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Cooking Steps

After solving the exercises, actually cooking the dish together as a family makes even better training. For the ordering questions, just write the numbers in order (for example: 2-1-3).

These are everyday Korean home dishes. If they are unfamiliar, you can practice the same way with a dish your family cooks often.

Exercise 1

Boiled tofu (dubu-jorim)

  • Memory
  • Language
  • Executive function
Seasoned boiled tofu on a plate
Ingredients and directions (fold this up to hide it after reading)

[Ingredients]

  1. Tofu 1 block, salt, and pepper
  2. Marinade: soy sauce 6 tablespoons, sesame oil 1 teaspoon, crushed garlic 1 teaspoon, red pepper powder 1 teaspoon, ground sesame mixed with salt 1 teaspoon, and water ½ cup

[Directions]

  1. Slice a tofu block into proper sizes and season with salt and pepper.
  2. Fry the tofu slices in a greased pan.
  3. Pour the marinade on the fried tofu slices and boil them over medium heat.
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Ingredients: 1 block of tofu, salt, pepper, soy sauce, sesame oil, crushed garlic, red pepper powder, ground sesame mixed with salt, water
Directions: Slice the tofu and season with salt and pepper → fry in a greased pan → pour the marinade on and boil over medium heat.

Exercise 2

Write down numbers in the correct order to make stir-fried potatoes (gamja-bokkeum).

  • Memory
  • Language
  • Executive function
Stir-fried julienned potatoes on a plate
  1. 01. Fry the potato slices in a greased pan.
  2. 02. Rinse the salted potato slices with water and squeeze the water out.
  3. 03. Put salt onto the potato slices.
  4. 04. Slice potatoes into small pieces.
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4 → 3 → 2 → 1 (slice → salt → rinse and squeeze → fry)
Exercise 3

Write down numbers in the correct order to make bean sprout soup (kongnamul-guk).

  • Memory
  • Language
  • Executive function
Bean sprout soup in a bowl
  1. 01. Put bean sprouts and kelp broth in a pot and boil them.
  2. 02. Wash bean sprouts.
  3. 03. Put 2–3 pieces of kelp and water in a pot and boil them to make kelp broth.
  4. 04. Season with crushed garlic, green onions, and salt.
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2 → 3 → 1 → 4 (wash the bean sprouts → make the kelp broth → boil the sprouts in the broth → season). Making the broth first and then washing the sprouts (3 → 2 → 1 → 4) is also correct.
Exercise 4

Write down numbers in the correct order to make sea mustard soup (miyeok-guk).

  • Memory
  • Language
  • Executive function
Sea mustard soup in a bowl

Miyeok-guk is a Korean soup made with soft seaweed called sea mustard. It is traditionally eaten on birthdays.

  1. 01. Put the kelp broth and the roasted seaweed in a pot and boil them.
  2. 02. Soak dried seaweed in water until softened.
  3. 03. Put 2–3 pieces of kelp and water in a pot and boil them to make kelp broth.
  4. 04. Season with crushed garlic and soy sauce (2–3 tablespoons).
  5. 05. Roast the softened seaweed in a pan greased with perilla oil (1 tablespoon).
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2 → 5 → 3 → 1 → 4 (soak the seaweed → roast in perilla oil → make the kelp broth → boil the seaweed in the broth → season). You can also make the broth ahead of time, before roasting the seaweed.