ESSENTIAL Korean Cooking 30 INGREDIENTS

Dried Vegetables

1 Korean chili powder/Hot pepper flakes (Gochugaru: ) 18 Napa cabbage/ Chinese cabbage/ Wombok (Baechu: ) Fine chili powder for making gochujang 19 Perilla leaves (Gganip: ) Coarse chili powder for general cooking 2 Roasted sesame seeds (Bokken chamggae: ) 20 Garlic (Manul: )

3 Ground black pepper (Huchu: ) 21 Ginger (Saenggang: )

4 Salt (Sogum: ) 22 Green onion/scallion/shallots/spring onion (Pa: ) Fine sea salt for general cooking Coarse salt for making Kimchi 23 Korean radish/Daikon radish/White radish (Mu: ) 5 Sugar (Sultang: )

Liquid From the Sea

24 6 Soy sauce (Ganjang: ) Sea kelp (Dashima: ) Soy sauce for general cooking 25 Brown seaweed (Miyeok: ) Soy sauce for making Korean soup 7 Rice wine/cooking wine (Mirim: ) 26 Dried anchovy (Marun Myeolchi: ) Small to medium anchovy for making side dishes 8 Korean fish sauce (Aecjeot: ) Large anchovy for making soup stock 9 Korean malt syrup/rice syrup/corn syrup (Mulyeot: ) 27 Seaweed (Gim: ) Seasoned seaweed as a side dish 10 Sesame oil (Chamgireum: ) Non-seasoned seaweed for making Kimbap (Korean rice rolls) 28 Korean fish cakes (Eomuk: ) 11 Wild sesame oil (aka Perilla oil – Dulgireum: )

Paste Meat

12 Korean chili paste/Hot pepper paste (Gochujang: ) 29 Korean pork belly (Samgyeopsal: )

13 Soybean paste (Doenjang: ) 30 Sirloin (Deungshim: ) or Tenderloin (Anshim: )

14 Korean spicy dipping sauce (Ssamjang: )

15 Korean black bean paste sauce (Chunjang: )

Grains & Noodles Additional Items

16 Short grain white rice (Ssal: )

17 Sweet potato noodles/Korean glass noodles (Dangmyeon: )

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