Home cooking
South Korea
99 dishes, kept by 2 cooks who put their own weeknights on the shelf.
The South Korea shelf
What South Korea cooks when it is cooking for itself.
One catalog, seen from one kitchen. The shelf opens on what households here cooked this week and closes on what gets made in twenty minutes, because that is what a weeknight actually looks like.
Cooked most this week
Aehobak-guk (Clear Zucchini Soup)
Bossam (Boiled Pork Belly Wraps)
Dakgalbi Spicy Chicken Stir-Fry
Dubu Doenjang-guk with Rice (Tofu Soybean Paste Soup Rice Bowl)
Dubu-kimchi (Tofu with Stir-Fried Kimchi and Pork)
Godeungeo-gui (Salt-Grilled Mackerel)
Gyeran-bokkeumbap (Egg Fried Rice)
Gyeran-guk (Egg Drop Soup)
Gyeranmari with Rice (Rolled Omelette)
Hobak-bokkeum (Sauteed Zucchini)
Hobak-jeon (Zucchini Pancake)
Japgokbap (Multigrain Rice)
I grew up near the fish market in Busan. My kimchi jjigae is not fancy, just correct.
Breakfast, so nobody decides at dawn
Beef Radish Soup with Rice (Sogogi Muguk-bap)
Bukeoguk with Rice (Dried Pollock Soup Rice Bowl)
Dubu Doenjang-guk with Rice (Tofu Soybean Paste Soup Rice Bowl)
Gim-jaban-bap (Seaweed Rice)
Gyeranjjim-bap (Steamed Egg with Rice)
Gyeranmari with Rice (Rolled Omelette)
Janchi-guksu (Warm Anchovy Broth Noodle Soup)
Jangjorim-bap (Rice with Soy-Braised Beef and Egg)
Kimchi Breakfast Fried Rice
Kongnamul-gukbap (Soybean Sprout Rice Soup)
Miyeok-guk with Rice (Seaweed Soup Rice Bowl)
Nurungji (Scorched Rice Tea)
Lunch, without deciding twice
Aehobak-guk (Clear Zucchini Soup)
Baechu Doenjang-guk (Napa Cabbage Soybean Paste Soup)
Baechu Kimchi (Napa Cabbage Kimchi)
Bibim-guksu (Spicy Mixed Cold Noodles)
Boribap (Barley Rice)
Buchu Gyeran-guk (Garlic Chive Egg Soup)
Buchu-muchim (Seasoned Garlic Chives)
Budae-jjigae (Army Base Stew)
Bukeoguk (Dried Pollock Soup)
Chapssal-bap (Glutinous Rice)
Daegu-jorim (Braised Cod)
Dakdoritang (Spicy Braised Chicken and Potato Stew)
South Korea, dish of the day
Buchu Gyeran-guk (Garlic Chive Egg Soup)
Korean home cooking, and on the plate it is the soup.
Tonight's dinners
Aehobak-guk (Clear Zucchini Soup)
Baechu Doenjang-guk (Napa Cabbage Soybean Paste Soup)
Baechu Kimchi (Napa Cabbage Kimchi)
Beef Bibimbap
Beef Bulgogi
Bibim-guksu (Spicy Mixed Cold Noodles)
Boribap (Barley Rice)
Bossam (Boiled Pork Belly Wraps)
Buchu Gyeran-guk (Garlic Chive Egg Soup)
Buchu-muchim (Seasoned Garlic Chives)
Budae-jjigae (Army Base Stew)
Bukeoguk (Dried Pollock Soup)
Under thirty minutes
Aehobak-guk (Clear Zucchini Soup)
Baechu Doenjang-guk (Napa Cabbage Soybean Paste Soup)
Beef Bulgogi
Beef Radish Soup with Rice (Sogogi Muguk-bap)
Bibim-guksu (Spicy Mixed Cold Noodles)
Buchu Gyeran-guk (Garlic Chive Egg Soup)
Buchu-muchim (Seasoned Garlic Chives)
Budae-jjigae (Army Base Stew)
Bukeoguk (Dried Pollock Soup)
Bukeoguk with Rice (Dried Pollock Soup Rice Bowl)
Chicken Bulgogi
Daegu-jorim (Braised Cod)
Or start from the recipes
Plan a week from South Korea
Dinejot builds the week around this kitchen: the same spice tolerance, the same effort on a Wednesday, and the things nobody at your table will eat, left out by construction.