김치냉장고 Kimchi Fridge

Kimchi Fridge is widely used in Korea nowadays, it helps ferment fresh kimchi at the suitable temperature so that the seasonings can permeate thoroughly into the main kimchi ingredients. This helps preserve kimchi longer without its taste being spoiled.

Kimchi should be stored at a low temperature. Around 5 C is the suitable temperature to maintain the best taste of kimchi. Right after the kimchi is finished fermenting, it may be left at room temperature for one day, and then stored in the refrigerator for further fermentation.

Alternatively, it may be stored in a specialized kimchi refrigerator to keep the original taste, it is something that has become very popular in Korea recently.

오징어 덮밥‏ Stir-fried Octopus with Rice

오징어 덮밥‏ (O-Jing-O Top-pup) or Stir-fried Octopus with Rice is an easy to cook Korean dish. It can be made within a short time, which suit best for people who are busy and want to safe time cooking, but on the other hand want to find something delicious to eat. 오징어 덮밥‏ is definitely one of the first menus on the list for you!

To prepare for the cooking, you need octopus, chop it up into small pieces. Onions, carrot, spring onions, sugar, Korean chilli paste, Korean chilli powder, soy sauce, and sugar. After that you stir-fried the ingredients in the pan.

The taste of this dish is quite mild. This is because it is a bit sweet. However, it is also salty and hot. Depends mainly on the chilli paste and chilli powder you add into it.

순대볶음 Stir-fried Korean Pork Sausage

순대볶음 or Stir-fried Korean Pork Sausage is a mouth-watering Korean dish. There's even a building in Korea selling only 순대볶음. People, usually adults, would enjoy having it with Soju (Korean liquor) while chatting along with each other.

The ingredients are as follow:
Soon-dae (Korean Pork Sausage)
Cabbage
Pork Intestine
Carrot
Onion
Grinded Sesame Seed
Vermicelli Noodles
Korean Chilli Sauce
Genip (A greenish vegetable)

When you cook, put all the ingredients in a pan and cook it until it is all mixed. Add the chilli sauce as much as you like. However, the more spicy it is, the more delicious it would be.

Genip, a type of vegetable, is use to put into the dish because it helps in making the smell of the sausage disappear, so the taste will be more mild.

순대 Korean Pork Sausage

순대 (Soon-Dae) or Korean Pork Sausage is an all time favorite and popular appetizer. It is filled with both rice and vermicelli noodles, which are made form sweet potato. 순대 is a very common food in every Korean restaurants and also small vendors along the streets. Soon-Dae are served in soft, oval rolls.

Koreans, especially adults, love to have Soon-Dae with Soju or Korean liquor. And, there's also a seasoning that comes along with it, which is made up of salt, pepper, and chili power to add on some flavor to the sausage. Soon-Dae are usually eaten with side dish such as cubed radish kimchi, kaktugi.