Pork Cutlet (돈까스)

Instead of the spicy flavor in your mouth, you can always go for the fried flavors. These pork cutlets (donkaseu) will come deep fried in two different styles; some restaurants will be closer to the flaky Japanese (panko) version, other places will have the thinner Korean style. Either way if you’re hankering for a non-spicy flavor, you might want go for the deep fry dish here 😉 Prices usually range from 5,000 to 10,000 won! The one you see in the picture is a pork cutlet topped with melted cheese!

Bossam (보쌈)

We assume you all know galbi, so we’re going to suggest another non-spicy meat dish, Bossam. The whole idea behind Bossam is for you to grab a cabbage (baechu – 배추) or lettuce (sangchu – 상추) leaves, stack a bunch of veggies on top, wrap it all up, and stuff it into your mouth in one go. Yummy! Some of the basic ingredients include: green lettuce (aka sangchu – 상추) or boiled chinese cabbage (배추 – baechu) leaves, shredded onions, smoked duck or pork, arrowroot (칡뿌리 – chilburi) and kimchi. The only spicy thing you might find is garlic. But that’s more of a stinky breath kind of spicy 😉

Dolsat Bap (돌솥밥)

Here is a short video of what it looks like:

If you want super plain, non-spicy dish, why not go for rice? Of And course rice is a non-spicy dish. But no one really wants to eat just a bowl of rice. If you want a rice that’ll kick butt without any spices, go for dolsotbap (stone pot rice). The rice is boiled in a stone pot over an open flame (or stove if you’re making this at home) and topped with some kidney beans, dates, sweet potato (or other vegetables). Move the soft, moist rice, which just so happens to have the slightest hint of sweetness into another bowl. And while your stone pot is still hot, pour in some hot water to get the rice stuck on the sides. That’ll give you a second dish: nureungji (누릉지) – a type of rice porridge for eating at the end of your meal. It’s totally non-spicy, and you get two awesome rice dishes. Yay!

Hwe (회)

Hwe is Korean style sashimi (raw fish). On the scale of non-spicy, this probably tops the list; the dish is just straight fish (literally!). There all different types of fish you can choose from, but whatever you choose, there’s usually a red sauce that comes with this dish. Although it’s red, it probably doesn’t fit anyone’s definition of spicy (it’s vinegary and sweet). You can make your mouth say “do that again” by dipping the hwe in some of the sauce and then wrapping it up in some fresh leaves (usually green lettuce aka sangchu – 상추). And then you can actually do it again 🙂

Juk (죽)

Ok so lets say you eat some spicy Korean food by accident and you’re making friends with the toilet. Then do as the Koreans do and go for some Korean porridge! Koreans eat this when they are sick or digestively impaired. Basically, this non-spicy Korean food is for when you’re hurtin’. Juk refers to more than just rice porridge, as it comes in a non-ending variety of flavors: seafood, oyster, pumpkin, mushroom, chicken, shrimp, you name it! 😀

Alright, so that’s our list of non-spicy and anti-spicy Korean foods! Which would you like to try? Write a comment and let us know! 😀