Bossam Table
Boil it ahead and you just slice when guests arrive. Not spicy.
Guests or family gathering · 6 adults · 6 total
Every recipe here has been cooked and corrected by hand. But the way these three are grouped into one table, and the portion split, are still a draft the chef hasn't signed off on. If an amount feels too big or too small, trust that instinct.
Here's the table
from 4 servings → 6 servings
from 4 servings → 5 servings
from 4 servings → 3 servings
from 1 cake → 1 cake
Shopping list
Ingredients shared across dishes are combined, so you don't grab scallions three times at the store.
- Green onionin 2 dishes10.6 oz(300 g)
- Doenjang (Korean soybean paste)in 2 dishes6.2 oz(175 g)
- Onionin 2 dishes1.2 lb(565 g)
- Cheongyang chili peppersin 2 dishes25 g+1½
- Potato8.8 oz(250 g)
- Minced garlic19 g
- Eggs1
- Heavy cream (dairy)6.9 oz(195 g)
- Pork belly or shoulder4 lb(1.8 kg)
- Tofu13.2 oz(375 g)
- Lemon juice9 g
- Garlic2.6 oz(75 g)
- Maesil-cheong (green plum syrup)5 Tbsp(75 ml)
- Dried anchovies25 g
- King oyster mushrooms4
- Ginger23 g
- Vinegar5 Tbsp(75 ml)
- Korean zucchini8.8 oz(250 g)
- Bay leaves3 g
- Cream cheese14.1 oz(400 g)
Check your pantry Skip it if you already have it
- Sugarin 2 dishes4.2 oz(120 g)+5 Tbsp(75 ml)
- Salt12 g
- Cornstarch16 g
- Jin-ganjang (all-purpose soy sauce)150 ml
- Whole peppercorns4.5 g
Prep order
No hours are listed. The recipes don't carry total cook times, and we won't invent them. Just following the order makes the day much easier.
The day before
- King Oyster Mushroom Jangajji (Soy-Pickled)1 month refrigerated. Pour off the liquid after 3 to 4 days, re-boil it, and pour it back, and it keeps 2 to 3 months.
Morning of
- Dwaeji Suyuk (Boiled Pork)
- Doenjang-jjigae (Soybean Paste Stew)
- Basque Cheesecake (15cm)