Vegetables 채소
Vegetables used every day in Korean cooking.
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1 / 25 Vegetables are at the heart of a Korean meal. Banchan, the small side dishes, are often seasoned vegetables such as spinach, bean sprouts and radish. Napa cabbage and radish are the main ingredients of kimchi, and in late autumn families gather for kimjang to make large amounts for the winter. You will also meet garlic, green onion and chili pepper in almost every recipe, along with perilla leaves, which are used to wrap rice and meat. This page covers the vegetables you will see in the supermarket and on restaurant menus. Knowing them helps with shopping, cooking from Korean recipes and ordering vegetarian-friendly food.
Read the label on a supermarket vegetable bag and match the Korean word with the picture. Shopping becomes real practice.
Word list
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- 배추baechu napa cabbage
- 무mu Korean radish
- 당근danggeun carrot
- 감자gamja potato
- 고구마goguma sweet potato
- 양파yangpa onion
- 파pa green onion / scallion
- 마늘maneul garlic
- 생강saenggang ginger
- 고추gochu chili pepper
- 오이oi cucumber
- 애호박aehobak Korean zucchini
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- 토마토tomato tomato
- 시금치sigeumchi spinach
- 콩나물kongnamul soybean sprouts
- 상추sangchu lettuce / leaf lettuce
- 깻잎kkaesip perilla leaf
- 가지gaji eggplant
- 호박hobak pumpkin / squash
- 버섯beoseot mushroom
- 옥수수oksusu corn
- 브로콜리beurokolli broccoli
- 파프리카papeurika bell pepper / paprika
- 도라지doraji bellflower root
- 우엉ueong burdock root
Ready-to-use sentence
- 채소는 어디에 있어요?Where are the vegetables?
- 이거 한 봉지 주세요.One bag of this, please.
- 고기 없이 주세요.Please make it without meat.
- 상추 더 주세요.More lettuce, please.
Frequently asked questions
What is the main vegetable in kimchi?
Napa cabbage, along with radish, green onion and garlic.
What do you wrap in perilla leaves?
Rice, grilled meat or kimchi; the leaves have a strong minty, herbal smell.
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