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Recently, scores of people in the West have got interested in Korean food and recipes. One could taste Korean food in a restaurant, or if you like you may try to make it at home in your own kitchen.

Korean dishes are typically centred around noodles, rice, meat, vegetables and tofu (that’s called “dubu” in Korea). Most meals are offered with a range of side dishes (“banchane”), as well as soup, steam rice, and kimchi (fermented veggies). Flavor is added using a range of seasonings and spices including garlic, ginger, red chili paste (“gochujang”), soy sauce, salt, and fermented soybean paste (“doenjang”).

Few popular Korean recipes include:

* Gamjatang – A soup made from pork spine and potatoes. It often also contains other vegetables, green onions, hot peppers and sesame seeds.

* Kongnamul-guk – Soybean sprout soup.

* Maeuntang – A hot and spicy fish soup.

* Jeongol – A seafood and vegetable stew.

* Hoe – Thinly slice rawfish, somewhat similar to Japanese sashimi. Usually soaked in wasabi or red chili paste (“gochujang”), and offered on cellophane noodles (“dangmyeon”).

* Sannakji – A uncooked, very fresh small octopus, seasoned and cut into portions and served – it may still be moving on your plate!

* Ramyeon – Noodles with meat and vegetables, identical to Japanese ramen noodles.

* Kongnamul-bap – Rice containing soybean sprouts.

* Japchae – Potato noodles with beef, onions, carrot and spinach.

* Kalguksu – Flat noodles in a broth.

* Yukhoe – Raw beef topped with egg yolk, and seasoned with garlic, green onions and a variety of spices.

* Bulgogi – Meat or seafood prepared on a grill. General forms include chicken (“dak bulgogi”), pork (“dweji bulgogi”), and squid (“ojingeo bulgogi”).

* Dakgalbi – Grilled chicken.

* Galbi – Grilled pork ribs.

* Makchang – Grilled pork intestines (similar to chitterlings).

* Samgyeopsal – Grilled pork belly. Slices of meat are positioned inside lettuce with cooked rice and a piquant paste (“ssamjang”). A range of garnishes such as chillies, spring onion salad, or raw garlic soaked in samjang may be eaten with the meal.

For added details on Korean recipes please click on Korean Recipes You could also take a peek at a few delicious Thai recipes by clicking Great Thai Recipes