Korean

 Korean Food

Introduction Generally Koreans enjoys spicy and hot food. They also enjoy sharing stews and soups from one big pot or meat from barbeques. Many of their food take time to make since they are fermented or pickled. Mainly they eat their meal with rice a soup and side dishes, which are called banchan; however, Korean cuisine also includes noodles and other types of food.

Meats: Beef, pork, and poultry Fish: Fish and seafood are popular since Korea is a peninsula Vegetables: Korea has a wide variety of vegetables. Also, there are several herbs that Koreans enjoy. Starches: Rice, noodles Desserts: Rice cakes Condiments/Spices: Soy sauce, Red pepper paste, Bean paste, sesame oil
 * Typical Foods[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Korean.food-Hanjungsik-01.jpg width="246" height="151" align="right" caption="A typical Korean meal"]]**


 * Famous** **Dishes**

Kimchi : pickled vegetables usually made with chili pepper, garlic, other vegetables. There are a wide variety of kimchi. Rice Cakes: They are generally made by pounding rice or glutinous rice. There are also a wide variety of rice cakes made differently with different ingredients.

Chooncheon chicken: It is a famous street food in Chooncheon in the Gangwon province. It is cooked by mixing chicken breasts with several vegetables with a special sauce on a big hot plate.

Kalguksu: This is a type of hand made noodle made by cutting up wheat flour and boiling it with broth made up of anchovies, shelfich or kelp. Then it is boiled with vegetables such as potatoes and zucchini. People typically eat Kalguksu in the summer.

Naengmyun : it is similar to makguksu, but it is made up with a different type of noodle. There are two main typed of it. One is mul naengmyun which is served with cool broth. Another is called bibim naengmyun and it is mixed noodles with a hot peper paste sause. Both are eaten during the summer and are served cold.

Mak gooksoo : also from Chooncheon, makguksu is a Korean buckwheat noodle mixed with a chilled broth. it is sometimes seasoned with hot pepper paste and white kimchi juice.



Bibimbap: It is a famous dish in Korea. It is mixed rice with different kinds of herbs and red pepper paste. It is also enjoyed with a fried egg and small pieces of meat.

Barbeques: Koreans enjoy eating meat on a hot grill with several people. They eat pork and beef either marinated or not. Famous parts enjoyed by koreans are pork belly (Samgyupsal) and ribs (Galbi)

Portuguese (red pepper) Japanese Chinese
 * Foreign Influences**

Ingredients: beef chuckroll (600g), onions(100g), mushrooms(50g), green onions(70g), soy sauce (77ml), rice wine(28ml), sugar(28g), sesame oil(14ml), black pepper(little), crushed garlic(28g), ginger juice (4ml), onion juice(28ml), pear juice(14ml)
 * Recipe** - Bulgogi

1) Drain the blood from the chuck rolls and tender it by mixing it with onion juice, pear juice, and rice wine, and leave it for an hour. 2) For the sauce, mix soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, black pepper, garlic, ginger juice, and a litte pear juice 3) Mix the sauce and the meat together 4) Cook the meat and sauce with the onions (cut) on a frying pan and when there is soup form the meat, add mushrooms green onions. 5) Cook until the meat and the mushrooms are well cooked (leave some soup) The end.