Asian Food: Great Korean Recipes
In recent times, many individuals in the West have become interested in Korean food and recipes. You can try Korean dishes in a restaurant, or if you like you can try to prepare it at home in your very own kitchen.
Korean food is usually centred around noodles, rice, meat, vegetables and tofu (that’s known as “dubu” in Korea). Many meals are served with a spread of side dishes (“banchane”), as well as steam rice, soup, and kimchi (fermented veggies). Essence is imparted using a range of seasonings and spices including garlic, ginger, red chili paste (“gochujang”), salt, soy sauce, and fermented soybean paste (“doenjang”).
Few popular Korean recipes include:
* Gamjatang – A soup made from pork spine and potatoes. It often also consists of other vegetables, green onions, hot peppers and sesame seeds.
* Kongnamul-guk – Soybean sprout soup.
* Maeuntang – A peppery and spicy fish soup.
* Jeongol – A seafood and vegetable stew.
* Hoe – Thinly slice rawfish, to some extent alike Japanese sashimi. Usually soaked in wasabi or red chili paste (“gochujang”), and served on cellophane noodles (“dangmyeon”).
* Sannakji – A raw, very fresh small octopus, seasoned and diced into portions and served – it may still be moving on your plate!
* Ramyeon – Noodles with meat and veggies, identical to Japanese ramen noodles.
* Kongnamul-bap – Rice containing soybean sprouts.
* Japchae – Potato noodles with beef, onions, carrot and spinach.
* Kalguksu – Flat noodles in a bisque.
* Yukhoe – Raw beef topped with egg yolk, and seasoned with garlic, green onions and a variety of spices.
* Bulgogi – Meat or seafood cooked on a grill. General varieties are chicken (“dak bulgogi”), pork (“dweji bulgogi”), and squid (“ojingeo bulgogi”).
* Dakgalbi – Grilled chicken.
* Galbi – Grilled pork ribs.
* Makchang – Grilled pork intestines (similar to chitterlings).
* Samgyeopsal – Grilled pork abdomen. Slices of meat are placed inside lettuce with cooked rice and a spicy paste (“ssamjang”). An assortment of accompaniments such as chillies, spring onion salad, or raw garlic soaked in samjang can be consumed with the meal.
For further information on Korean dishes please click on Korean Cuisines You could also take a look at a few great Thai recipes by visiting Great Thai Food
