Bokkeum

Bokkeum (Korean: 볶음) is a category of stir-fried dishes in Korean cuisine.^[1]

Bokkeum

Ojingeo-bokkeum (stir-fried squid)
Type	Stir-fry
Place of origin	Korea
Associated cuisine	Korean cuisine
Media: Bokkeum

Korean name
Hangul	볶음
Revised Romanization	bokkeum
McCune–Reischauer	pokkŭm
IPA	[po.k͈ɯm]

Etymology

Bokkeum (볶음) is a verbal noun derived from the Korean verb bokkda (볶다), meaning "to cook food or food ingredients with little or a small amount of liquid by stir-frying over heat".^[2]

Varieties

There are dry bokkeum varieties and wet (or moist) bokkeum varieties.^[3]

Dry

• bokkeum-bap (볶음밥) – fried rice
• dak-ttongjip (닭똥집) – stir-fried chicken gizzards
• gamja-chae-bokkeum (감자채볶음) – stir-fried julienned potatoes
• japchae (잡채) – stir-fried glass noodles
• myeolchi-bokkeum (멸치볶음) – stir-fried anchovies
• ojingeo-chae-bokkeum (오징어채볶음) – stir-fried dried shredded squid

Wet

• dak-galbi (닭갈비) – stir-fried chicken
• jeyuk-bokkeum (제육볶음) – stir-fried pork
• nakji-bokkeum (낙지볶음) – stir-fried long arm octopus
• songi-bokkeum (송이볶음) – stir-fried matsutake
• tteok-bokki (떡볶이) – stir-fried rice cakes
• kimchi-bokkeum (김치볶음) – stir-fried Kimchi
• soseji yachae bokk-eum(소세지야채볶음) - stir fried sausage vegetable

Gallery

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  Aehobak-bokkeum (stir-fried Korean zucchini)
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  Eomuk-bokkeum (stir-fried fishcakes)
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  Goguma-julgi-bokkeum (stir-fried sweet potato stems)
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  Gomjangeo-bokkeum (stir-fried hagfish)
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  Jeyuk-bokkeum (stir-fried pork)
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  Jukkumi-bokkeum (stir-fried webfoot octopus)
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  Maneul-jong-bokkeum (stir-fried garlic scapes)
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  Myeolchi-bokkeum (stir-fried anchovies)
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  Nakji-bokkeum (stir-fried long arm octopus)
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  Ojingeo-bokkeum (stir-fried squid)
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  Pyogo-bokkeum (stir-fried shiitake)

See also

• Banchan

References

1. "The general kinds of Korean Food". Korea Tourism Organization. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
2. "bokkda" 볶다. Standard Korean Language Dictionary (in Korean). National Institute of Korean Language. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
3. 이, 효지. "bokkeum" 볶음. Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Academy of Korean Studies. Retrieved 27 May 2017.