Mujeon is a light Korean pan-fried pancake made with matchstick-cut radish, egg and flour. Serve with a simple soy-lemon dip; unlike potato or napa-cabbage pancakes, radish is the main ingredient.

25min4servingsEasy

Side dishes

Chamnamul Muchim: Blanched Korean Greens with Soup Soy Sauce (2 Sides)

A simple Korean vegetable banchan: briefly blanch fresh chamnamul greens, then season with soup soy sauce, sesame oil and seeds, avoiding overcooking.

15min2servingsEasy

Street food

Korean Beef Gireum Tteokbokki: Dry Pan-Fried Rice Cakes (2)

Unlike simmered saucy tteokbokki, this Korean street snack pan-fries rice cakes in oil and coats them in soy-garlic seasoning. This home version is based on Chef Chris Cho's ground-beef recipe. Do not over-fry the rice cakes.

26min2servingsEasy

Side dishes

Small-Batch Korean Sweet Onion Kimchi (8 Side Servings)

Sweet onion wedges salted then seasoned with gochugaru and fermented seafood condiments, unlike soy-vinegar onion pickles. This is a half-batch adaptation.

90min8servingsModerate

Soups & stews

Honghap Miyeokguk: Korean Mussel Seaweed Soup (4 Servings)

This Korean seaweed soup simmers miyeok with soup soy sauce and sesame oil before adding fresh shell-on mussels. Unlike beef miyeokguk, its seafood flavor comes from the mussels; handle live shellfish carefully.

55min4servingsModerate

Side dishes

Korean Shrimp and Asparagus Saewu Ganghwe (16 Bites)

Saewu ganghwe uses blanched thin scallions to tie cooked shrimp and asparagus into Korean bite-sized rolls, served with tangy gochujang dip. It is distinct from grilled shrimp or seafood stir-fries.

30min4servingsModerate

Soups & stews

Mild Sundubu Egg Soup with Tomato and Cabbage (2 servings)

Mild Korean silken tofu and egg soup in anchovy-kelp broth, without the spicy red broth of sundubu-jjigae.

28min2servingsEasy

Street food

Jeju Bingtteok: Buckwheat Crepes Filled with Seasoned Radish (4)

Bingtteok is a traditional Jeju dish: thin buckwheat crepes wrapped around cooked, lightly seasoned radish. It is savory and mild, and differs from spicy kimchi-and-pork buckwheat rolls.

40min4servingsModerate

Soups & stews

Easy Korean Sundae-gukbap with Packaged Bone Broth

A home adaptation of Korean sundae-gukbap with fully cooked sundae, ready-made beef-bone broth, rice and cooked pork. Cooked pork slices can replace offal, changing the traditional flavor and texture.

30min4servingsModerate

Rice & noodles

Korean Five-Grain Rice for Jeongwol Daeboreum (Ogokbap, 6)

Ogokbap combines rice and sweet rice with adzuki beans, sorghum, millet, chickpeas and black beans. It is traditionally served with namul at Korea's first full moon festival, distinct from plain purple multigrain rice. Allow at least 6 hours to soak dry beans and grains.

415min6servingsModerate

Soups & stews

Korean Cold Steamed Eggplant Soup (Gaji-naengguk, 2 servings)

Steamed eggplant and aromatics served in an icy soy-vinegar broth, unlike a dry seasoned eggplant side dish.

24min2servingsEasy

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