kkorean traditional food :)

Korean Traditional Food 한식

Korean traditional food is one of the most unique cuisine thrughout the Asia region. Basically, Korean traditional food is based on the Korean Royal Court Cuisine (수라상, 水剌床, Surasang) which is traditionally consumed at the royal court from 1392 to 1910 in Korea.

Normally some seasoning and ingredients are often used in Korean dishes such as sesame seeds, galic, ginger, spring onion, sesame oil, DoenJang (된장, fermented bean paste), GoChuJang (고추장,苦椒醬) etc.

Korean food is known as a healthy food since it emphasizes the balance of nutrition just as mentioned in the order of food pyramid. Like other Asian country, rice is the basic food in Korean meal. Other than that, Korean also consumes noodles, various kind of vegetables, meats and tofu.

Korean food usually various from season to season, for example, during the winter, more types of Kimchee will be consumed and during summer NaengMyeon (냉면, cold noodle) will be served.

Now,, i will show a bit of korean traditional food : check this out -->

Bulgogi

Kimchee

Beebimbap

Kimbap

Samgyetang



Bulgogi

Bulgogi with side dishes Bulgogi





Bulgogi is the meat main dish among the Koreans. It is also one of the most popular grilled beef dish in Korea. It is made from prime cut beef and usually marinated with a mixture of soy sauce, sesame oil, pear juice, balce pepper, garlic, onion, spring onion, wine, salt and sugar up to 2 to 4 hours to enhance the flavor n tenderization.

Other than beef, Korean also call grilled pork as Dweji Bulgogi and grilled chicken as Buldak even the ways and the ingredients are different from each others. However the name of Bulgogi is commonly refered to grilled beef.

Traditionally, bulgogi is usually served with lettuce which is used to wrap the slice of the cooked meat along with some special sauce, rice and other side dishes and eaten as a whole.







Kimchee

Chinese Cabbage Kimchee Cucumber Kimchee Green Chili Kimchee Radish Kimchee

Kimchee is the most famous side dish among the Koreans or even foreigners. It is a must-served dish in every Korean meal. Kimchee is widely refered to Korean traditional fermented vegetables. At the very begining, kimchee is prepared for the winter season since they can't cultivate crops during winter. Therefore, they preserved the vegetables for consuming during the winter.

There are actually various types of kimchee in Korea such as cucumber kimchee, green chilies kimchee, chinese cabbage kimchee, radish kimchee and so on but the word Kimchee is commonly refered to chinese cabbage kimchee. During different season, different kind of kimchee will be served. For example during summer, cucumber kimchee and radish kimchee will be served. During spring, leafy vegetable will be the main ingredient for making kimchee and the kimchee in spring sometimes are not even fermented for a long period but seasoned for a short period. During winter, most of the kimchee are available since it is the most suitable time to consume kimchee.

The ingredients for making kimchee usually includes galic, ginger, spring onion, salt, vinegar, chilies, chilies pepper, salted fishes sauce etc. Combination of these ingredients give a special taste for the kimchee and it stands the name of "Aroma of Korea".






Beebimbap

Beebimbap Dolsot Beebimbap
Stired Dolsot Beebimbap
Beebimbap

Beebimbap is another popular rice based traditional Korean food. Korean consume this dish in Lunar Calendar New Year as their tradition. Beebimbap literally means "mixed rice" which consists of plain rice topped with minced meat,vegetables, egg, and GoChuJang (고추장,苦椒醬). Normally the GoChuJang will be served separately to control the spiciness of the dish.

There is another type of beebimbap which is called "dolsot beebimbap" (The word "dolsot" means stone pot) that is served in a heated stone bowl. The commonly used vegetables in beebimbap are cucumber, carrot, white radish, mushroom, spinach, soybean sprouts, bellflower root, seaweed etc. For both types of beebimbap, all ingredients are stirred together thoroughly before eating.

Over all beebimbap is a very healthy food because it consists various kind of vegetables and it consists a balance food's elements that our body needs.





Kimbap

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Kimbap is a popular snack in Korea. It is found in the street in Korea and stalls are selling it along the street. Kimbap looks like quite similar to Japanese sushi, because of that, Kimbap also known as Korean sushi. This popular snack is being very variable due to its variable ingredients in it such as bulgogi, spinach, pickled radish and eggs.

It consits of rice and strips of vegetables, egg, meat rolled in a dried seaweek laver and sliced. Even kimbap is quite similar with Japanese sushi, however they are different. The differences between them are Japanese sushi rolls are minimal in ingredients and sushi rolls are usually just tuna or cucumber and eggs while Korean-style kimbap consist of variety of ingredients including meat and vegetables. Other than that, Kimbap doesn't contain any raw fish such as sashimi and kimbap usually dipped with soysauce with sesame oil unlike Japanese sushi roll dipped with soysauce and wasabi.





Samgyetang



Samgyetang
Samgyetang

Samgyetang (삼계탕,参鸡汤)or Chicken Ginseng Soup called in english, it is a soup based dish. Traditionally, it is served during the summer because its nutrients which can enhance our healthy during a hot summer in which we can be easily lost energy through excessive sweating.

Oringianlly this Samgyetang is a soup from the island of Cheju, and the most special thing is ginseng root is cooked and eaten like a vegetable with the chicken. The Samgyetang is cooked in a stone pot and served while still boilling. It is considered to be a summer dish in restaurants and homes.The dried red dates gives a contrasting sweetness to the chicken, rice and ginseng.

Usually, the whole chicken is boiled with Korean Ginseng, dried red dates, garlic, ginger and glutinous rice. Ginseng, or “insam(인삼)” as it is also called in Korea, brings a slightly bitter taste. Its properties are said to be strengthening and bring about rejuvenation to our body.