What is your favorite Korean dish?!
Answers: I've been eating Korean food for years, but haven't been brave enough to try different dishes.. any suggestions? I have eaten, bulgoki (chicken, Beef), Altang, Chapche, kimchi of course....just to name a few...
Kim Chee is my fave - eat it for breakfast when I can... Also Bibim Bap
Ingredients: 3 cups rice,
a handful of soy bean sprouts
4 dried shiitake mushrooms
1 zucchini, sliced 1/4 inch thick
1/2 cup go sa ri (packaged fernbrake in water)
1/2 cup mu (Korean radish), julienne
4 oz beef, thinly sliced
1/4 cup carrot, julienne
1/2 onion, sliced
4 tbsp gochujang (Korean chili paste)
4 eggs
sesame oil
vegetable oil for sautéing
Wash rice until the water comes out clean. Add 3.5 cups of water, cook rice in a rice cooker. Or cook in a pot on a high heat until the water is absorbed. Reduce heat to very low, cover with a lid, cook for another 15-20 minutes. Turn the heat off, leave for 10-15 minutes with a lid on.
Marinate beef with seasonings.
Soy bean sprouts - Wash and add to a pot, pour 1/2 cup water and a pinch of salt, cover the lid. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cook for 5-7 minutes. Don't peek it, if they smell like cooked beans, they're done. Pour into a colander, let cool for a while. Add seasonings, mix.
Shiitake mushrooms - Dried ones need to be reconstituted, add warm water, leave until softened. Wash, squeeze out water, slice thinly. Add to a pan with seasonings, saute briefly.
Zucchini - Add in a pan with seasonings on a high heat with a lid. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cook for 2-3 minutes. Open the lid, let cool.
Fernbrake - Drain the water, add oil to a pan, saute with seasonings. Add sesame seeds at the last minute. Let cool.
Radish - Add in a pan with seasonings on a high heat with a lid. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cook for 4-5 minutes. Open the lid, let cool.
Onion - Saute with some salt.
Carrot - Saute with some salt.
Saute beef on a high heat.
To assemble the bowl - Put rice on a bottom, arrange vegetables around. Top with beef. Add egg yolk (or sunny side up, or just fried) on top.
Wow...you've had way more than I ever had. I really like Bulgogi, Kalbi (boneless short ribs), and spicy pork. I also really like the noodles. They're glass noodles made from mung bean threads with sesame oil, veggies, etc.
Oh yeah...the new thing I tried the other day at our local Korean bbq was a soju cocktail. Soju tastes like vodka and the owner said it's really common in korea. The soju cocktail was made from the soju vodka, lemon juice and sprite (i think). It was really yummy!
Bi bim bop. Lots of hot sauce.
Naengmyeon ain't bad. You'll like sundubu jigae if you enjoy seafood, tofu, and/or spicy stuff.
Here is a whole page on Korea cuisine:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_cuis...
Kalbi, Bulgogi, Kim Chee, Kim Chee cucumbers
my favorite - bul kalbi. and i also like bibimbap, mandoo, chapchae, octopus (don't know what its called in korean), pajeon. i've actually tried some of the more traditional type of food and i didn't like it at all. so, i stay with my bbq meats!
Love kimchi....yummy!!! Have it for every meal without fail while in Korea.
The other favourite is ginseng chicken stuff with rice....yummy too!!!
Also love the seaweed. Just wrap rice with dried seaweed n eat neat. Also, the seaweed kimchi...yummy!!!
Oh yes, the bbq meat wrapped in lettuce with garlic n some sauce...yummy!!!
Had these for my meals while in Korea.