요리하기 어휘 - Cooking Vocabulary
Hi there! I realize I haven’t posted any big vocabulary posts in a while, so I think it’s worth giving you guys a little break from grammar! Enjoy <3
Vocab // 어휘 [mostly korean foods]
- 음식 - food ~ 한식 - korean food [한국 + 음식]
- 고기 - meat ~ 물고기 - fish [lit. water meat] ** not the same as 해물 - seafood ** ~ 불고기 - korean marinated beef ~ 닭고기 - chicken ~ 소고기 - beef
- 소시지 - sausage
- 밥 - rice / meal ~ 볶음밥 - fried rice
- 국 // 탕 // 갱 - soup 1. 국 - side dish soup [example: 미역국 - seaweed soup! this is very popular at birthday celebrations] 2. 탕 // 갱 - full meal soup [example: 감자탕 - pork bone soup] ** you might get a side of 국물 [broth] with a main dish **
- 찌개 // 전골 - stew 1. 찌개 - thicker stew [example: 김치찌개 - kimchi stew] 2. 전골 - hotpot [example: 소고기전골 - vegetable and beef hotpot]
- 건더기 - ingredients in soup [like vegetables, meat, sauce] ** to help with understanding the difference between 국 and 찌개, you won’t get much 건더기 in a 국 like soup **
- 어묵 - fish cake
- 전 - korean pancake ~ 파전 - green onion korean pancake (my favourite)
- 떡볶이 - stir-fried rice cake
- 순대 - pork blood sausage
- 만두 - dumplings
- 김밥 - for lack of better words, korean styled sushi [lit. rice wrapped in seaweed - 김]
Verbs // 동사
- 요리하다 - to cook
- 다듬다 - to prepare
- 썰다 - to chop / cut
- 섞다 - to mix [not to be confused with 썩다 - to rot]
- 젓다 - to stir
- 반죽하다 - to knead dough
- 붓다 - to pour
- 까다 [벗기다] - to skin / peel [to peel / skin meat]
- 데우다 - to heat
- 태우다 - to burn
- 볶다 - to stir-fry
- 굽다 - to roast / grill
- 찌다 - to steam
- 식다 - to cool down
- 낳다 - to add
- 기름을 두르다 - to oil
- 간을 보다 - to taste test
- 끓다 - to boil
More Vocab // 더 어휘
- 오븐 - oven
- 칼 - knife
- 도마 - cutting board
- 냄비 - pot
- 프라이팬 - frypan
- 밥솥 - rice cooker
Example Sentences:
- 요즘 한식을 요리하고 싶어요 - these days, I want to cook korean food
- 10분 만두를 쪄요 - steam dumplings for 10 minutes
- 건더기를 김치찌개에 넣어요* - add the ingredients into the kimchi stew
- 어묵을 썰고 끓은 물에 넣어요* - slice the fish cake and add into boiling water
*you can pronounce 넣어요 like -> 너요
That’s it for this lesson today! I hope you enjoyed and you learned something! What’s your favourite Korean food?
Happy Learning :)
~ SK101