Korean Traditional Foods 7

 What are the images that foreigners think of when they think of Korean food? Of course, these foods, such as bulgogi, bibimbap, and kimchi stew, are also popular, but these days, menus such as chicken, tteokbokki, and pork belly are also gaining huge popularity due to the K-food craze. Today, I will introduce seven traditional and Korean dishes among them.

What is Korean Traditional Foods ?

Kimchi

Kimchi is a traditional Korean fermented food and a kind of cooking style. Food fermented with various vegetables such as radish, cabbage, cucumber, etc. salted and seasoned.  A food that is seasoned with vegetables that are pickled in salt water and fermented to enhance storage. Without any modifier, "Kimchi" refers to southern cabbage kimchi, which is red with red pepper powder, and is the most famous in the world.

Bibimbap

Bibimbap is a traditional Korean dish that is mixed with various vegetables and soy sauce in rice, and today, it is preferred to add meat together. There are countless kinds depending on the ingredients.

Sikhye

It is a traditional Korean drink. If you cook rice with glutinous rice or glutinous rice, dissolve it in malt water and keep it warm overnight, the rice grains will wither and float upward. Rice is fermented by the action of glycated enzymes in malt oil, resulting in a unique sweetness and aroma of malt.

tteokguk

It is a Korean dish that represents New Year's Day and New Year's Day as a soup that is boiled with rice cakes in water. The way to cook rice cake soup varies slightly from region to region.

bulgogi

It is a food that is sliced beef, marinated in various spices, and grilled over fire. There are various recipes such as broth bulgogi, earthen pot bulgogi, and grill bulgogi, which are then added with broth.

yakgwa

It is a traditional Korean snack. It was made and eaten a lot in New Year's Day, and it is one of the essential foods for passing ceremonies, holidays, and festivals.  It's sweet, savory, and soft, so it melts in your mouth.

tteok

It is a food that is made by steaming or boiling grain powder in a steamer. Sticky or sticky rice is usually used when making.  Every season, we make various rice cakes with seasonal ingredients.

I've introduced Korean traditional food so far. There's more food, so I'll introduce it to you next time.