Category: Cooking Recipes
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Shrimp Taco
I usually only make carne asada tacos at home because they’re simple – meat, onion, and cilantro in a tortilla. But I was feeling fancy today and decided to go all out on making these shrimp tacos. When I buy shrimp tacos in a restaurant, I find that the coleslaw is usually super saucy, but…
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Chicken Kalguksu
Chicken kalguksu is like the Korean version of chicken noodle soup – it’s got similar hearty components and heals your soul after a long day. But if I had to point out a difference, it would be that American chicken noodle soup has celery and other herbs that make it very fragrant. The Korean one…
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Za’atar Roasted Potatoes
I was introduced to za’atar wayyyy too late in life. If you also haven’t heard of za’atar, it is a Lebanese spice blend made of oregano, thyme, sumac, and sesame seeds. It smells acidic because of sumac, which was a little off-putting at first for an Asian like me who isn’t used to such aromas.…
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Soybean-Miso Pasta
Today I wanted noodles, but I wanted something new; something I wouldn’t find elsewhere. I looked at all my noodle choices at home – udon, Korean noodle soup, ramen, rice noodles, and of course, pasta. And then my mind went to my long neglected blog and I thought, “Perfect! What a great day to invent…
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Perilla Seed Pasta
We’ve made pasta with perilla leaves, and now it’s time to make one with perilla seeds. Perilla seeds and perilla oil (both of which we are adding to this pasta) are beloved Korean ingredients. They are the rarer, more expensive version of sesame seeds and sesame oil. If you are familiar with Korean food, you…
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Perilla Pesto Pasta
Ok, so you’ve made the perilla leaf pesto from my last post. (If you didn’t, go back!) Now what? Make this beautiful, bright green, healthy pasta! If you’re not used to the unique aroma and flavor of perilla leaves, it might throw you off a bit at first. But if you’re familiar with this very…
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Perilla Leaf Pesto
Pesto – the ultimate sauce you can use in everything Italian from salads to pastas to pizzas. But what if there was a Korean version of it for Korean-influenced dishes? There is! The perilla leaf pesto. Koreans are starting to make this at home, but I have yet to find a recipe I resonate with.…
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Korean Dope Eggs
America has “crack pie” (from Momofuku Milk Bar) named so because of how addicting the pie is. For a country that has a log up its butt regarding drugs, Korea too names its food with drugs to show how addicting they are – crack kimbap, crack chicken, crack sausage, crack eggs, etc. Crack eggs sounded…
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Spring Rolls
Aren’t spring rolls Vietnamese food? Yes, yes they are.BUT my family has adopted these rolls as our own so now they are a part Korean recipe. Korean food restaurants in Korea also have all-you-can-eat spring rolls where they have a bar that displays a bunch of vegetables and rice paper. You plate everything you want…
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Mom’s Famous Dumplings
People often assume I started cooking because of my mom. It’s technically true, but not in the way they think. I started cooking since middle school because my mom loathes cooking. I grew up eating fast food, and was envious of my friends who would bring homemade food for lunch. I had to learn to…