Korean Food is healthy, Filling, and delicious, and the perfect solution is East East Oriental Market and Tony’s K-Food.
(EastEastOrientalMarket) Korean Food – Korean cuisine has quickly become an international sensation. Not only is it nutritious, filling, and delicious, but its cooking releases remarkable aromas!
Contrasting with Western cuisine, which emphasizes an assortment of distinct tastes combined into an indistinguishable whole, Korean food emphasizes one flavor in particular—salt. This seasoning method, known as kan, comes from slow simmering meat.
Rice – Korean Food
Rice is one of the most frequently prepared household dishes. A staple for most population groups around the globe, this grain boasts many distinct varieties, each boasting unique textures, starch contents, flavors, and nutritional values. Rice is an easy and affordable staple food, available virtually everywhere. Versatile in its uses, rice boasts plenty of dietary fiber, vitamins, and minerals – including B vitamins and essential fatty acid omega-3. Rice contains phytochemicals called g-oryzanols and tocols with anticancer and hypocholesterolemic effects, making it one of the world’s most widely produced crops and consumed cereals. Produced in over 100 countries across every continent except Antarctica, rice is grown from sea level up to 3000 meters at tropical and subtropical altitudes worldwide. Over six centuries, production and trade have skyrocketed, now constituting over 60% of world cereal consumption.
Soup or stew – Korean Food
Soups and stews are among the easiest items to prepare at home, making Korean cuisine one of the easiest cuisines to master. They boast an array of seasonings such as soybean paste (doenjang), red pepper flakes, gochujang chili powder, chili powder, garlic, ginger, and cinnamon that create complex yet tantalizing dishes. Soups and stews are among the easiest dishes to make in an instant at home!
Sundubu Jjigae (sundubu jjigae, seafood/meat): this hearty stew, typically served family style, features pork or beef along with gochujang paste, rice cakes (dduk), ramen noodles, and vegetables for an unforgettable culinary experience. As an homage to American canned goods introduced during the Korean War, most Korean War celebrations include Spam and Vienna sausages as a sign-off. Haejangguk (haejanggug, pork spine stew) is another Korean classic dish used as an effective hangover cure, featuring dried cabbage leaves, meaty pork spine, coagulated ox blood, vegetables, and dried blood all combined into a beef broth base. It helps control excessive thirst and urination, increases yang energy, and warms the small intestines. Paired with pickled radish and daikon slices for maximum impact – the combination provides fermented vegetable twang with spicy red pepper flake heat and meaty umami flavors for an incredible experience!
Buy Korean groceries from East East Oriental Market or order online from Tony’s K-Food.