Korea has a variety of foods, because Korea used to be an agricultural society. Therefore, rice has been the main staple food since ancient times. Recently, Korean diet consists of various vegetables, meat, and fish. Various fermented preserved foods such as kimchi (fermented spicy cabbage), hoisinjang (salted seafood), and beanjang (fermented soybeans). Known for its nutritional value and special taste. A characteristic of Korean table setting is that all food and drink are served at the same time. The number of traditional dishes is three for the poor, twelve for the royal family, etc. The table setting differs depending on the noodles or meat. Compared with China and Japan. Korean food offers soup. In Korea the practical use of rice spoons is more frequent.

Types of traditional Korean food

1. Rice and porridge

Rice is the staple food of Korean food, and most people eat cabbage rice. To increase nutrition, beans, chestnuts, sorghum, red beans, barley, and grains are sometimes added. Porridge is a diet with high nutritional value. There are many types, including those made with rice, red beans, pumpkin, abalone, ginseng, vegetables, chicken, mushrooms, soybeans, etc.

2. Soup

Soup is a must-have meal. The types of soup vary according to vegetables, meat, shellfish, seaweed, beef bones, etc.

3. Casserole

Casserole is similar to soup but thicker than soup. There are various casseroles, the biggest sauce casseroles. The casserole has a spicier taste, so cook it in the casserole and serve it hot.

4. Smoked and stewed foods

Smoked and stewed foods are foods similar to vegetables seasoned with soy sauce. Smoked and stewed foods are prepared over low heat.

5. Mixed vegetables

Mixed vegetables are made by adding salt, soy sauce, salt and pepper, sesame oil, garlic, and onions and then blanch or stir-fry them.

6. Pickled seafood (seafood pickled with salt)

Pickled seafood is a very salty food, made of fish, oyster roe, shrimp, roe, and fish offal Waiting for fermentation. Pickled seafood can be served as a dish. It can also be used as a seasoning when pickling pickles.

7. Grilled food

Grilled food is made by grilling meat with seasonings on charcoal fire. Representative foods of grilled food are barbecued meat and ribs, but fish can also be grilled in this way.

8. Pancakes

Pancakes are made of mushrooms, melons, dried fish, oysters, green peppers, meat with salt and pepper, etc. A pancake-like food made by mixing flour and eggs and frying them.

9. Dumplings

Dumplings are made by twisting meat, mushrooms, melons, mung bean sprouts, pork, etc. into hollows and then filling them with dough.

It is famous for its spiciness and combines the richness and deliciousness of Chinese dishes with the juicy and fresh fish of Japanese dishes. Generally, there are home-cooked dishes and banquet dishes, each with its own flavor. It is spicy in taste and fresh in color, with many solid ingredients. The five flavors of sour, spicy, sweet, bitter and salty are juxtaposed, and the five colors of green, white, red, yellow and black are pleasing to the eye. Kimchi, stone hot pot, Korean barbecue, and ginseng chicken stew are the most distinctive dishes.

Korean specialties

Barbecue (roast beef)

Barbecue and roast beef are transformed from pulse-burning and blood-stewing. Grilling means skewering on skewers, but the beef is not skewered on skewers, but grilled on the grill. The grilling method is to cut tender and delicious beef tenderloin or beef ribs into thin slices, add seasonings, put a grill on the charcoal fire, and then grill the beef on top.

When entertaining foreign guests, add boiled matsutake mushrooms, spinach, and skin beans to the stir-fry.

The difference between skin beans and beans is that they are rich in vitamin C and can supplement the vitamin deficiency in meat dishes.

Stewed sea bream

Stewed sea bream is made by cutting stripes on the body of the sea bream, seasoning it with salt, pepper, and sake, then putting shredded beef into the stripes and pouring it on top. Garnished with eggs, shiitake mushrooms, and chrysanthemum, it is a delicious dish with both color and aroma.

Sea bream is a white-fleshed fish with a mild taste that has traditionally been used in weddings and other celebrations. It is rich in protein, has very low fat content, and is composed of fatty acids, so it is an excellent nutritious food.

Powder with Soybean Soup

The famous Soup with Rice in Seoul has a long history. According to legend, Emperor Xianzong (1834~1849) also ate it. Miso soup rice is cooked in a large pot set up in a market restaurant on market days and cooked over a fire of chopped wood.

After walking dozens of miles, market goers can immediately relieve their fatigue by eating rice with miso soup and drinking a few glasses of makgeolli (a kind of Korean rice wine).

Pork rice in miso soup is made by boiling beef and radish, cutting them into slices and adding condiments, and then soaking the rice in the soup with the meat and condiments, radish, bracken, platycodon and soybean sprouts. Plant food.

You can add beef or chicken to make soup, or you can add noodles to eat it. In order to remove the smell, add Bukejia Ni (a kind of seasoning to remove the smell) and cook it until it is cooked. You can also add parsley stalks, celery, onions, and carrots and cook them until cooked. Bracken can be omitted according to personal preference.

Platycodon contains a large amount of fiber, is a food rich in iron and vitamin B2, and has a phlegm-removing effect. Therefore, it is used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat respiratory diseases.

Beef Offal Soup

It is said that when King Sejong was plowing the farmland, it suddenly started raining heavily. He couldn't move a step and was very rough. In order to satisfy his hunger, he killed a cow and threw the beef into it. After cooking, add only green onions, season with salt and drink. From then on, this soup was called beef offal soup. Make soup with beef, cartilage, and bone bones, cut the meat into slices, and season with green onions, pepper, and salt. Because a lot of bones are put in the tail to make soup, the color is gray.

In order to remove the odor, boil it with Bu Ke Ji Ni (a seasoning that removes odors) and take it out. You can also add parsley, celery, carrots, and onions and take it out. Eat rice or noodles in soup.

The radish cube kimchi eaten when drinking beef offal soup can remove odor and aid digestion.

Stewed Oxtail Soup

Boil the oxtail over a slow fire, take it out, season with salt, pepper, onions, garlic, and clear sauce, then put it in and simmer again. Also prepare salt, pepper and chopped green onions.

To remove the oxtail smell, add bay leaves, celery, parsley, carrots and onions and cook until cooked.

Celery used for deodorizing is rich in cellulose, which can remove the greasy smell while supplementing vitamins and inorganic substances.

Eragon chicken soup

Erzi chicken soup is made from the cold soup of boiled chicks, seasoned with ground sesame powder, and added with chicken, vegetables, meatballs, fungus, and eggs. A nutritious diet suitable for summer consumption.

Chicken is a nutritious food with low fat, high protein and rich in unsaturated fatty acids.

Jujube porridge

Jujube porridge is a porridge made by grinding cooked jujube and soaked rice into noodles with water.

Jujube contains more fiber, calcium, iron, and copper than other fruits.

Stewed rice cake

Stewed rice cake is made by boiling beef, tearing it apart and adding condiments, then boiling it with white rice cake in broth, adding carrots, mushrooms, onions, and water A stew made with celery, ginkgo, chestnuts and pine nuts.

Carrots are rich in carotene, which has the same effect as vitamin A and has anti-cancer effects. It is a food rich in inorganic substances and vitamins.