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Table 1 Categories of elements which are constructing in Korean diet (Korean bapsang) (Fig. 2), and representative Korean foods (K-food)

From: Namul, the driving force behind health and high vegetable consumption in Korea

Category

Sub-category

Representative Korean foods (K-food)

Bap (main dish)

Bap

Ssalbap (white rice, brown rice, black rice), boribap, kongbap, okokbap (five-grain rice), nurungji

Juk

Juk(rice juk), pumpkin juk, abalone juk, mungbean juk, red-bean juk

One-bowl foods

Bibimbap, theokmandutkuk (theok-kuk, mandutkuk), kuk-bap, kuksu (naengmyeon, kalkuksu, kongkuksu, kuksujangkuk)

Kuk/Tang

Kuk/tang

Doenjang-kuk, bukeokuk, kongnamulkuk, miyok-kuk, beaf/radish-kuk, torankuk, sundaekuk, fish/maeuntang, Komtang (seollungtang, kalbitang), haemul-tang, samkye-tang, yukgaejang, choowotang, dakdori (chicken-dori)-tang

Chigae/Chonkol

Kimchi-chigae, doenjangchigae, cheongkukjangchigae, sundubuchigae, oigamjeong

Banchan

Kimchi

Baechukimchi (bossamkimchi), kkakdugi, oisobagi, chonggakkimchi, mulkimchi (dongchimi, nabakkimchi), yeolmukimchi, gatkimchi

Namul

Saengchae

Saengchae (radish, cucumber), juksunkyeojachae, buchumuchim, dalraemuchim, miyokmuchim, paraemuchim

Sukchae

Kong (soybean)-namul, sikeumchinamul, dorajinamul, kosarinamul, beoseotnamul, aehobaknamul, gajinamul, chwinamul, naenginamul, gondrenamul, meowideulkkaejeuptang, japchae, tangpyeongchae (mukmuchim), gujeolpan

Banchan

Chim

Kalbichim, suyuk, saengseonchim, sundae, kaetnipchim

Gui

Kimgui, saengseongui, kalbi, bulgoki, samkyopsal, teok-kalbi, bukeogui, deodeokgui, borigulbi

Jorim

Saengseonjorim, soegokijangjorim, kongjaban, yeongeunjorim, dubujorim

Jeolim

Jangat-ji

Bokeum

Myeolchibokeum, ojingobokeum, jeyukbokeum, theokboki, oibokeum (oibaetduri)

Jeon

Saengseonjeon, chaesonjeon (squash, eggplant, burdock, shiitake), hwayangjeok (pasanjeok), pajeon, haemulpajeon, nokdubindaeteok, buchujeon, dubumuchim, yukjeon

Hoe

Saengseonhoe, hongeohoe, kanghoe (green onions, water parsley), dureupsukhoe

Dried Banchan

Bukak, ssam (loose leaf lettuce, perilla leaf, crown daisy)

Jang/Yangnyom

Jang

Jang (Doenjang, cheongkukjang, Kochujang, Kanjang)

Yangnyom

Yangnyom (green onion, onion, chili, ginger), oil (sesame oil, perilla oil)

Jeotgal

Jeotgal (shrimp, oyster, pollack roe), Kajamisikhae

Desserts

Theok, hankwa

Shaped theok (songpyeon), pounded theok (injeolmi), steamed theok (baekseolki, ssukseolki, sirutheok, jeungpyeon, yaksik), karae theok, pan-fried theok (hwajeon), boiled theok (gyeongdan), yakkwa

Drinks/beverages

Sikhye, sujeongkwa, omija-cha, hwachae, sungnyung