Korean Food Made Simple - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Fish and Seafood
Executive Chef Judy Joo samples Korea's finest fish and seafood, from the biggest fish market in Seoul, Noranjin, to the remote clam tents near Busan. Back home, she shows us a delicate steamed ginger sea bass dish, a classic seafood pancake with scallops, Pajeon, and a fusion dish of spicy mussels.
Summer Flavors
Executive Chef Judy Joo shows us what Koreans love to eat during the heat of a Korean summer in the capital Seoul and on the beaches of Busan. Back home, she serves up her delicate chicken ginseng soup, Naeng-myung, ice cold buckwheat and sweet potato noodles and creamy red bean ice popsicles.
Fusion
Executive Chef Judy Joo guides through the new fusion food trends in Korea's capital Seoul from fried chicken to Korean Mexican tacos and cocktails. Back in her kitchen, she shares the best and Ultimate Fried chicken recipe, a dish of spicy pork tacos with gochujang ketchup and Kimchi mayo, and serves up the perfect end to a Korean meal, with a plum wine granita.
Street Food
Executive Chef Judy Joo samples Koreas best street food and visits the vibrant street markets of Seoul and Busan. Back home, she offers simple versions of classic streetfood dishes, Japchae Noodles with Prawns, Soy and Sesame Chicken skewers and Salty Caramel Hotteok pancakes.
Traditional Classics
Executive Chef Judy Joo introduces us to some of the most well-known traditional, classic Korean dishes of Bibimpap, tofu and Bossam, a pork dish. Back in her kitchen, putting her own twist on these family classics, she serves up an easy to make family-sized beef Bibimpap, a pan fried tofu salad, and a sticky and delicious twice-cooked pork belly Bossam.
Family
Executive Chef Judy Joo introduces us to her family for birthday celebrations, lunchbox designing and Kimchi making, as good Korean food is all about family and sharing. Back in her kitchen, she serves up her twist on simple and tasty family dishes. Beef Bulgogi with rice cakes, crabstick fritters and the perfect Kimchi fried rice.
Healthy Fast Food
Executive Chef Judy Joo explores the healthy fast food in Seoul on offer to busy commuters, from smartphone shopping to frozen yoghurt. Back home, she serves up a late night ramyun noodle dish, a sushi style crab Gimbap platter and Meaty mandu dumplings with a soy and sesame dipping sauce.
BBQ
Executive Chef Judy Joo guides us through Korea's world famous BBQ classic dishes with the help of K pop band, UKiss and her parents. At home, she cooks up Korean-American style BBQ chicken, grilled BBQ rib-eye beef served Korean style, and BBQ sides of Cucumber Kimchi and a simple crunchy radish pickle.
Soups and Stews
Executive Chef Judy Joo visits rural Korea and some of the many food festivals in the autumn, celebrating the harvest and Kimchi, and samples the soups and stews eaten in Korean homes this time of year. Vegetables are the only ingredient in an award winning restaurant run by a Buddhist monk in Seoul. At home, inspired by her travels, Judy makes a classic harvest stew, braised beef Kalbi Him, a Pork and Kimchi leftovers stew and her own favourite soft tofu and vegetable stew.
Pantry
Executive Chef Judy Joo introduces us to staples of the Korean pantry: chilli paste, rice and green tea visiting, a gochujang village, a rice harvest and tea plantations in rural Korea. Back home, she shows us how gochujang chilli paste adds heat to her Krazy Korean burger, cooks rice and grains the healthy and simple Korean way in her Five Grain rice with grilled squid, and adds green tea to home backing, with a Green tea chiffon cake.
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