Delicious Korean Food | BTS' favorite food

As a country with 5,000 years of history, Korea has a diverse food culture. Most Korean food is used as a side dish for meals and as a side dish for drinking. Therefore, various recipes and ingredients are developed to relieve the feeling of eating the same food over and over again at repeated meals and frequent drinking parties.

Staple foods | 주식

밥 | Rice

Traditionally, Koreans ate rice as a meal, but as it has recently been pointed out as a cause of diabetes, people tend to prefer multi-grain rice using barley, millet, and soybeans, which have a low blood sugar rise.

ssalbab

<쌀밥>

Rice

jabgogbab

<잡곡밥>

Multigrain rice

chabssalbab

<찹쌀밥>

Sticky rice

국밥 | Soup Rice

Gukbap (hot soup with rice) is a popular Korean meal in which rice is mixed with plenty of broth to submerge. The most popular are beef soup and pork soup.In most cases, rice and soup are cooked separately, but for 'Bean sprout soup', bean sprouts and rice are boiled together in seasoned water.

hanugugbab

<한우국밥>

Korean beef soup

kongnamulgugbab

<콩나물국밥>

Bean sprout soup

dwaejigugbab

<돼지국밥>

Pork soup

국수 | Noodle

Gugsu is a meal made using thin noodles made from wheat, buckwheat, rice, potato, and other grain flours. There are two cooking methods: the noodles are cooked in boiling water and then scooped out and mixed in a broth made from various ingredients, or boiled with various vegetables, seafood and ingredients. It is classified as Kalguksu, Janchigugsu, Naenggugsu, Yuggugsu, etc. It is called wheat noodles, rice noodles, buckwheat noodles, and potato noodles depending on the ingredients used. It is a typical Korean meal eaten instead of rice for lunch and dinner.

kalgugsu

<칼국수>

Kalgugsu

mulgugsu

<냉국수>

Cold noodles

yugugsu

<육국수>

Beef noodles

기타식사 | other Meals

<Bibimbap> is a Korean meal made with rice and various vegetables mixed with minced meat, red pepper paste and soy sauce.

<Chabssalsujebi> is a traditional meal replacement in Korea. It is a dish made by kneading glutinous rice like small bird eggs and simmered with seaweed.

<Tteokguk> is a traditional Korean food. Cooked and kneaded rice flour is put into a mold, pulled out in a hose shape (rice cakes), dried, then sliced into thin slices of a certain thickness, boiled in a soup, and served with meat, eggs, etc. as a garnish. In Korea, rice cake soup is always eaten on New Year's Day and New Year's holidays.

bibimbab

<비빔밥>

Bibimbap

sujebi

<수제비>

Sujebi

tteoggug

<떡국>

Rice cake soup

patjug

<팥죽>

Red bean porridge

samgyetang

<삼계탕>

Samgyetang

yachaejug

<야채죽>

Vegetable porridge

Side dish | 반찬

There are side dishes such as salted fish, jaban, pickled vegetables, etc. that can be kept for a long time and can be easily served at any time, and there are soups, stews, and hotpot dishes.

Kimchi |김치

Kimchi is an essential and traditional Korean side dish that has been enjoyed by Koreans for hundreds of years. It is very beneficial to health because all kinds of vegetables are pickled by fermentation method. Unlike in the past, with the development of refrigeration technology, fresh kimchi can be eaten all year round. There are hundreds of types of kimchi made in fusion style.

Dry side dish |마른반찬

myeolchibokk-eum

<멸치볶음>

Stir-fried Anchovy

dubujolim

<두부조림>

Stewed Tofu

gimchi

<김치>

Kimchi

Soup |국

Soup is sometimes classified as ‘tang’ depending on the way and amount of soup is boiled. Meat, fish, vegetables, etc. are seasoned with a lot of water and boiled to make ‘soup’. On the other hand, if it is boiled for the purpose of using it for ancestral rites, it is called ‘tang’.

bog-eogug

<복어국>

Blowfish Soup

kongnamulgug

<콩나물국>

Bean sprout Soup

miyeoggug

<미역국>

Seaweed Soup

Stew |찌개

‘Jjigae’ is a side dish made with meat, vegetables, tofu, and other seasonings such as soy sauce, soybean paste, red pepper paste, and salted soup. ‘Hotpot’ refers to a dish made by boiling minced meat with seasonings, vegetables, mushrooms, seafood, etc.

dongtaejjigae

<동태찌개>

Pollock stew

doenjangjjigae

<된장찌개>

Soybean Paste Stew

bulgogijeongol

<불고기 전골>

Bulgogi Hot Pot

Set Meal | 정식

Snacks | 술안주

Koreans like alcohol as a nation that enjoys singing and dancing. Various foods and recipes suitable as a side dish with makgeolli and soju, the traditional Korean alcoholic beverages, have been developed.

<Steamed dishes> using octopus, octopus, angler, ribs and stingray are popular. It is called ‘jjim(찜)’ in Korean.

<Boiled dishes> using beef and pork are popular. In Korean, it is called ‘Suyug(수육)’.

<Grilled dishes> using beef ribs, pork ribs, and various fish are also famous. It is called ‘Gui(구이)’ in Korean.

<Sashimi> such as flatfish, flounder, and yellowtail is also popular. In Korean, it is called ‘Hoe(회)’.

BTS' favorite food

bibimgugsu

<비빔국수>

Bibim noodles

galbijjim

<갈비찜>

Galbijjim

jjajangmyeon

<짜장면>

Jajangmyeon

gimbab

<김빕>

Kimbap

gimchibokk-eumbab

<김치뽁음밥>

Kimchi Fried Rice

Tteokbokki

<떡뽁기>

Tteokbokki

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