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This recipe for Kalbi or Galbi (Korean-style bbq short ribs) is made with tender beef short ribs marinated in an easy yet delicious sauce, making them the perfect grilled meat for any meal. What is Kalbi? Kalbi or Galbi literally…

Menbosha (멘보샤) is a shrimp toast with minced shrimp filling sandwiched between two slices of white bread then traditionally deep fried until golden and crispy. It’s crispy on the outside, but tender and savory on the inside. They’re like crisp…

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…