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When kimchi gets very sour and overripe, it's time to turn it into Kimchi Jjigae! Kimchi Jjigae is a rich spicy stew that is perfect for the fall and winter seasons. It is the ultimate Korean comfort food! This recipe is the Instant Pot version. The advantage of using the Instant Pot for Kimchi Jjigae is that it will make your stew taste like its been on the stove all day even though its been cooking for less than an hour! Be forewarned: this will make your silicone seal smel

Summer is here, so that means trips to the beach, day camps, watermelon, and more importantly, picnics! And one of my favorite foods to bring to a picnic is a crowd-pleasing rack of baby back ribs. Who doesn't love delicious fall-off-the-bone baby back ribs? I especially love them Korean style with a soy-garlic sauce. This recipe details how to make these ribs using an Instant Pot, however it is easily converted to stove pot if you don't have one yet. For the video above I de

Korean Fried Chicken is known as the new "KFC." There is something addicting about these crispy wings slathered in a delicious sweet sauce. This dish goes so well with an ice cold beer, that Koreans have coined the phrase "Chi-Maek" or Chi-cken and Maek-ju (beer)! The key to a Korean Fried Chicken recipe is a crispy skin from double frying, and a sweet sauce. These chicken wings are quick and easy to prepare! This recipe is done with two sauces, one is a soy-garlic sauce, and

Mapo Tofu is traditionally a Chinese dish, but Koreans love it so much that they created their own twist to it! Korean Mapo Tofu is generally spicier than its Chinese counterpart. This recipe is great if you need to come up with dinner in a rush. The key is using my special Tofu Soup Base, and dinner is ready in less than 15 minutes! Quick notes: ⏲ <1 hr 🇰🇷 Some ingredients may need to be bought at a Korean grocery or online. 🍆 Vegetarian friendly (use the vegetarian versi

Who doesn’t love Soft Tofu Stew? This bubbly stew is delicious, versatile, and can take you only 10 minutes!! You can add almost anything you want: dumplings, kimchi, seafood, beef, or pork! At a Korean restaurant it is served in a ceramic pot (called a 뚝배기, ttukbaegi) bubbling hot, with a raw egg that you drop in yourself. I have always loved soondubu jjigae, and if you try my recipe you will understand why! In this recipe, I use a pre-made soup base (Tofu Soup Base), so t

Bibimbap literally means “mixed rice”. It’s very popular dish at Korean restaurants, and it is generally a “safe” choice, as it tastes good no matter where you get it from. I like to make this when I am cooking for a large group because people can choose what they want to put in it and make it as spicy as they’d like. Generally the dish is finished with a fried egg on top. I love it when you break the yolk, and the golden liquid runs into the rice! There are many variati