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Korean Chive Salad (Buchu Muchim) with Chive Flowers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Korean Chive Salad (Buchu Muchim \ubd80\ucd94 \ubb34\uce68)<\/h3>\n

Korean Chive Salad is probably one of the very first dishes I ever made after I married. As a newly wed, living in University of Florida’s married housing in Gainesville, we were invited to many impromptu BBQ’s arranged by other Korean student families in the same complex. And at one of parties, I tasted this Korean Chive Salad for the first time. For some reason, I don’t think I had this while I was growing up in Korea.. I certainly had Chive Geotjeori but not this kind of salad.<\/p>\n

Wow.. I can’t believe this was more than 25 years ago.<\/p>\n

I don’t remember many things from the past but somehow I always seem to remember those momentous occasions (\ud83d\ude1dhahaha, not sure how many people would refer to this kind of moment as such..) where I taste something really fantastic for the first time.<\/p>\n

I still have a vivid memory of the scenery, the moment I enjoyed this wonderful dish made with fresh chives for the first time. Sitting on a warped old wooden picnic table in the shade, under a huge cypress tree with the somewhat eery Spanish moss hanging from its branches…eating this interesting dish made with chives…. thinking, ‘Wow, I need to learn how to make this. This is soo good, how all the flavors work just so well together!’<\/p>\n

Looking back, due to the lack of good quality Korean groceries (there was only 1 Korean grocery store in the town of Gainesville with pretty sad groceries – e.g. I could only buy tteok that was frozen\/thawed\/refrozen for months that was all cracked and dry..) and the lack of funds (we lived a very frugal grad student life), I had to learn to make any and every Korean food that we missed. I learned to make our own Kalguksu, Jjajangmyeon, Kimchi and much more..even my daughter’s 100 day rice cake (Baekil Tteok \ubc31\uc77c\ub5a1)!<\/p>\n

Right, back to Korean Chive Salad. I just could not get over how all the flavors came together beautifully in my mouth. The touch of sweet, sour and salty soy vinegar dressing and the garlicky punch of fresh chives made it extra yummy. It was fresh but also pleasantly pungent. Not overly strong as a garlic sometimes can be.<\/p>\n

When you have this buchu muchim with Korean BBQ meats, oh boy, you just can’t stop eating. Recently, many Korean BBQ restaurants serve something similar by making a light lettuce + green onion + chive salad to go with grilled meats but I still think this is the best way to enjoy the full fresh flavor of garlic chives.<\/p>\n

What kind of Chive should I use for Korean Chive Salad?<\/h3>\n

For this Korean chive salad, you can use any kind of chives. The thicker, wider\u00a0Korean or Chinese garlic chives<\/a> are lot stronger in its garlic flavor when compared to the more common, thinner American\u00a0chives<\/a>\u00a0 which are quite delicate. Normally, with a Korean meal, the more pungent chives will work best since Korean dishes usually have a lot of garlic. If you are serving with more mild tasting dishes, you may want to use the more delicate, common chives.<\/p>\n

** I made this dish months ago but somehow didn’t get a chance to post it. I was inspired to use the lovely garlic chive flowers that were flowering in my garden this summer!<\/p>\n

If you have extra chives, you may also want to try making some Chive Pancakes (Buchu Jeon)<\/a> –<\/p>\n

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Korean Chive Pancake (Buchujeon) with Chive Flowers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Chive Salad – Korean Buchu Muchim with Chive Flowers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Korean Chive Salad Recipe (Buchu Muchim)<\/h3>\n

Makes: 4 oz\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Cooking Time: 5 min\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Difficulty: Easy<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/p>\n