Korean Dipping Sauces - 24, Thrusday

Talk about some typical dipping sauces in Korea.

There are various dipping sauces in Korean cuisine. .Soy sauce is one of the most common. Usually, people mix it with vinegar to their tastes. Sometimes, they add thinly sliced vegetables to add flavor. Soy sauce and vinegar is often used as a dipping sauce for greasy foods like pot stickers of fried foods. You can also give soy sauce a kick by adding wasabi. This is usually eaten with hoe, or raw fish. There are also dipping sauces made with bean paste or chili paste. Ssamjang, which is good for dipping meat, is usually made by combining bean paste and chili paste with a dollop of minced garlic and sesame oil. Another sauce is made by mixing chili paste with vinegar and an assortment of other ingredients. It's just the thing for dipping seafood in. Salted and fermented shrimp is also used as a dipping sauce. It's usually paired with pork dishes like pig trotters or boiled pork. Finally, salt and pepper can be mixed with sesame oil. This is usually eaten with grilled beef. 

Key Vocabulary & Expressions

• Korean cuisine 한식
• to one's taste ~의 기호에 맞게 
• thinly sliced 얇게 썬
• add flavor 풍미를 더하다
• greasy foods 기름진 음식
• pot sticker 군만두
• give something a kick 매운 맛/알싸함을 더하다
• bean paste 된장
• chili paste 고추장
• a dollop of ~ 한 덩어리, 큰 숟가락
• minced garlic 다진 마늘
• sesame oil 참기름
• an assortment of 다양한
• just the thing 딱 적절한 것 
• salted and fermented shrimp 새우젓
• pair with ~을 곁들이다
• pig trotters 족발
• grilled beef 소고기 구이

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