Banchan
Banchan (hangul:반찬; hanja: 飯饌, also spelled panchan), refers to small side-dishes served along with cooked rice in Korean cuisine. This word is used both in the singular and plural. The most famous banchan is kimchi.
Banchan are set in the middle of the table to be shared. At the center of the table is the main course, such as kalbi or bulgogi, and sometimes a shared pot of stew. A bowl of cooked rice and soup are set individually. Banchan are served in small portions, meant to be finished at each meal. They can be replenished during the meal as they are finished. More formal meals have more banchan.
Varieties
- Kimchi is fermented vegetables, usually napa cabbage, seasoned with chili peppers and salt. This is the essential banchan of a standard Korean meal. Some Koreans do not consider a meal complete without kimchi.
- Nabakgimchi (나박김치) - the same cabbage, but firmer and less spicy and floating in pink water.
- Dongchimi (동치미) - various vegetables in white water. Kimchis like nabakgimchi and dongchimi are called mulgimchi (물김치), literally "water kimchi."
- Kkakdugi (깍두기) - blocks of mu (daikon) in red chili seasoning.
- Oi sobak-i (오이 소박이) - cucumbers that have been stuffed and pickled in the same spicy seasoning.
- Namul (나물) is steamed, marinated, or stir-fried vegetables usually seasoned with some of these following ingredients such as sesame oil, salt, vinegar, minced garlic, chopped green onions, dried chilli peppers, and soy sauce.
- Kongnamul (콩나물) - cold bean sprouts with sesame oil.
- Sigeumchi-namul (시금치나물) - slightly boiled spinach dressed with sesame oil, garlic, and soy sauce
- Miyeok-muchim (미역무침) - miyeok (wakame, a seaweed) with sweet vinegar and salt.
- Mu-saengchae/Mu-chae (무생채/무채) - "noodles" of white radish in a sweet vinegar sauce, sometimes with ground dried chilli peppers.
- Gosari-namul (고사리나물) - prepared fern shoots that have been stir-fried
- Jorim - simmered foods
- Dubu-jorim (두부조림) - tofu simmered in soy sauce, a little bit of sesame oil, minced garlic, and chopped green onion.
- Jang-jorim (장조림) - beef (the heart is commonly used) simmered in soy sauce, optionally with hard-boiled eggs or hard-boiled quail eggs
- Jjim - steamed foods
- Gyeran-jjim (계란찜) - eggs that have been cracked, mixed, seasoned, and steamed in a container, eaten with a spoon
- Jeon (pan-fried dishes)
- Pajeon (파전) - thin, usually lukewarm pancakes with green onion. Can also be made with just eggs and green onions.
- Japchae (잡채) - translucent yam noodles accampanied with a variety of vegetable and beef in a slightly-sweet garlic sauce.
- Korean-style potato salad (감자 샐러드) with apples and carrots
- Gakdugi- fermented radish
See also
Wiktionary: 반찬 – Bedeutungserklärungen, Wortherkunft, Synonyme, Übersetzungen
Commons: Banchan – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien
