Best Korean Hot Pot Recipes

KOREAN HOT POT

Steps:

• To make the soup, place the broth, mushrooms and ginger in a large pot and simmer for 30 minutes. Strain. Stir in soy.
• At least 1 day ahead, toss the cabbage with the salt in a large bowl and let stand at room temperature for 3 hours. Rinse and firmly press out the liquid. Combine the ginger, garlic, 4 minced scallions, red chilies, fish sauce, water and soy and toss with the cabbage until well coated. Place in a tightly sealed container and refrigerate up to 5 days.
• For the cucumber salad, combine 1 scallion, jalapenos, vinegar, sesame oil, 1/4 teaspoon of salt and sesame seeds in a bowl, add the cucumbers and toss well. Set aside.
• Toss the rice with the chives. Place the kimchi, the cucumber salad, the rice, the scallions and the radish in separate bowls. Arrange the carpaccio on a plate. Ladle the soup into bowls. Serve, passing the condiments separately.

JONG-GOL KOREAN MUSHROOM AND BEEF HOT POT

Steps:

• Jong-Gol (Korean Mushroom and Beef Hot Pot) Serves4 to 6 Active time:20 min Start to finish:45 min YEONG-SUN LEE February 2009 Watch a clip of this Diary of a Foodie episode and view its accompanying recipes. Plus, explore all episodes and more recipes from the show. 1lbbeef tenderloin 2tablespoonssoy sauce 2tablespoonsKorean rice wine or Shaoxing 2tablespoonssugar 1large garlic clove, minced 2lbmixed fresh mushrooms such as shiitake, enoki, oyster, and white 1bunch scallions, cut into 3-inch matchsticks 2large carrots, cut into 3-inch matchsticks 1large carrot, peeled and cut into 3- by 1/4-inch sticks 3(4- to 5-inch-long) fresh red chiles, seeded and thinly sliced on the diagonal 6 to 7cupswater Equipment: a flat-bottomed wok • Freeze beef 15 minutes to facilitate slicing thinly. Cut beef across the grain into very thin slices. Combine beef, soy sauce, rice wine, sugar, and garlic in a large bowl, tossing to coat. • Discard stems from shiitake mushrooms and slice caps 1/8 inch thick. Trim ends from enoki mushrooms. Trim ends from oyster and white mushrooms and slice 1/8 inch thick. • Arrange scallions, carrots, and mushrooms separately in bunches (like spokes of a wheel) in wok. Clear a space in center and spoon in beef with marinade, then scatter chiles over beef. Add enough water to just cover vegetables, being careful not to disturb the arrangement. • Bring to a boil on a portable burner (see cooks' note, below) on medium-high heat at the table. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, skimming any foam and stirring once or twice to break up any clumps of beef but being careful not to disturb vegetables, until beef is cooked through and mushrooms are tender, 5 to 7 minutes.

KOREAN HOT POT WITH DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Place the prepared ingredients in a large shallow pot. (FYI, I laid down onion and kimchi at the bottom of the pot, then arranged the remaining ingredients on top, in sections.) Boil the pot over medium high heat until rapidly boiling then reduce the heat to medium low to low. Start serving the dish as individual ingredients get ready. You may turn the heat off at any time. Serve with steamed rice.