List of Korean dishes

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Below is a list of dishes found in Korean cuisine.

Rice dishes (밥요리)

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Patbap

Other staples

Noodles (Guksu, 국수)

Bread (ppang, 빵)

Kimchi (김치)

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Kimchi

Kimchi (김치): vegetables (usually cabbage, Korean radish, or cucumber) commonly fermented in a brine of ginger, garlic, green onion and chilli pepper. There are endless varieties, and it is served as a side dish or cooked into soups and rice dishes. Koreans traditionally make enough kimchi to last for the entire winter season, although with refrigerators and commercial bottled kimchi this practice has become less common. Kimchi that is readily made is called geotjeori (겉절이) and the one that is fermented for a long time and has more sour taste is called sin-kimchi (신김치). Moreover, different regions of Korea make kimchi in different ways with different kinds of ingredients. For instance the lower southern part tends to make it taste more salty to preserve it longer. Some of the extra ingredients they use include squids, oysters and various other raw seafoods. Kimchi is often cited for its health benefits and has been included in Health magazine's "World's Healthiest Foods". [2] [3] [4] [5] Nonetheless, some research has found nitrate and salt levels in kimchi to be possible risk factors to gastric cancer although shellfish and fruit consumption were found to be protective factors to gastric cancer. Research has also found kimchi to be a preventive factor to stomach cancer. [6] [7]

Contents

Banchan (반찬)

Gui (구이)

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Bulgogi

Jjim (찜)

Seon (선)

Hoe (회)

Namul (seasoned vegetables, 나물)

Saengchae (생채)

Sukchae (cooked vegetables, 숙채)

Buchimgae (부침개)

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Pajeon

Buchimgae , also Korean pancake, [8] in a narrower sense is a dish made by pan-frying in oil a thick batter with various ingredients into a thin flat pancake. [9] In a wider sense it refers to food made by panfrying an ingredient soaked in egg or a batter mixed with various ingredients. In this case jeon , a dish made by seasoning whole, sliced, or minced fish, meat, vegetables, etc., and coating them with wheat flour and egg wash before frying them in oil, [10] can be considered a type of buchimgae.

An aehobak can be used to make both buchimgae and jeon:

Popular dishes includes:

Soups and stews

Guk (soup, 국)

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Tteokguk

Stews (tang (탕), Jjigae (찌개), Jeongol (전골))

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Gamjatang
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Galbitang
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Sundubu-jjigae
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Sinseollo

Sweets and snacks (Gansik, 간식)

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Tteokbokki
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Jeungpyeon
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Songpyeon

Tea and other drinks

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Makgeolli

Alcoholic beverages

Anju (안주)

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Jokbal dish

Royal court dishes (궁중요리)

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Gujeolpan

Imported and adapted foods

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Jajangmyeon

Seasonings (jang, 장)

See also

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