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Belly-Warming Korean Winter Dishes.

Kimchi-Jjigae or Kimchi Stew

This meal is a delightful mix of cabbage kimchi, tofu, cellophane noodles, pork, and vegetables, with a dish of rice and perfect to recover cold.

Dolsot Bibimbap or Stone Bowl Mixed Rice

A raw egg is dropped on top and mixed together with the rice, vegetables, sauces, etc. This creates a kind of egg fried rice that is both delicious and healthy.

Dak-Galbi or Spicy Stir Fried Chicken

This dish combines marinated chicken with a bunch of vegetables, rice cake, chili paste sauce, and other spices. You can also add in noodles and cheese.

Kal-Guksu or Knife-Cut Noodle Soup

knife-cut noodles, are cut by hand and not spun. This gives the noodles a rich taste and make them the star of the dish. Extra ingredients might include shellfish, ground beef, chicken, some vegetables, or cilantro.

Budae-Jjigae or Army Stew

Budae-jjigae is spicy, delicious, warming and stuffed with things that aren’t very healthy, which makes it a great Korean winter food.

Jjamppong or Spicy Noodle Seafood Soup

Packed full of seafood and thick noodles in a steaming, spicy soup, jjamppong goes straight to your stomach and radiates heat all through your body.

Dakbal or Super Spicy Chicken Feet

This is a very popular dish with Koreans who want to go out, drink lots of beer and enjoy super spicy food

Mandu-Guk or Dumpling Soup

Koreans start the New Year with a bowl of mandu-guk, cementing its claim as a Korean winter food.

Samgyeopsal or Korean BBQ

Slices of pork belly fry on the blazing fires in front of you, whilst you patiently wait to pick them out, wrap them up with other ingredients, and stuff them in your mouth.

Juk or Korean Rice Porridge

Korean rice porridge is full of healthy ingredients in a range of varieties, from plain old rice porridge to chicken, red bean, shrimp, and even abalone porridge.