posting all these recipes! I’ve tried quite a few of them and love it! My husband wasn’t a big fan of Korean food (he’s only tried a few dishes from restaurants) until I tried making some of your recipes and now LOVES Korean food. We hardly ever eat American food any more. Your recipes bring back so many memories of growing up in Korea.
hi Yun,
wow.. very excited to hear that you made your husband love Korean food.. good job !!! hehe.. so you are a Korean ??? Nice to meet you.
Hello Aeri,
my name is Anja and I live near Munich in Germany.
My korean collegue Dong Wook has been so kind to give me your fabulous link.
I am realy enthusiastic about your recipes!!!
At this moment DakDoriTang is cooking in my kitchen. I love this dish and I hope, that I did it right. I will know it in a few minutes.
Best wishes to you and many thanks!
Anja
P.S.
Please excuse my bad english, I am still learning…
hi Anja,
Nice to meet you. Did you enjoy your dakdoritang ?? I hope you did..hehe
p.s Oh.. don’t worry.. I’m learning English too..and your is good. thanks
Hello Aeri,
thank you for your answer.
Yes, we did enjoy it.
At next I will try your spicy fried squid.
All the best for you and your family
Anja
hi Anja,
GREAT.. you enjoyed it..hehe good luck for spicy fried squid also.. thanks
Dear Aeri,
Hello! ^___^
Thank you so, so much for your delicious recipes : )
I really appreciate the time you put into giving us these recipes and making videos.
Thanks to you we can all try yummy Korean food! ^o^
Thanks again, I hope you and your family are doing well! ( Bryson is adorable ^^!! )
God bless you, have a wonderful day : )
-Linda
hi Linda,
Thanks for your kind comment. I’m happy that my blog can be helpful for you to cook Korean food. God bless you and your family too. thanks
Hi, i came to your website by chance and im so glad i found it. I love korean food because my korean friend got me addicted to it.
I have a question on Kimchi red pepper powder. Do you have a brand that’s good because i can’t make the red pepper powder myself. What brand should i buy?
hi Mang,
I’m so glad to see you here too. There is no specific brand I tell you to choose…just when you buy red pepper powder in a Korean grocery store, you will find red pepper powder for making kimchi.. they will tell that in English. Hope that you can find it easily. thanks
I came across your site while looking up a Korean dish. I was chatting on Facebook with a friend in S. Korea and he was making the dish. I’m so glad I found your site! My Korean son-in-law has taught me a few terrific dishes and I’m always looking for more!
hi Beccah,
Nice to meet you !!!
wow. you have a Korean son-in-law.. awesome !!! I hope you can try many Korean dishes through my blog.. thanks
I went on your sister in law’s website and i learned that you have a cookbook coming out soon!!! can’t wait to buy it. do you think it will be available here in new york?
say hi to your adorable son for me =]]
hi Judy,
hehe.. yes.. she is a great graphic designer and working on my cookbook. Well.. it will take time to have it…. so please wait for us. We will sell it online..so you can have it later.. thanks
I said hi to bryson.. he is happy..hehe