Housewarming Spicy Table
This one turns into a drinking night. Too spicy to share with kids.
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 3.5 servings → 3 servings
Shopping list
Ingredients shared across dishes are combined, so you don't grab scallions three times at the store.
- Green onionin 3 dishes9.5 oz(270 g)+1 stalk
- Gochujang (Korean chili paste)in 2 dishes6.5 oz(185 g)
- Minced garlicin 2 dishes2.5 oz(70 g)
- Canned sea snails12.2 oz(345 g)
- Perilla leaves8½ leaves
- Ground pork7.9 oz(225 g)
- Eggs4.4 oz(125 g)
- Pork shoulder2.3 lb(1.1 kg)
- Lemon juice8.5 ml
- Sundubu (extra-soft tofu)1.9 lb(875 g)
- Vinegar3½ Tbsp(51 ml)
- Onion13.2 oz(375 g)
- Pickled radish cubes4.6 oz(130 g)
- Pickled radish brine3½ Tbsp(51 ml)
- Shredded dried pollock or seasoned squid2.4 oz(69 g)
Check your pantry Skip it if you already have it
- Gochugaru (Korean chili flakes)in 3 dishes3.7 oz(105 g)
- Sugarin 2 dishes3 oz(84 g)
- Sesame oilin 2 dishes43 ml
- Soy sauce68 ml
- Guk-ganjang (soup soy sauce)25 ml
- Matsul (Korean cooking wine)68 ml
- Corn syrup (mulyeot)1.2 oz(34 g)
- Saeujeot (salted shrimp)19 g
- Cooking oil38 ml
- Jin-ganjang (all-purpose soy sauce)19 ml
- Whole sesame seeds8.5 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.
Morning of
- Jeyuk-bokkeum (Spicy Stir-Fried Pork)
- Sundubu-jjigae (Soft Tofu Stew)
Before guests arrive
- Golbaengi-muchim (Spicy Sea Snail & Pickled Radish Salad)