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A Beginner's Guide to Korean Cooking

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if you have any questions, drop them below in the comments and I'll answer them! 🫶🏻 click here for more recipe driven video! https://youtu.be/hCU6nic60-Y?si=EPPxuTIElSKxyIcp 🍚 White Rice Method 1: Stovetop 1. Wash rice 4–6 times until the water runs mostly clear. 2. Drain and add water at 1:1.2 ratio (1 cup rice : 1.2 cups water). 3. Let it soak 20–30 minutes before cooking 4. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then cover with a tight lid. 5. Reduce heat to low and cook for 12–15 minutes. 6. Turn off heat, keep covered, and steam for 10 minutes before fluffing. Method 2: Pressure Cooker (Instant Pot style) 1. Wash rice as above. 2. Add 1:1 ratio (1 cup rice : 1 cup water). 3. Cook on High Pressure, 3 minutes. 4. Natural release for 10 minutes, then quick release. 5. Fluff and serve. Method 3: Rice Cooker 1. Wash rice. 2. Use the rice cooker’s internal water line for white rice (or follow 1:1.1–1.2 if no line). 3. Press “White Rice/Normal" and let it do its thing. 4. Once done, leave on keep warm for 10 minutes, then fluff. 🌾 Mixed Grain Rice (잡곡밥) Mixed grain rice usually includes short-grain white rice + brown rice, black rice, barley, millet, sorghum, beans, etc. Grains absorb water differently, so ratios & soaking matter more. Method 1: Stovetop 1. Wash white rice + grains separately. (I like 1:1 ratio) 2. Mix them, then soak together for at least 1–2 hours (or overnight for beans/barley). 3. Water ratio: 1:1.5–1.7 (1 cup rice + grains : \~1.5–1.7 cups water). 4. Bring to boil over medium-high, cover, reduce to low, and simmer 20–25 minutes. 5. Steam off-heat, covered, for 10 minutes. Method 2: Press Cooker 1. Wash and soak grains (1–2 hours recommended). 2. Add water at about 1:1.2–1.3 ratio. 3. Cook on High Pressure, 10 minutes. 4. Natural release for 15 minutes. 5. Fluff and serve. Method 3: Rice Cooker 1. Wash rice + grains, soak 1 hour (or use quick soak function if available). 2. Add water according to "Mixed Grain/Multigrain” line in your cooker. If none, go 1:1.3–1.5 ratio. 3. Select “Mixed Grain/Brown Rice” setting. 4. Let rest 10 minutes after cooking before fluffing. - SHOP MERCH @ https://doobymart.com Instagram @doobydobap Join my discord! 😈 https://discord.gg/doobyverse www.doobydobap.com for recipes & stories TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:34 The Structure of a Korean Meal 0:54 A one dish meal 1:02 Essential Seasonings & Condiments 1:08 Salt 1:52 Soy Sauce 2:53 Fermented soybean paste 3:20 Fermented red chili paste 3:46 ssamjang 4:10 Fish sauce 4:41 Salted Fermented Shrimp 5:15 Acid & Alcohol 5:22 Brown rice vinegar 5:42 Soju 6:13 Cooking Wine 6:28 Fat 6:31 Toasted Sesame Oil 7:07 Perilla Oil 7:31 Sweet 7:43 Green plum extract 8:31 Rice Malt Syrup 8:57 Corn Syrup 9:20 Sugar 9:37 Dry Spices 9:42 Red chili powder 10:37 Sesame Seeds 10:51 Essential Ingredients 11:00 Garlic 11:51 Ginger 11:59 Onion 12:04 Leek 12:12 Scallion 12:26 Chili Pepper (Green or Red) 12:32 Carrot 12:36 Eggplant 12:40 Potato 12:44 Korean Radish 13:02 Zucchini 13:07 Sprouted Soy Beans 13:23 Chinese chives 13:36 Core Categories of Korean Cooking 13:39 Carbs 13:48 Rice 14:00 White Rice 14:31 Multi-grain rice 15:09 Noodles 15:59 Korean Dumplings 16:02 Jeon 16:24 tteok 16:36 Side Dishes 16:40 Seasoned Vegetable Dishes 17:11 Base Banchan 17:22 Pickled and Fermented Dishes 17:33 Marinated in Soy Sauce 17:39 Vegetables Pickled in Soy Sauce, Vinegar or Chili paste 17:53 Fermented Vegetables, Most Famously Cabbage or Radish 18:13 Geotjeori 18:47 Soup Dishes 19:38 Street Food 19:46 Stir-fried rice cakes 20:01 Korean-style corn dog 20:10 Steamed Rice and Fillings rolled in seaweed 20:24 Korean Sweet Pancake 20:32 Fish-shaped pastry

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graciela_morales 3 weeks, 5 days ago

Love watching this, I learned so much. More videos like this please.

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sergioserna599 1 month ago

I feel like I'm learning so much English, history, cooking, traveling tips at same time from your videos. Great quality of contents. And you are so funny and knowledgeable😊

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wandamyst1 2 months, 2 weeks ago

What a fantastic video. Thank you!

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danieladams607 2 months, 4 weeks ago

I love your zany bright articulate presentation You make me hungry for Korean food!

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anastasiegermain638 3 months, 3 weeks ago

I love Korean food, dramas and now this Chanel 🥰❤️🫰🏽

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lucieadam19 3 months, 4 weeks ago

Hi, I'm a 42years old woman with no kids, my mum was always sick when i was growing up and my 10years older sister was cooking for our family of 5, my parents, and us the kids: 3girls. My sister was using cooking books and it was enough, but, i wish you were there when i was growing up, thank you for showing all your fantastic cooking they all look super yummy 😋

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thibaultpixel54 4 months ago

I just finished the best trip of my life in korea with my husband. We spent 9 days adventuring around Seoul, and now I need to convince him we need to go back and explore everything we missed, and other parts of your gorgeous country! I've been learning Korean on my own for about 5 years and had a love and interest in k-culture for about 7-8 years now. I work in the beauty industry so get to see a lot of trends come out if Korea. Korean ingredients and all sorts of korean products and information are becoming more and more available in my country every year now, which I am so excited about! We even have a few korean restaurants popping up in our city! I have tried making a few korean dishes at home over the years, Korean fried chicken, korean rice dogs, kimchi jigge, kimbap... I never make ramen without having kimchi with it at a minimum for toppings lol, and always have store bought kimchi in the fridge. I literally have to have a bite every day, even if I'm just walking by... I wanted to bring all the food from Korea back with me, but I knew that was impossible... and honestly I'm kind of depressed to be home in a way. So, I decided, I know some great channels to learn from, and my household will officially have "Korean" night every week! Going to start off making a meal of 부대찌개 on my portable induction stove, right in the middle of our table for my son (he didn't get to come with us so I wanted to re-create something at home I know he'd love). But it won't stop there.. I want to get into traditional Korean cooking, 국, 반찬, 찌개... and I want to learn to make all my own 김치! This video was a great base, I'm already planning my Korean cupboard in my pantry and my korean shelf on my fridge! With the guidance of your channel and others, I'll be able to bring a little Korea home with me, and maybe not miss it as badly as I do now. I have many ways to connect with k-culture from home until i can go and explore again. I swear I'm not a koreaboo... I just feel so drawn into the culture, the tastes, the sounds, the aesthetic, the richness in tradition and history. I'm from Canada, and didn't grow up in my family, so I don't really have much of a culture of my own... Canada's culture is so mixed that it isn't really a single culture, so sometimes i feel lost. But i found a passion for Korean culture that I want to continue to explore throughout my lifetime. There's my life story... but I'm excited for my cooking journey, and being fresh of the plane home and missing my trip already, your video spoke to me and hugged me. Thank you ❤ Not even sure you'll see this, but thank you.

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ayushman.chaudry 4 months ago

Just found your channel, and I have already started a list. first up, finding that gochujang pasta!

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keith_davis 5 months ago

This Chanel is GOLD. So used to single dish 10 minute videos with barley any info and here you have hour long video with 100 recipes, a lot of info about them and well edited videos. Really good

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caitlin_macdonald 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Thank you so much for this treasure trove of a information... i can watch this all day.

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laurencebailly256 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Awesome breakdown 💯 Content perfection ✨

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carol_atkinson 5 months, 4 weeks ago

I've been waiting for this video for something like 20 years

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robin_eaton 6 months ago

You definitely nailed this video!! Thank you for sharing the ingredients on flavour profiles with their respective storing methods. Thank you love love xx

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anel.valdez 6 months ago

That is an amazing vídeo wow. It covers so much while still explaining where it comes from and how it is used. I'm sold

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nicholas_marsh 6 months, 1 week ago

I ❤ that everyone I turn to your style of cooking freaks at first due to your amazing sense of humor. Sincere.

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charansarna117 6 months, 1 week ago

Watching your videos I can see Koreans are all about organization. I like that!

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maytemarroquín719 6 months, 1 week ago

I’m stunned by how much sense this makes now!

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thomastempest62 7 months ago

loved how it follows the Salt, Fat, Acid Heat format, easy to understand , combine and experiment with

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kevin.brown 7 months ago

I love this woman

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tony_johnson 7 months ago

Just stumbled into this channel. I'm obsessed already she's so pretty 😍