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Have you tried Mayak Eggs (마약계란) before? These eggs are soft-boiled and then marinated in a sweet, spicy soy sauce. It’s delicious as a side dish or served over a bed of steamed rice. Mayak literally means drug — meaning…

Tangsuyuk (탕수육) is a popular Korean-Chinese version of sweet and sour pork or beef. It’s crispy deep-fried meat coated in a delicious thick sweet and sour sauce. For this recipe, I used tofu instead of meat and it was absolutely…

If you like Korean BBQ, you’ve most likely seen this popular banchan (side dish). In Korean, this is called Pa Muchim, which means “mixed scallions”. This side dish is the perfect pairing for grilled meats such as pork belly or…

If you’ve ever had Korean fried chicken, you’ll likely have seen this served on the side. This Korean pickled radish is also known as “chicken-mu”— it’s salty, briny, sweet, sour, and super crunchy! It’s the perfect side dish to compliment…

One of my favorite Korean street food snacks, sodduk sodduk 소떡소떡. These rice cake and sausage skewers are spicy, chewy, savory, and slightly creamy from the gochujang aioli— basically everything I’d want in a snack! These are so simple to…

This is one of my go-to dinner recipes, it’s easy to make ahead or meal prep for those lazy evenings. I like to use chicken thigh for this recipe, dark meat tends to be juicier. This spicy chicken is sticky,…

Kimchi-Jjigae is a Korean kimchi stew cooked with aged kimchi and typically with pork, canned tuna, or SPAM (my mom’s version). It’s spicy, tangy from the aged kimchi, savory, warm — basically the ultimate comfort food. All I need is…

Phew, it has been quite crazy these past few months… I don’t mean to be a debbie downer, but it’s really so hard to even begin to process and unpack everything that is going on around me. Thankfully, there is…

Growing up as a Korean-American, my childhood comfort foods were almost always Korean cuisine. One of my favorites is 감자 전, pronounced “Gamja-Jeon”. It’s essentially a potato hashbrown with veggies, but in the size of a pancake! My mom would…

This easy garlic yu choy is the perfect vegetable side dish for any meal. It’s savory, garlicky, and crunchy— the texture and flavor are irresistibly good! What is Yu Choy Sum? Yu Choy Sum is a Chinese leafy vegetable in…