If you have been to SLS Korean cooking/ Cultural workshop which was held earlier this year, you might have heard of some Korean expressions talking about cooking. Since Korean foods have many steps to prepare ingredients prior to main cooking session, we need to know some essential expressions regarding the preparation stage as well as the main stages of cooking.

For BBQ, 굽다 is used as ‘grill/bake’. For example, “갈비를 구워 주세요 galbi reul gu wue ju se yo” means “Please grill some Galbi (i.e. beef rib)”.  For stir frying when you make some Korean side dishes, we say 볶다. If you want to say “Please stir fry this potato.”, you can say “이 감자를 볶아 주세요. I gamja reul bokka juseyo.”

Here are some important expressions regarding Korean cooking:

끓이다: to boil. When you make Korean soups.

부치다: to Pay fry. When you make Korean seafood pancakes.

삶다: to steam/ boil. When you make Korean Namul dishes.

절이다: to marinade vegetables. When you make Kimchi, it’s essential.

 

Ashley Jang (Korean teacher)