Tofu Archives - Kimchimari

Top 10 Korean Recipes that You Have to Try

JinJoo — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 13:00:11 +0000

Top 10 Korean recipes that are most popular on Kimchimari. From Korean BBQ and fried chicken to Korean glass noodles and spicy soft tofu stew, these are the recipes most enjoyed by Korean food lovers. Try them all!

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Top 10 Korean recipes that you don't want to miss... because I have been blogging for almost 8 years now with over 180 recipes and I wanted to celebrate my blogging anniversary (coming up fast on Dec. 10th) with you all. So you're invited to celebrate with me as we take a look at the top 10 most popular Korean recipes on Kimchimari!

These are recipes that my blog readers love and cook often. It's obvious why: they are easy, authentic, and big in flavors. Plus, they are personal to me and help tell my story from my childhood in Korea to my family life in the US. Thank you for sharing the love of Korean food with me!

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Tofu Salad with Iceberg Lettuce for Asian Salad Feast!

JinJoo — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 07:01:25 +0000

Tofu Salad with iceberg lettuce, sweet corn and radish sprouts is the most delicious way to enjoy cold tofu. My sweet tangy and mustardy soy dressing works so well with the crunchy lettuce, corn and radish sprouts - flavoring the tofu in the most yummy way.

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Now, you may say.. what tofu salad? Can this be really good?? Tofu is kind of boring as it is and salad can also be boring...so how can the combination of 2 boring things turn out delicious? But you have to trust me when I say this is just really wonderful. So where did the idea for this salad come from? About 15 or so years ago, I was inspired to make this recipe after a tofu salad dish that we always enjoyed having at our local Tofu House restaurant.

So, would you believe that this tofu salad recipe is actually one of the first recipe that I created on my own? Way back when, before I ever imagined of becoming a Korean food blogger, I signed up to create a cookbook for our Korean church as a fundraiser for missions. Because there were so many good Korean mom cooks in the church and then there were also many young Korean Americans who wanted to learn how to cook these dishes themselves, a cookbook was a perfect way for the older moms to share their knowhow and recipes with the young singles or married couples. I sought out several good cooks and then asked them for recipes. Some ladies readily wrote their recipes and gave them to me. Some ladies, I basically had to chase them down and press them to verbally tell me the recipe and then I tried to write them down. I wrote the cookbook in both Korean and English which also took more effort. In the end it was a LOT of work but it was great fun. And I heard that some still use the cookbooks even to this day.

What Tofu works best for Tofu Salad?

As I shared before in my Tofu with Broccoli post, there are 3 kinds of tofu - silken soft (sundubu 순두부), soft (for stews) and firm or extra firm (for frying). Read that post for more info but it can be very much a personal preference but I find that for this particular tofu salad, firm or extra firm works best.

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1 Recipe with Kimchi for 3 Classic Kimchi Dishes (3-in-1)

JinJoo — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 22:10:40 +0000

1 Recipe with Kimchi and Pork Belly that makes 3 Classic Korean Dishes: Kimchi Jjigae, Kimchi Fried Rice and Kimchi Tofu!! These are all be made from this 1 awesome recipe that is also a freezer recipe.

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Right, I know that was a lot to digest. What?? You can make 3 dishes from 1 recipe? And you can freeze it?

Basically, it means you make this 1 recipe with kimchi and pork, freeze them and then you can make 3 or even more recipes with kimchi using the frozen kimchi and pork mix. It's also great for singles because you can divide the amount into even smaller portions when you freeze them.

How awesome is that?! One Kimchi Pork Recipe to rule them all! 💍💍 LOTR joke..HAHAHA....

This recipe with kimchi and pork is also so easy to make too. Before I go on, I have to thank my awesome sister #3 for this idea. With her busy work schedule, she is always looking for ways to prep her meals ahead of time so that when needed, she or anyone in her family could cook these dishes in just a few minutes with minimal effort. I don't always think of these things as much because I am in the kitchen all day anyway. 😝 Kind of goes with this blogging work...But for her, she often has to come home after a long day of work or be away from home for days on travel. So she wanted to make something where it would be easy for anyone in the family to cook whenever they wanted to. She told me that before this, she used to make ahead lot of Korean soups and stews and freeze them so that anyone could just heat it up. Which is also a great tip.

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3 Quick Korean Side Dishes in under 15 minutes!!

JinJoo — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 19:11:25 +0000

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3 Quick Korean Side Dishes in under 15 minutes!!

And they all go great with any Korean meal!!

And individually each dish only takes 5 to 10 minutes.

I am sure you have days where you just run out of time or just don't feel like cooking another side dish. For example, I will cook Yukgyejang and pan fried fish jeon but I just don't have the time or the energy left to make another side dish... but the table looks so empty... 😭 And this is when I go for one or more of these 3 quick Korean side dishes of mushrooms, avocado and tofu!!

Honestly, these Korean side dishes are soooo EASY, SIMPLE and QUICK to make that I am almost worried that someone may say - "What?? And you call that a recipe???" Please don't say that if you think that. 😁 I am a very sensitive person... 😅 HAHAHA. But then I also thought that it may just be the case that many of you never had these dishes. If you see it, you will wonder why you never thought of it!! Anyway, hopefully you will enjoy them.

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Simple Tofu Recipe – Crown Daisy (Ssukgat) Dubu Muchim

JinJoo — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 15:41:17 +0000

Tofu Recipe with Crown Daisy Hello! I’m back from vacation and here is my 2nd tofu recipe!! This simple tofu recipe may seem very similar to my previous Broccoli Dubu Muchim but there are two main differences. One is that the traditional recipe extracts liquid from the tofu before making them into crumbles. The other
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Easy Tofu Recipe 1 of 2: Broccoli Dubu Muchim (두부무침)

JinJoo — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 19:42:32 +0000

I have two fabulous Korean easy tofu recipes that I want to share. These easy tofu recipes are great as last minute side dishes and their mild flavors go wonderfully well with any Korean meal. You can also just have it as a snack or like a salad. And you can use a lot of
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Korean Seasoning Sauces II – 4 Yangnyumjang Recipes for Seasoning

JinJoo — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 15:02:25 +0000

Korean Seasoning Sauces (Yangyeom Jang or Yangnyum Jang) In my attempt to categorize/analyze Korean sauces, I have divided the sauces into 2 groups: Korean Dipping Sauces and Korean Seasoning Sauces. I have searched high and low for some reference site or book that organizes Korean sauces in some structured way. No such luck. So, here’s
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Holiday Gift Idea: Home Made Salad Dressings

JinJoo — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:44:14 +0000

These 3 salad dressings make wonderful gifts for the holidays! I have a soy mustardy dressing for a tofu asian salad, a oniony nutty sweet sesame dressing for a spinach salad that goes wonderfully with Korean or Asian food. Finally, a very simple lemon vinaigrette that just goes well with any meal. Do you need
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Soondubu Jjigae with Kimchi (Spicy Soft Tofu Stew)

JinJoo — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:58:18 +0000

Soondubu Jjigae with Kimchi (김치 순두부찌게) Soondubu Jjigae with Kimchi is one of the variations of the spicy soft tofu stew (순두부 찌게 Soondubu Jjigae) that I wrote about some time ago. I know that my original recipe may taste a bit bland to some people and if that’s the case for you, you really
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Spicy Soft Tofu Stew (순두부찌게 Sundubu Jjigae)

JinJoo — Thu, 19 May 2011 05:15:00 +0000

Sundubu Jjigae or Soft Tofu Stew recipe that is so easy to make and so delicious that my husband told me it’s almost as good, if not better than the ones at the restaurant! I would have never imagined that Sundubu Jjigae would become so popular with non-Koreans. I always thought that it was unfortunate how
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