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
Korean name
Hangul	볶음
RR	bokkeum
MR	pokkŭm
IPA	po.k͈ɯm
Media: Bokkeum

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
• odolppyeo-bokkeum – stir-fried pork cartilage

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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  Odolppyeo-bokkeum (stir-fried pork cartilage)
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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