Welcome to Chaeshik, a blog featuring homestyle Korean vegetarian and vegan recipes. Chaeshik (채식) means a vegetarian diet in Korean. I love Korean food and have been a vegetarian for about five years. Being a Korean-American vegetarian is a little difficult since Koreans love their meat, but there are delicious Korean dishes featuring vegetables or that can easily be made vegetarian or vegan.
For my first blog entry, I am posting about bulgogi (불고기), one of the more popular Korean dishes. It is a simple and hearty dish that I remember eating often growing up. It is traditionally marinated meat that is grilled and literally means "fire meat" in Korean. This version features seitan and lots of garlic. Serve with rice or romaine lettuce and wrap the seitan in the lettuce.
