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Know Your Dishes

15-min Lesson Goals

There are many types of dishes in Korea to suit all different tastes. Learn some of the different types here so you can confidently order food in Korea, knowing what they are!

  1. Learn 4 different types of Korean dishes, and
  2. Learn how to pronounce them

A Bit of a Lesson

  1. ๋ฐฅ (bab)

You might recognise this word to mean 'food' in general. That is because this is one dish that is never left out in Korean cuisine. Literally meaning 'cooked rice' or 'food', you will find it used in famous dishes like ๋น„๋น”๋ฐฅ (bi-bim-bap) and ๋ณถ์Œ๋ฐฅ (bok-keum-bap).

2. ๊ตญ (guk) / ํƒ• (tang)

๊ตญ or ํƒ• means 'soup'. Foods with these words in their name will have a lot of broth and less meat/vegetables. The rich broth is meant to be the main of the dish, and other ingredients should complement but not overpower the soup.

Types of ๊ตญ / ํƒ•

  • ๋ฏธ์—ญ๊ตญ
  • ํ•ด๋ฌผํƒ•

3. ์ฐŒ๊ฐœ (Jji-gae)

Imagine a ๊ตญ or ํƒ•, but with less broth and more meat and veggie ingredients. You've got yourself a ์ฐŒ๊ฐœ! With ์ฐŒ๊ฐœ, you will find a thicker broth that is richer in flavour and more solid ingredients that you can mix in with your ๋ฐฅ.

Types of ์ฐŒ๊ฐœ

  • ๊น€์น˜์ฐŒ๊ฐœ
  • ์ˆœ๋‘๋ถ€์ฐŒ๊ฐœ
  • ๋ถ€๋Œ€์ฐŒ๊ฐœ

4. ์ „๊ณจ (Jeon-gol)

Now, take out even more broth and put in more ingredients to the point where now the broth complements the main meat and veggie ingredients! This is what we call a ์ „๊ณจ. These dishes are typically cooked in more flat, wide pots so that the broth boils down faster.

Types of ์ „๊ณจ

  • ๋ถ€๋Œ€์ „๊ณจ
  • ๋ถˆ๊ณ ๊ธฐ์ „๊ณจ
  • ๋ฒ„์„ฏ์ „๊ณจ

 

Knowledge Check!

How do you pronounce ๋ฏธ์—ญ๊ตญ

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