My Korean Kitchen Essential Tools

Discover my preferred kitchen tools as well as home appliances! I make use of a lot of these daily! ❤

Among one of the most regularly asked concerns by my viewers are what type of rice stove as well as frying pan do I make use of? As well as what brand names would certainly I suggest for those?

With Xmas coming close to, I believed I may share a few of my preferred kitchen tools I make use of daily in my kitchen, to ensure that you can utilize this details as your buying overview or, also much better, demand to your friends and family that you desire among these. Great concept?!

Out of interest, do you have any one of these tools in your house? If so, which one? Anyhow, I wish you discover this overview helpful!

1. Rice stove

Cuckoo IH Stress Rice Stove: This is my attractive rice stove made by Cuckoo. It is an induction home heating stress stove so it disperses the warmth equally as well as completely. I have actually had this (design number CRP-HYXB1010FB) because June 2013. I in fact bought it from Korea so I’m utilizing it with an Australian power adapter. I had actually had a various Cuckoo rice stove prior to this also. You can see the image from below.

I do not understand all the technological information yet what I understand is that my rice stove chefs one of the most scrumptious rice. It constantly offers me rice with ideal– wonderful, cosy as well as damp– appearance. It’s additionally extremely simple to tidy inside as well as outside. (It has an interior heavy steam cleansing feature so you can constantly maintain the rice stove tidy also inside!) It is additionally extremely tough, absolutely nothing like the inexpensive $10 rice stove you can purchase from a grocery store. I maintain my rice stove out completely on the kitchen bench as I utilize it daily (in some cases I utilize it two times a day!).

It talks 3 various languages– Korean, English as well as Chinese. (I establish my own to English to ensure that my hubby can prepare the rice also, which is rather convenient.) The “just drawback” I can consider is the cost. I assume I paid near USD $500 for this yet I consider it as a financial investment as it conserves my time as well as offers me continually excellent outcomes (as long as the water to rice proportion is right). It has lots of setups so you can not just prepare rice, yet you can additionally prepare rice gruel, cook cakes as well as do so a lot more. However I’m simply also hectic to make use of all the features it needs to use currently yet it’s all there! You can utilize it as an electrical stress stove also. I have actually heavy steam prepared beef meals with this prior to.

Cuckoo is without a doubt one of the most popular rice stove manufacturer in Korea. They appeared to launch a brand-new as well as boosted rice stove every 6 months, so you need to have the ability to obtain advanced designs currently.

2. Skillet/Wok

Lodge frying pan (10.25 inch & & 12 inch) with cover: These are my most likely to frying pans for my daily food preparation. (Generally I utilize them as my frying pan.) I enjoy making use of actors iron frying pans as they are inexpensive as well as simple to preserve. I additionally do assume food preferences much better although maybe a mental point! The only drawback to making use of an actors iron frying pan for me would certainly be the hefty weight contrasted to a non-stick frying pan yet I consider it as my arm bodybuilding possibility as I generally do not reach work out. lol FYI, I make use of these generally on my induction cooktop. You do not need to have a burner to make use of these ones! I have actually been utilizing them for over 2 years currently. Prior to these, I made use of to make use of non-stick frying pans as well as I obtained tired of tossing them away every couple of months when they obtained scraped. Currently I do not require to stress over tossing my cash away any longer!

Additionally when I got the frying pan I got the cover also. I really did not assume I would certainly utilize it much yet remarkably it is so convenient to have a cover that fits flawlessly onto a frying pan. It’s excellent for gently steaming throughout mix frying as well as quickening the food preparation. If I were to include a correct frying pan right into my kitchen device supply, I will certainly acquire a lodge frying pan as I enjoy their frying pans!

3. Braiser

Le Creuset Trademark Enameled Cast-Iron 3-1/2- Quart Round Braiser: This is my preferred braising frying pan. It warms up gradually as well as disperses the warmth equally. The food chefs well as well as maintains the wetness so well without over simmering the sauce. I utilized this pot in my most recent recipe book for the Spicy Braised Mackerel as well as Radish dish. It offered me continually superb outcomes. It’s additionally helpful for Korean design warm pot (e.g. budae jjigae (Korean military stew) as well as gamjatang (pork bone soup)).

4. Blade

Victorinox 7-Inch Granton Side Santoku Blade: I was presented to this santoku blade regarding 2 years back as well as I enjoy it since it fits my tiny hand extremely well. It’s additionally extremely functional as well as it reduces well obviously also! I in fact additionally have an extra costly brand name’s (Wusthof) santoku blade yet I favor making use of the Victorinox one for my food preparation. Food simply appears to cut far better as well as less complicated with it.

5. Mixer

Bamix Mono Hand Mixer: This set was a present from my hubby for mommy’s day. Prior to this I just had a stand alone kind mixer– Vitamix, which I additionally enjoy. But also for basic food preparation (e.g. making Korean barbeque sauce as well as Kimchi base) I desired a portable mixer as it functions far better than the stand alone kind with the food that has little fluid. My hubby selected this brand name since his granny as well as additionally his mother utilized it for years.

6. Mandoline slicer

Swissmar Borner V Power Mandoline, V-7000: I enjoy utilizing this borner mandoline slicer. It makes julienning a lot quicker as well as easier with minimal initiative! I had actually had various other Australian brand name mandolin slicers in the past yet they were truly helpless in efficiency, so I provided away to charity.

7. Kitchen range

Soehnle Tourist Attraction Specialist Kitchen Range: I enjoy gauging points. With this electronic kitchen range, I have the ability to gauge my food preparation active ingredients precisely. It can gauge weight as well as quantity. You can additionally gauge in grams or ounces.

8. Spatula

OXO Good Grips Huge Silicone Flexible Turner: I assume this is just one of the most effective spatulas I have actually attempted up until now (especially for non-stick frying pans) as well as it’s excellent when turning (Korean) pancakes. It’s adaptable as well as can sustain sensibly hefty pancakes such as Korean fish and shellfish pancakes (Haemul Pajeon).

9. Determining spoons

OXO Good Grips 6-Piece Measuring Spoon Establish : It is extremely convenient to have 6 various dimension gauging spoons. I especially enjoy having 1/2 Tablespoon as well as 1/8 tsp. I make use of every one of them constantly. They are dish washer secure also. Though when I make use of these for Gochujang (Korean chili paste) or Kimchi I wash them quickly after usage as they can discolor the spoon. You can additionally obtain these in black from Amazon.com.

10. Blending dish

IKEA Blanda Space Portion Dish: These are made with stainless-steel as well as are tough as well as extremely convenient to have. I have a number of these blending bowls in various dimensions. I make use of 11 inch (28cm) bowls a whole lot for making tiny sets of Kimchi as well as marinading Korean barbeque meat.