Main ingredient

Korean pork dishes

Dishes where pork is a main ingredient, from grilled pork belly and boiled pork wraps to dumplings, blood sausage and pork stews.

김치찌개 Kimchijjigae

A bubbling stew of aged kimchi, pork and tofu, eaten with rice.

Spice: Medium

Dumplings

Dumplings in thin wheat wrappers, filled with minced pork, tofu and vegetables, eaten steamed, pan-fried or in soup.

Spice: Not spicy

Thick slices of pork belly you grill at the table and wrap in lettuce.

Spice: Not spicy

Pig intestines filled with glass noodles and pig blood, sliced and eaten warm with salt or a dip.

Spice: Not spicy

A pork bone soup filled with sliced blood sausage and pork offal, eaten with rice as a full meal.

Spice: Mild

Fried

A Korean-Chinese dish of battered, deep-fried pork pieces with a sweet and sour sauce, shared at the table.

Spice: Not spicy