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.
E-Mail Address
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Hi Aeri.
I’m Korean myself, and I live in the United States. My mom is busy all the time, and my dad is in Korea, so I rarely get to eat Korean food, despite loving it so much. I subscribed to your youtube channel after seeing many of your recipes. Thank you so much! How did you get so good at cooking?
hi Helen Kwak,
Nice to meet you. Thanks for subscribing to my channel. Now you can try Korean food at home by yourself..right ?? hehe I’m interested in cooking and wanted to make delicious food for my husband.. that helped to improve my cooking.
I have been looking for a recipe for fried peppers. These I believe are dried first then coated with flour and a little sugar then fired they are very crunchy. My mother-in-law made it once and I cannot remember how to now. Do you happen to know what I am talking about?
hi Kimbul,
it’s more for snack ??? I can guess something..but not sure if it’s right.. you said.. it’s sweet but it’s hot pepper ??
Hello, I have lived in Korea for 2 years and like it very much. But I am sad to see how many korean people do not like their culture and want to come to America. Korean is a very high, peaceful culture. It is also sad to see how foolish, desperate and materialistic koreans have become in the name of Christianity. It is foolish to leave the higher religion of Buddhism . It will cause many problems for your country in the future. Christianity as it is praticed now is foolishness. It will destroy your 5000 year old culture. Remember that Christians first come with bibles then with guns.
hi Christina,
Nice to meet you. As a Korean, I love my country and our culture. Not everyone is perfect.. so there will be some parts that are not good about Korea..but I still love to be a Korean… same as I’m a Christian. Thanks for your good opinion.
Hope to see you again here..
Have a great week ~~
Hi Aeri,
Greatings from the Netherlands. I recently came across your you tube video’s and I subscribed inmediatly. My english is a little poor, so I hope you understand what I’m trying to say
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I was born in Korea, but adopted so I never learned how to cook Korean food. Still, it must be my gens because I really love Korean food and I can really crave for kimchi.
Thank you for you patient way of showing how to cook. It tastes really authentic, the way I have eaten Korean food with Korean friends.
I will follow your cooking closely and hope that some day you will make Kalbi tang.
Thank you Aeri, bye!
Nanja
hi Nanja,
thanks
Nice to meet you.
Oh.. don’t worry about your English. I’m learning English too.. hehe
So when did you try Korean food for the first time?
yes I will make galbi tang for you someday.. maybe once the weather becomes cold..
Hope to see you more often.
I love Korean style food. But i’m Chinese, and i don’t know much of how to prepare Korean cuisine. After watching a few of your video, it helped me how to make the special sauces for many dishes. Thanks for many of your video, and keep up with the good work ^_^
hi jpan24,
Nice to meet you. Hope that you can try many Korean dishes through my site. Come back ~~~hehe.. thanks
Hi Aeri,
I made SoGalbi today and kimbal. For the kimbap I used cucumber and smoked salmon. I had to buy the sushi kit and I was a little nervous on rolling my kimbap. Well you be the judge at least with the looks of what I made today… please see them on my facebook, I posted them….
Hey, that is sooo cool how you knew Kimchi restaurant. I can’t wait to eat there again, I lawys get dolsot bibimbap.
hi Meia,
I saw your kimbap..and sogalbi.. good job.. ^^ yep.. you rolled it just right.. hehe how was your sogalbi ?? I hope you liked it.
Yep.. I ate there sometimes..
yeah the sogalbi was good…the cooking part is quick…you really have to plan on this ahead of time if you want to have this for dinner because of the marinating process. My husband lived in Songtan City and Osan City in Korea and he said he loves the street food. He just knows the food itself when he sees them but he doesnt really know thier names. Are you familiar with these street foods by any chance???
hi Meia,
That’s great !!! Thanks for good result..hehe about your question..there are many kinds of street food in Korea.. can you describe more detailed about particular street food he is hungry for ??
Well there is one that is orange and I thought it was a sticky rice coated with spicy stuff. There is also one he said it sounded like padogi (not sure of spelling), and another one called yakimandu. Oh well, see if you recognize any of this… otherwise, I wonder if you could post any street food???
Thank you for sharing your recipes. I love Korean cuisine. I’m a new cook, but I found your recipes easy to follow. I didn’t like to cook before, but I’m starting to like it now! I tried several already and they all came out tasty! I will definitely try some more!
Hi Jessica,
Please visit more often. hehe
Nice to meet you. I hope you will try many Korean dishes through my blog.
how often do you add new recipes to your site
hi lisa p,
I try to post regularly.. but I’m not that good at it right now.. sorry..hehe I can’t tell how often I post new recipes. ^^:;
hello aeri,
i recently discovered your website yesterday and been on your site for two hours today, i am ready to cook some korean food right now and it pass midnight, i was wondering if you could post it or give me the recipe on how to make some spicy bibim gook sue and galbi jjim
thank you and god bless
hi lisa p,
thanks
Nice to emet you too.
wow.. 2 hours @,@ hehe..
Everytime I post a new recipe.. I cook ,measure and write down every single ingredients for exact recipe.. so it’s difficult for me to give you a recipe without cooking.. I will add your requests in my list..and make them someday for you.
God bless you too.
Hi Aeri, It is nice to meet you. Thank you for your website. I am looking forward to trying some of your recipes. I have a question about soy sauce and soup soy sauce. Can you tell me what is the difference between the two? Thanks, Aeri, and have a nice day!!
hi changmi,
thanks
Nice to meet you too.
Here is my post about Korean soy sauce. I hope this will be good answer for your question.
http://aeriskitchen.com/2008/09/soy-sauce-for-soup/
Hi Aeri!
I also tried your yukgaejang recipe for my dinner guests a few days ago and I got a lot of positive compliments. I find your video and written instruction very clear and detail. I have booked marked your website as one of my favorite websites and I will definitely try your other recipes as well. Keep up the good work and many thanks!
My wife had tried a number of different ttukbokki recipes from cook books but they were not very good at all. One day I was browsing through Youtube and I came across your ttukbokki video. So after watching your detailed instructional video, I made it for my wife on Mother’s Day. Your ttukbokki tasted like Korean pojangmahcha style I used to remember. My wife loved it and was very appreciative of my effort!!! Thanks to you, I got a big brownie point from my wife
hi Paul Kim,
I’m very happy you and your wife enjoyed them. haha.. brownie point.. that’s cute ^^
Nice to meet you. I think you are a Korean too..right ?? hehe.. wow your message was very special for me. Thanks for your review about my recipes.
Thanks .. hope to hear from you more in the future.
Hi Aeri, my husband and I are a big fan of yours. We love Korean Food. Today, I just watched your video on cucumber kimchi. Can this be done with thinly sliced cucumber? Crosswise not lenghtwise. Let me know. Thanks.
hi Meia Warmath,
thanks
Nice to meet you. Oh..cucumber kimchi.. why you want to cut it with thinly sliced cucumber ?? my answer is.. I recommend you try the way I cut..because it’s kimchi.. so there is process.. you soak them in salt water.. and later.. ferment.. so if it’s thin sliced cucumber.. the texture will be not right..and can be too salty too.. we usually slice the cucumber for side-dishes.. just mix them with some seasonings and eat right away.. you know cucumber becomes yuk ( the taste and texture) when time goes..
Say hi to your husband too.
Thanks Aeri… I will try to make this recipe one of these days…hopefully just like the way you did. I want to surprise my husband. He got me into liking Korean Food. There is a Korean restaurant in State College PA called kimchi restaurant and we get to eat there every few months and it is just disappointing that there is none close to where we live. So I want to try to learn to cook Korean food. By the way your baby is adorable on Facebook. When I make the cucumber kimchi I will take a picture of it and post it and see if it comes close to what you made lol.
hi Meia Warmath,
and you are beautiful too.. hehe BTW where do you live in ??? 
wow.. i just looked at your son’s pictures on facebook. He is very cute.
We are in Altoona Pennsylvania. Next Saturday night will be our Korean dinner night. So I am still thinking of what to make. I was thinking of making Galbi. Any other suggestions for meat recipes? By the way,thanks…yeah my son’s name is Josh he is our precious little stinker.
hi Meia,
I think .. galbi will be good.. if you like spicy food.. you can have spicy fried pork too.. yep.. he is cute ^^
aha… Altoona.. ^^ I’ve been studied at Penn state for my English for about a year before.. So I know kimchi restaurant.. It was very interesting to read your message.
Hi, Aeri!
I’m big fan of yours and i wanna thank you for all your recipes. Do you think you can make a video for bibim guksu?
Thanks a lot
hi Tata,
You are very welcome. about your request, do you want spicy bibim guksu or soy sauce bibim guksu ?? let me know then I will add it to my list. thanks
I think more spicy bibim guksu. I love spicy food. Thank you a lot.
I came across Korean food when I visited the US and had been looking for some place to eat aside from the usual Burgers and Steaks. I loved the Korean Barbecue with the kimchi at the sides. I will always devour it anytime I have the chance.
hi lawsuit loans,
Nice to meet you. I hope you can try more delicious Korean food in the future. thanks
Hi Aeri,
Emery and I are huge fans of your website. He showed me some of your videos, and told me later that he had found you on facebook. I am half Korean, and so he is really excited to learn all he can about Korean cooking. He checks out your videos at least three times a week, and since he’s a professional chef that is pretty cool. There are a few blogs that we read often, which pushed us to start our own. We would love it if you would check us out too.
I hope you will keep teaching us, and everyone else how to cook Korean style.
Thanks ~ Kimie & Emery
P.S. I love those Korean couple magnets for the fridge. We missed the posting for the contest, so we weren’t able to try to win them. Is there anywhere here in the US I can order them from?
Hi Kimie and Emery,
hehe
Happy to see you here again..hehe !!!
I really enjoyed reading your comment.. very interesting.. thanks ;D
wow.. at least three times a week… @,@ You and your husband are my VIP then..hehe thanks
Yep.. I will definitely check your site.
p.s oh.. sorry.. I don’t know if they sell them in the US… maybe I will do that contest again someday in the future.. how about that?
Hi Aeri,
She said everything looked good, and is how she prepares things too. Anyway, I’ll keep an eye out for the cute couple magnets, maybe one day I’ll see them on here again? Thanks for writing back, and for checking out our site.
Sorry, it’s taken so long for me to write back. Emery and I searched for our comment to see if you had written back, but lost it. I’m so excited to see your message.
Yes, we are both huge fans of yours. He loves your videos so much he showed my mom our last visit.
Take care,
Kimie
hi Kimie and Emery,
Oh.. don’t worry.. I’m slow to reply too.. hehe wow.. it’s honor that your mom looked at my blog. thanks ~~
Yep.. keep eye on my blog..hehe
Have a great week..and say hello to your husband too.
aeri..i am wondering what happened to the home button?? i think this will make it easier to navigate. i do remember u have one at ur old site
hi layping,
yes.. our site is getting crowd… lack of space.. hehe if you click the name “Aeri’s Kitchen
Cooking Korean Food” on top.. it works same with the home button.. sorry about that..
aha..i didnt know i can click on that sign!! thanks for letting me know. well, i s’pose it’s a good sign that it’s getting a bit tight on ur blog, right
hi layping,
are you not getting tired of my blog theme yet ??? You will like some changes on my blog ?? what do you think ???
hi, thanks for the recipes! will you have a published cookbook that i can buy? maybe you can sell one on amazon using your pdf. http://www.lulu.com/ please let me know if you can sell me your cookbook because i have enjoyed making korean food from your youtube videos — but i would like to get a printed cookbook without having to print my own from the pdf. thanks! keep up the nice videos and photos; awesome!
hi qaz,
We are working on my cookbook to publish. Once it’s published,, I will announce it on my blog. Please wait for it. Thanks for your support.
안녕하세요
Worknplay의 송숙경입니다!
저희 회사가 이번에 Monthly e-magazine을 발행해게 되는데 거기 요리 코너를 넣고 싶어서요! 자세한 말씀을 드리고 싶은데 메일 주소를 찾을 수가 없어서 이렇게 글 남겨요.
확인 하시면 제 메일로 연락 한번 주시겠어요 ^^?
hi soo,
안녕하세요.. 반갑습니다.
답변이 늦어서 죄송해요.. 제가 요즘 빨리 빨리 답변을 잘 못해요..흑흑..
자세한 이야길 들어보지 못해서 뭐라 드릴말씀은 없지만.. 메일드리도록 할게요.. ^^
Hello Aeri-unnie!
I’ve tried your tteokboki recipe and it was great ^^
May I ask if you have the recipe for 감자 샐러드??I have tried this potato salad in Korean restaurants… I love it a lot and want to make some at home too! Hope you will reply soon~
hi Grace,
aha.. potato salad.. I will add it to my list.. thanks
MUACKS means a kiss =D Sorry for my late reply.. Cos I was busy looking for a job recently.. And I’m so glad that I will be starting work on Mon (:
If I am only making 짜장면 I should still choose number 3 or other options that I mentioned previously?
hi Chloe,
Right.. You can check my ingredient also.. I will give you a link for it.
http://aeriskitchen.com/2009/03/thick-noodles-우동-짜장-면/
MUACKS ~~~
p.s Congratulations for your new job.
Hi Aeri!!
I just ran into your website while looking for some yummy Korean recipes to make. You’re dishes look so good. I am America, but I lived in Korea for a few years doing service. I miss the food so much!! Will you take any recipe requests? I’m looking for a really good fried rice recipe that I can top with jjajang. It’s a dish that is served in many if the Chinese restaurants in Korea.
Hi Brian,
Nice to meet you !!!
I will add your request in my list.. thanks
Hi Aeri,
Congrats on everything – the new baby and the successful Aeri’s kitchen project. We were in contact last year – I was looking for a pic of bulgoggi?
Well, I have some good news of my own. I finally launched my company and have even received recognition from The New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/dining/21jerky.html?scp=1&sq=beef%20jerky&st=cse
I’d like to send you some – you and your husband might enjoy. Let me know your address. Maybe you can review my product on youtube and give me a mention?
Thanks
Robert
hi robert,
Thank you for your comment. Yes, I remember you..actually you didn’t reply to my last e-mail that I was asking about ..what kind of picture you want.. size…and any special needs… anyway..
wow.. so now you launched your company.. congratulations… I visited your site and read the news article.. cool ~~~ I really wish good luck for your business.
Oh.. you will send us some of your product ?? that’s very kind of you. I love American beef jerky… so I will be very happy to try Korean style bulgogi jerky.. ^^ hehe I can review about your product after I try on youtube or blog… just make sure..we will only tell honest opinion..
Thanks
Aeri,
Sounds good – only looking for honest opinions.
Send me your address via email.
Robert
hi robert,
hehe.. thanks …
I will send you a message.
I’m very excited to try your jerky.. yaho~~~~
THANK YOU!! *MUACKS* ;P
hi Chloe,
You are welcome.. btw.. what *MUACKS* means ?? hehe
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*
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..
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
hi Chloe,
^^ When you said.. spam..hotdogs, ramen.. I think you mean. budae jjigae..then..I don’t know what is.. beef and octopus one.. ^^:;
I think.. mumber 3 will be closest one among the options..
No problem..don’t feel sorry.. ^^
안녕하세요.
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근데 제가 컴맹기가 있어서 질문을 어디다 해야할 지 몰라서 여기다 하께요.
쌀가루가 찹쌀가루인지 멥쌀가루인지가 많이 궁금해서요.
감사합니다.
hi Ju Hwe Yun.
안녕하세요 무척 반갑습니다. 맵쌀가루입니다.. 히~~~ 미국에서 사시나요 ??