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This is the sweet potato fritter Korean snack shops serve alongside tteokbokki. The sweet potato is sliced evenly to about 0.5 cm. If even one thick round sneaks in, it is still hard inside when its coating turns golden. A little salt goes on once they come out of the oil.
Black rice soaked for an hour and cooked until the grains collapse blends with milk into a latte that goes down smoothly despite being made from grain. Any hard centers left in the rice stay gritty however long the blender runs. For a cold glass, chilled milk takes the place of ice so the drink does not thin out.
Pork skirt comes from the diaphragm. The coarse grain gives a firm chew, and the meat is cut across it. Browning tells you when to turn the pieces, not when they are done; that is decided by the center of the thickest piece reaching 63°C.
Bite-size chicken thigh gets a one-minute blanch in boiling water before the soup proper begins, and the broth stays clear despite the meat. The radish is sliced thin and flat, turning translucent in ten minutes, and the seasoning is soup soy sauce and salt, with no chili.
Little more than blanched soybean sprouts held together by a thin film of batter, this pancake comes out with nutty heads and stems that stay crunchy.
Boiled bracken goes in first and the hairtail pieces are laid over it without overlapping. The fish is never turned; spooning broth over it keeps the flesh from breaking. Only a shallow layer of broth is left at the end.
A few shallow cuts in each boiled egg let the soy sauce get past the slick white, which turns brown in the pot. The tofu and eggs keep for about five days in the fridge, and they are better after a day or two, once the seasoning has gone deeper.
Mustard greens (gat) carry a nose-tingling mustard bite that is harshest right after mixing and settles over 2 to 3 days of ripening into something rounder and tangier. This style comes from the southern Jeolla region and has a much sharper kick than napa cabbage kimchi.
Chewy canned whelk, slippery somyeon and crisp cucumber and onion all meet in one spicy-sour gochujang dressing, a classic drinking snack in Korea. A spoonful of the canning liquid stirred into the sauce deepens its savory base, while a quick rinse of the whelk itself tames the salt. Ice-cold water right after boiling keeps the noodles firm and bouncy once the dressing goes on.
Crisp blanched lotus root and chunky crab sit together in a yuja mayonnaise, two textures that stay distinct when each is handled gently. Yuja marmalade, made from a fragrant Korean citron, brings sweetness and a floral citrus note that lighten the mayonnaise, and a little lemon juice sharpens it further. Thin red onion spends a moment in cold water first so its bite does not drown out the yuja. The salad is piled onto baby greens and served cold.
This loaf starts the pound-cake way, with butter and sugar creamed first, before yuja preserve and poppy seeds go into the batter. Sliced once fully cool, each piece shows the tiny dark seeds dotted all through it.
Soy sauce does not cook the crab in ganjang gejang, which is why only crab sold for raw consumption belongs in this Korean soy-marinated dish. The brine, simmered with apple, ginger, whole garlic, and scallion, has to be chilled to 4°C or below all the way through before it is poured over the crabs; warm liquid changes the texture of the raw meat.
A heavy stone pot holds heat evenly, so the rice cooks glossy and plump while a toasted crust forms on the bottom. After the rice is gone, hot water poured over the crust makes sungnyung, a toasty rice-crust tea.
Ground perilla seeds are whisked into water ahead of time, and that perilla water goes in once the Korean zucchini (aehobak) and oyster mushrooms start releasing their juices. Stirred for a few minutes, it thickens until it stops running and simply coats the vegetables. Soup soy sauce does the seasoning.
Baked in a chrysanthemum-shaped mold, the shell comes out with raised petal ridges. It is a winter street snack like bungeoppang, but milk, egg and butter in the batter make it taste more of bread, with a smaller share of red bean paste. Vendors now also fill them with custard cream, chocolate or sweet potato paste.
Persimmons gone soft as jelly blend into something closer to jam than juice. An astringent variety that is not fully ripe leaves a dry, puckering feel in the mouth, and only completely soft fruit goes in.
Salted mackerel from a Korean market is already cured, which firms the flesh and means it needs no extra seasoning before it hits the pan. A quick rinse removes only the surface salt, whereas soaking washes out the seasoning and softens the flesh.
A whole chicken is simmered, its cooking water kept as the stock, and the meat shredded and tossed in chili oil with bracken and bean sprouts before going back in. It is yukgaejang, the spicy beef soup, built from a single chicken, so the broth and everything in it come from one pot.
Lotus root stays crisp even when fully cooked, and here a thin layer of seasoned ground beef is pressed onto each slice, giving one bite two very different textures. The slices go into the pan beef side down first, letting the meat set onto the root.
Well-aged kimchi brings a sharp sourness that plays against the oily white flesh of hairtail, so this fish stew tastes more tangy and spicy than fishy. A five-minute soak in lightly salted water, followed by a rinse, takes much of the strong smell out of the fish.
Firm tofu cut into thick slabs and steamed comes out with a slight spring on the outside and a silky center. The soy and gochugaru sauce, left to sit until the chili flakes swell and thicken it, is spooned onto the hot tofu and seeps into each cut face with salty, mild heat.
Swiss chard has two textures in one leaf: thick, crunchy stems and soft greens that wilt fast. The stems go into the brine first and the leaves join later; salted together, the leaves turn mushy before the stems are seasoned. Firm, thick-stemmed bunches keep their crunch longest after salting. The paste is built on cooled glutinous rice porridge with plum syrup for a soft sweetness, and half a day on the counter before chilling helps it ripen.
Thin somyeon in milky beef bone broth, the kind simmered for hours until opaque, picks up the broth's heavy, gelatinous body with every slurp. Store-bought gomtang broth works fine and saves a day of boiling bones. Seasoning stays at salt and black pepper so nothing interrupts the long-simmered flavor, and sliced green onion cuts through the richness. Squeezing the rinsed noodles dry keeps the broth from thinning, and already-cooked noodles only take a brief dip in the hot broth to warm through, because a long soak turns them soft. A few thin slices of boiled beef add lean, meaty chew against the rich soup, and bowls warmed in advance keep it hot after serving.
Sweet autumn persimmon and crisp blanched lotus root alternate in every bite of this salad. Crumbled feta brings a salty, tangy edge that makes the fruit taste sweeter, and a dressing of only lemon juice, olive oil and honey leaves the main ingredients uncovered.