Exciting December!

This month: Soybean sprout soup with rice, Korean-style fresh oysters, and spicy stir fried pork! Let's get into December!  [View in browser](   [[]   Exciting December!  I roasted turkey on Thanksgiving Day this year instead of making Korean dishes. We had a great meal!  But of course I still served my aged kimchi because it paired with turkey very well! : )    [New Recipe: Soybean Sprout Soup with Rice](  [Kongnamul-gukbap 콩나물국밥]( Make your body and soul warm with kongnamul-gukbap! It's an easy to make, delicious, and hearty one bowl meal! It's also very inexpensive to make, just soybean sprouts, rice, fermented kimchi, and seasonings.   [Make Kongnamul-gukbap!](   [New Recipe: Seasoned Fresh Oysters](  [Gulmuchim 굴무침]( I'm showing how to make a Korean side dish called gulmuchim made with freshly shucked oysters. Freshly shucked oysters are so expensive, but it's a great addition to your family dish on holidays. You can also use cheaper, flash-frozen oysters. All details and how to are on my website!   [Make Gulmuchim](   [New Recipe: Spicy stir-fried pork](  [Dwaejigogi-bokkeum ë¼ì§€ê³ ê¸°ë³¶ìŒ]( I remade my spicy stir-fried pork recipe in HD. It's one of my most popular recipes because it's easy, fast, and delicious!   [Make Dwaejigogi-bokkeum!](   [Chaggi's Kongnamul-gukbap](  Once I posted the video recipe for kongnamul-gukbap, [Chagi made it for his Korean wife](! He earned more love from his wife! What a good husband he is!    [Joey's Spicy Stir-fried Pork](  [Joey DeFalco posted this photo]( on Facebook once I uploaded my stir-fried pork video. On the left is the finished dish, on the right is a lettuce wrap with rice and a piece of cooked meat and a piece of sliced green chili pepper. That's exactly how I eat it!  By the way, even the rice under the meat looks nice and firm and chewy. Even rice is well-made!   [Make Stir-fried Pork!](   [Rice Cakes from @EatYourYachaes](  [This rice cake photo on Twitter]( made me so happy because it's such a good looking [garaetteok](!   [How to make long, cylinder-shaped rice cakes](   Homemade Twisted Doughnuts Make Everybody Happy!  [Jia Ying Tan posted this on Facebook](. She made [kkwabaegi]( and she took this photo just before her children are going to eat it. Aren't they cute? No wonder they're smiling, they're going to eat mom's best kkwabaegi in a minute!   [Make kkwabaegi](   [Kimchi-making tips from Leaf T](  My reader Leaf T from Sydney Australia left some [great advice on my website for people making kimchi for the first time](:  I made my first Kimchi on Saturday 18th November. I bungled the recipe and used too much salt on the leaves. Luckily, extra and thorough rinsing seems to have fixed that issue, as well as adding an additional grated carrot. One week later and the results are a cause for celebration. Magnificent!  Things I'll be mindful of next time and what little advice I have for first timers…  Don't have [Traditional kimchi]( and [Easy kimchi]( recipes open at the same time :-) (reason for over salting)  Follow the recipe closely (at least the first time) and watch the video a couple of times. There's a lot communicated both visually and spoken. Maangchi is an excellent teacher.  Be patient. It tastes nice on day one but the transformation after leaving it in the fridge for 7 days was such an improvement. It's like all the ingredients have mellowed into a new single flavour with a surprising amount of umami. It's almost cheeselike in aftertaste.  I used Thai glutinous rice flour from an Asian grocer, it's the same as [sweet rice flour]( apparently.  The weather was in the mid 20°C when I was making it and a bit humid. I left the containers out overnight for about 26 hours and then into fridge the next afternoon. For several days there were no bubbles and I was starting to lose faith. But now, with a little patience I am the proud father of my over-achieving Kimchi!    [Meagan's Super-Cheesy Cheese Buldak](  [Megan on Twitter](: "Used the chicken breasts from yesterday to make @maangchi's Cheese Buldak for dinner tonight :) That cheese pull though..."   [Make cheese buldak today!](   [Korean Bread Rolls by Sarahhh](  [Sarahhh on instagram made beautiful Korean bread rolls](!   [Make roll-ppang!](   [Heather and Her Friends Made this Amazing Korean Table](  [Heather posted this on Facebook and said](: "My friends and I worked together to cook this fantastic dinner! All of the recipes are yours!"  It looks like a lot of fun and a good party!    See you next year on January 1, 2018!  How was your 2017? My once a month letter to you is very important to me, because you guys are avid fans of Korean food. I'm posting all my best of best stories, recipes, and photos and interesting things from my other readers here. It's only sent 12 times a year, and all kinds of important things are in it, inlcuding my love to you!  Enjoy your December and the rest of this year, I will see you again in 2018 with more recipes, photos, and stories! - Maangchi    This email was sent to {EMAIL} You received this email because you are registered to get Maangchi's letter  [Unsubscribe here](  Sent by[SendinBlue](   © 2017 Maangchi Â