20 MIN순두부찌개
SUNDUBU JJIGAE
A bubbling soft-tofu stew with a spicy, savory broth. It is a familiar one-person lunch in Korea and an easy full meal with rice.EASYOPEN RECIPE →
KOREAN HOME COOKING · EVERYDAY LUNCH
COOK THE FOOD
KOREA EATS
EVERY DAY.
Less showing off, more useful cooking. Start with the right ingredients, follow the order, check the finished texture and serve each dish with rice the Korean way.
01
찌개
JJIGAE.
Concentrated, savory stews with less broth and plenty of ingredients. Usually eaten with rice as a central part of the meal.
20 MIN
20 MIN된장찌개
DOENJANG JJIGAE
An earthy soybean-paste stew filled with vegetables and tofu. It is one of the most ordinary and comforting soups on a Korean home table.EASYOPEN RECIPE →
30 MIN김치찌개
KIMCHI JJIGAE
A deep, tangy stew made with well-fermented kimchi, pork and tofu. For an easy variation, replace the pork with canned tuna to make chamchi kimchi jjigae (참치김치찌개).EASYOPEN RECIPE →
02
국
GUK.
Lighter soups with more broth, served beside rice as part of an everyday Korean table.
20 MIN콩나물국
KONGNAMUL GUK
A clean, light soybean-sprout soup served with everyday Korean meals. It can be mild and warm or chilled for hot weather.VERY EASYOPEN RECIPE →
15 MIN계란국
GYERAN GUK
A soft egg-drop soup that comes together in minutes. Korean homes often make it when the main dish is spicy or when only basic ingredients are available.VERY EASYOPEN RECIPE →
15 MIN시금치된장국
SIGEUMCHI DOENJANG GUK
A light everyday soup of spinach in savory soybean-paste broth. Korean homes make it quickly when they want vegetables, warmth and rice without a heavy main dish.VERY EASYOPEN RECIPE →
30 MIN소고기무국
SOGOGI MUGUK
A clear beef-and-radish soup found often on Korean family tables. Radish sweetens the broth while a small amount of beef gives it enough depth to eat with rice.EASYOPEN RECIPE →
30 MIN미역국
MIYEOK GUK
Korea’s essential birthday soup and a familiar everyday home dish. It is also traditionally served after childbirth; beef adds a richer broth, while a meatless version stays clean and light.EASYOPEN RECIPE →
03
탕
TANG.
Substantial soups served as the center of a meal. At home, samgyetang is a seasonal restorative dish, while eomuktang is the quick everyday option.
40 MIN삼계탕
SAMGYETANG
A whole young chicken stuffed with glutinous rice, garlic, jujube and ginseng, then simmered until tender. It is Korea’s best-known restorative summer home meal.MEDIUMOPEN RECIPE →
20 MIN어묵탕
EOMUK TANG
Korean fish cakes and radish in a clear anchovy broth. It is the quick, easy tang that Korean homes make for a light meal or a casual drink at home.VERY EASYOPEN RECIPE →
04
볶음·조림
BOKKEUM & JORIM.
Stir-fried or braised dishes whose seasoned sauce is meant to be shared with rice.
15 MIN어묵볶음 · 오뎅볶음
EOMUK BOKKEUM
Fish cake and onion quickly stir-fried with just a little soy sauce. It is one of Korea’s most familiar home banchan and an easy addition to a lunchbox.VERY EASYOPEN RECIPE →
40 MIN닭볶음탕
DAKBOKKEUMTANG
Chicken, potatoes and vegetables braised in a spicy-sweet sauce. Despite the word tang in its name, it eats more like a generous braise than a clear soup.MEDIUMOPEN RECIPE →
05
간단한 한 끼
SIMPLE MEAL.
Fast rice bowls, fried rice and nostalgic lunchbox food—from the Korean home kitchen to the upgraded versions found at a PC cafe (PC bang).
10 MIN계란밥
GYERAN BAP
The Korean meal that begins with hot rice, a fried egg and whatever seasoning is already at home. Soy sauce is the familiar savory version; ketchup is the nostalgic preference version.VERY EASYOPEN RECIPE →
15 MIN김치볶음밥
KIMCHI BOKKEUMBAP
A fast home fried rice built around well-fermented kimchi and cold rice. The fried egg on top turns a few refrigerator staples into a complete one-pan meal.VERY EASYOPEN RECIPE →
20 MIN추억의 도시락
CHUEOG-UI DOSIRAK
A nostalgic Korean metal lunchbox of rice, fried egg, stir-fried kimchi and old-school side dishes. Close the lid, shake it, then open it to a warm, savory mix.EASYOPEN RECIPE →
15 MIN새우볶음밥
SAEU BOKKEUMBAP
A mild Korean-style shrimp fried rice with egg and finely diced vegetables. It is quick, familiar and especially useful when yesterday’s rice is waiting in the refrigerator.VERY EASYOPEN RECIPE →
06
반찬·명절 음식
BANCHAN & HOLIDAY.
Everyday side dishes and the foods Korean families bring out for Chuseok and other gatherings—from a platter of japchae to small jeon and songpyeon.
45 MIN잡채
JAPCHAE
A completely non-spicy, sweet-savory noodle dish for birthdays, Chuseok and family gatherings. Thin beef is common, but meatless japchae is just as normal at home.MEDIUMOPEN RECIPE →
70 MIN모둠전
MODEUM JEON
A Korean holiday platter built around family favorites: delicate pollock jeon, colorful rice-cake skewers and easy-to-grab donggeurangttaeng, all pan-fried in egg.MEDIUMOPEN RECIPE →
80 MIN송편
SONGPYEON
Chewy half-moon rice cakes for Chuseok, usually bought from a rice-cake shop or mart today and filled with melted sugar, sesame, sweet red bean or chestnut.MEDIUMOPEN RECIPE →