Easy Korean side dish made with potatoes and a few basic ingredients!
Recipe by Hyosun on August 6, 2020
Prep time: PT10M
Cook time: PT15M
Total time: PT30M
Rating
4.61 stars (185 reviews)
Keywords
banchan, braised, gamja, potatoes, side dish, soy sauce
Ingredients
1.5 pounds potatoes (about 3 medium size)
1 carrot (about 3 ounces) (See note 1)
2 to 3 green chili peppers (or 1/2 green bell pepper)
1/4 medium onion
1 tablespoon cooking oil
3 tablespoons soy sauce ((or 2 T soy sauce and 1 T gochujang) See note 2)
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon rice wine (or mirin) (You can omit it if unavailable)
1 tablespoon corn syrup (or oilgodang) (Or use 1 tablespoon more sugar)
1 teaspoon minced garlic
pinch black pepper
3/4 cup water
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1/2 teaspoon roasted sesame seeds
Categories
Side Dish
Cuisine
Korean
Steps
Peel and cut potatoes into about 1-inch cubes. Cut the carrot, peppers, and onion into big chunks.
In a small bowl, combine all the braising liquid ingredients except the sesame oil and seeds. Stir well.
In a non-stick pan (or a small pot), sauté the potatoes in cooking oil over medium heat for 4 - 5 minutes, stirring occasionally so the potatoes don't stick to the pan.
Add the sauce mix and bring it to a boil over high heat. Drop the carrot pieces in. Cover, and reduce the heat to medium and cook until the potatoes are almost cooked through (about 5 to 6 minutes, depending on the type or size of potatoes). The potatoes should be firm and not mushy.
Stir in the green peppers and onion, and continue to boil (uncover this time) until the sauce is reduced and slightly thickened, about 3 minutes. The potatoes will continue to soak up the sauce even after being cooked. Stir in the sesame oil and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Reviews
Pamela on 2025-03-17 (5 stars): made this for lunch today. very satisfied and surprised by the sweet and flavoursome potatoes. nothing like I've tried before so thankyou for sharing here.
Liz on 2024-11-02 (5 stars): I had my kids (10 and 8) help make this with me. They asked for seconds! They almost never ask for seconds for vegetables. I made it with a regular green pepper since they don’t like spicy food and added hot pepper flakes for me. It was delicious!
Abstractnymph on 2024-06-14 (5 stars): Great recipe!
Aya on 2024-05-02 (5 stars): Hello,
Thank you for sharing the recipe. I've been wanting to try and just made it today. It is very delicious and easy to make. I will definitely add this to my list of favorite side dishes to make.
Dan Turner on 2023-09-10 (5 stars): This is absolute fire. Any kind of braised taters are good, but this is absolutely ridiculous. Gamja Jorim is heading straight into my regular recipe rotation.
Thank from Stoke on Trent, England. X
Jane on 2023-09-05 (5 stars): Hi Hyoshin! Thank you so much for making these recipes available for us. My mother-in-law has been teaching me some Korean dishes, so I wanted to surprise her and my father-in-law with a delicious meal and side dishes. I used some of your recipes and my father-in-law especially loved the gamja jorim. He told me it reminded him of his mother's cooking. It made me so happy. Thank you for your delicious recipes.
Angel on 2023-08-06 (5 stars): Hello. Do you have a recipe for Korean sesame potatoes? I had this potato side dish at a Korean restaurant once that was thin sliced shredded potatoes with a slightly sweet sesame taste. It almost looked like your radish side dish but it was potatoes. Thank you!
Katharine on 2023-07-16 (5 stars): Mashita!! Our family had this as a banchan/side dish and the serving plate was empty when we cleared the table. My husband scarfed it down! I made it non-spicy as the other dishes were spicy. Delicious. We used dark purple sweet potatoes grown in our terrace. They're usually a bit dry but this recipe transformed them into a delight!
