Korean Cuisine

Japchae, a kind of Korean noodle dish made with marinated beef and vegetables in soy sauce and sesame oil.

Korean Cuisine

Korean cuisine has evolved through centuries of social and political change. Originating from ancient agricultural and nomadic traditions in southern Manchuria and the Korean peninsula, Korean cuisine has evolved through a complex interaction of the natural environment and different cultural trends.

Korean cuisine is largely based upon rice, vegetables, and meats. Traditional Korean meals are noted for the number of side dishes (banchan) that accompany steam-cooked short-grain rice. Kimchi is served often, sometimes at every meal. Commonly used ingredients include sesame oil, doenjang (fermented bean paste), soy sauce, salt, garlic, ginger, pepper flakes and gochujang (fermented red chili paste).

Ingredients and dishes vary by province. Many regional dishes have become national, and dishes that were once regional have proliferated in different variations across the country. The Korean royal court cuisine once brought all of the unique regional specialties together for the royal family. Meals are regulated by Korean cultural etiquette.

Bulgogi, a grilled Korean dish; the meat and vegetables shown here have not yet been grilled.

Tteokguk, soup made with tteok, rice cake

Malgeunguk, soup made with meat, seafood or vegetables

Makgeolli,It is made from rice or wheat mixed with nuruk, a Korean fermentation starter.

Soju,made from rice, wheat, or barley

Noodles

Soup and Stew

Alcoholic beverages

Tteok, refers to all kind of rice cakes made from either pounded rice,pounded glutinous rice or glutinous rice left whole, without pounding.

Sweets

Hangwa, is a general term referring to all types of Korean traditional confectionery.consist of grain flour, honey, yeot, and sugar, or of fruit and edible roots.

Vegetables

Miyeok guk, a soup made from the sea seaweed, miyeok

Kimchi, refers to often fermented vegetable dishes usually made with napa cabbage, Korean radish, or sometimes cucumber, commonly fermented in a brine of ginger, garlic, scallions, and chili pepper.

Meat

Samgyeopsal,served as an evening meal. It consists of thick, fatty slices of pork belly meat. The meat, usually neither marinated nor seasoned, is cooked on a grill at the diners’ table

Beef Bulgogi,Korean dish that usually consists of grilled marinated beef

Fish and Seafood

A bowl of gejang, marinated crabs in soy sauce and plates of various banchan (small side dishes)

Beef Bulgogi,Korean dish that usually consists of grilled marinated beef

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Japchae, a kind of Korean noodle dish made with marinated beef and vegetables in soy sauce and sesame oil.

Korean Cuisine

Bulgogi, a grilled Korean dish; the meat and vegetables shown here have not yet been grilled.

Tteokguk, soup made with tteok, rice cake

Malgeunguk, soup made with meat, seafood or vegetables

Makgeolli,It is made from rice or wheat mixed with nuruk, a Korean fermentation starter.

Soju,made from rice, wheat, or barley

Noodles

Soup and Stew

Alcoholic beverages

Tteok, refers to all kind of rice cakes made from either pounded rice,pounded glutinous rice or glutinous rice left whole, without pounding.

Sweets

Hangwa, is a general term referring to all types of Korean traditional confectionery.consist of grain flour, honey, yeot, and sugar, or of fruit and edible roots.

Vegetables

Miyeok guk, a soup made from the sea seaweed, miyeok

Kimchi, refers to often fermented vegetable dishes usually made with napa cabbage, Korean radish, or sometimes cucumber, commonly fermented in a brine of ginger, garlic, scallions, and chili pepper.

Meat

Samgyeopsal,served as an evening meal. It consists of thick, fatty slices of pork belly meat. The meat, usually neither marinated nor seasoned, is cooked on a grill at the diners’ table

Beef Bulgogi,Korean dish that usually consists of grilled marinated beef

Fish and Seafood

A bowl of gejang, marinated crabs in soy sauce and plates of various banchan (small side dishes)

Beef Bulgogi,Korean dish that usually consists of grilled marinated beef