Are you learning Korean and love cooking? Whether you’re following a Korean recipe, watching K-cooking shows, or chatting with Korean friends about food, mastering essential Korean cooking vocabulary is a must!
In this post, you’ll learn 80+ useful Korean words and expressions related to cooking, kitchen tools, ingredients, and step-by-step cooking instructions. Bookmark this list to spice up your Korean vocabulary and take your fluency to the next level!
๐ช Kitchen Tools in Korean
Korean | Pronunciation | English |
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์ฃผ๋ฐฉ | ju-bang | Kitchen |
๋๋น | naem-bi | Pot |
ํ๋ผ์ดํฌ | peu-ra-i-paen | Frying pan |
์นผ | kal | Knife |
๋๋ง | do-ma | Cutting board |
๊ตญ์ | guk-ja | Ladle |
์๊ฐ๋ฝ | sut-ga-rak | Spoon |
์ ๊ฐ๋ฝ | jeot-ga-rak | Chopsticks |
ํฌํฌ | po-keu | Fork |
์ ์ | jeop-si | Plate |
๊ทธ๋ฆ | geu-reut | Bowl |
์ปต | keop | Cup |
์ฒด | che | Sieve / strainer |
๊ฑฐํ๊ธฐ | geo-pum-gi | Whisk |
๊ณ๋์ปต | gye-ryang-keop | Measuring cup |
๊ณ๋์คํผ | gye-ryang-seu-pun | Measuring spoon |
์ค๋ธ | o-beun | Oven |
์ ์๋ ์ธ์ง | jeon-ja-re-in-ji | Microwave |
๋ฐฅ์ฅ | bap-sot | Rice cooker |
๐ฅฌ Common Ingredients in Korean Cooking
Korean | Pronunciation | English |
---|---|---|
์ | ssal | Rice (uncooked) |
๋ฐฅ | bap | Cooked rice |
๊ณ ๊ธฐ | go-gi | Meat |
๋ผ์ง๊ณ ๊ธฐ | dwae-ji-go-gi | Pork |
์๊ณ ๊ธฐ | so-go-gi | Beef |
๋ญ๊ณ ๊ธฐ | dak-go-gi | Chicken |
์์ | saeng-seon | Fish |
๊ณ๋ / ๋ฌ๊ฑ | gye-ran / dal-gyal | Egg |
์ผ์ฑ | ya-chae | Vegetables |
์ํ | yang-pa | Onion |
๋ง๋ | ma-neul | Garlic |
๊ณ ์ถ | go-chu | Chili pepper |
๊ณ ์ถ์ฅ | go-chu-jang | Red pepper paste |
๋์ฅ | doen-jang | Soybean paste |
๊ฐ์ฅ | gan-jang | Soy sauce |
์ฐธ๊ธฐ๋ฆ | cham-gi-reum | Sesame oil |
์์ฉ์ | sik-yong-yu | Cooking oil |
์๊ธ | so-geum | Salt |
์คํ | seol-tang | Sugar |
๋ฐ๊ฐ๋ฃจ | mil-ga-ru | Flour |
ํ์ถ | hu-chu | Black pepper |
๋ฌผ | mul | Water |
๐ฒ Korean Cooking Verbs & Actions
Korean | Pronunciation | English |
---|---|---|
์๋ฆฌํ๋ค | yo-ri-ha-da | To cook |
๋์ด๋ค | kkeul-i-da | To boil |
๋ณถ๋ค | bok-tta | To stir-fry |
๊ตฝ๋ค | gup-da | To grill / bake |
ํ๊ธฐ๋ค | twi-gi-da | To deep-fry |
์ฐ๋ค | jji-da | To steam |
์ถ๋ค | salm-tta | To boil (food) |
์ฐ๋ค | sseol-da | To chop / slice |
์๋ฅด๋ค | ja-reu-da | To cut |
์๋ค | seok-tta | To mix |
์ ๋ค | jeot-da | To stir |
๋ถ๋ค | but-da | To pour |
์ฌ๋ค | jae-da | To measure |
๋ฃ๋ค | neot-da | To add / put in |
๋ฐ์ฐ๋ค | de-u-da | To heat up |
์ํ๋ค | sik-hi-da | To cool down |
๐ฃ๏ธ Useful Korean Cooking Phrases
Korean | Pronunciation | English |
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์๋ฆฌ๋ฅผ ์ข์ํด์. | yo-ri-reul jo-a-hae-yo | I like cooking. |
์๋ฆฌํ๋ ๋ฒ์ ๋ฐฐ์ฐ๊ณ ์์ด์. | yo-ri-ha-neun beop-eul bae-u-go i-sseo-yo | Iโm learning how to cook. |
์ด๊ฒ์ ์ด๋ป๊ฒ ๋ง๋ค์ด์? | i-geo-seun eo-tteo-ke man-deul-eo-yo? | How do you make this? |
๋ถ์ ์ฝํ๊ฒ ํด ์ฃผ์ธ์. | bul-eul yak-ha-ge hae ju-se-yo | Please turn the heat down. |
10๋ถ ๋์ ๋์ด์ธ์. | sip-bun dong-an kkeul-i-se-yo | Boil it for 10 minutes. |
์ฌ๋ฃ๋ฅผ ์์ด ์ฃผ์ธ์. | jae-ryo-reul seok-eo ju-se-yo | Please mix the ingredients. |
์คํ์ ์กฐ๊ธ ๋ฃ์ผ์ธ์. | seol-tang-eul jo-geum neo-eu-se-yo | Add a little sugar. |
๋ค ๋์ด์! | da dwae-sseo-yo! | Itโs done! |
๋ง์๊ฒ ๋์ธ์! | ma-sit-ge deu-se-yo! | Enjoy your meal! |
๐ฑ Bonus: Cooking in Korean Culture
Korean cooking often emphasizes balance of flavors (spicy, salty, sweet, sour) and ingredients are typically seasonal and fresh. Dishes are shared family-style with multiple side dishes (๋ฐ์ฐฌ ban-chan).
Some popular dishes you might try making include:
- ๊น์น์ฐ๊ฐ (kim-chi-jji-gae) โ Kimchi stew
- ๋ถ๊ณ ๊ธฐ (bul-go-gi) โ Marinated grilled beef
- ์ก์ฑ (jap-chae) โ Stir-fried glass noodles
- ๋น๋น๋ฐฅ (bi-bim-bap) โ Mixed rice with vegetables
๐ฏ Practice Time!
Test your Korean food vocab skills!
1๏ธโฃ How do you say โfrying panโ in Korean?
2๏ธโฃ Whatโs the Korean word for โmixโ when cooking?
3๏ธโฃ How do you say โAdd garlicโ in Korean?
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