# Koreans' favourite Korean dishes

Korean dishes in the order they were picked in Gallup Korea's survey 'Foods Koreans like' (2024, 1,777 people). Kimchi stew came first with 14%.

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## Top 15

1. **Kimchi jjigae** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Stew of well-fermented kimchi, pork and tofu. Number one (14%) in Gallup Korea's 2024 survey.
2. **Bulgogi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Beef marinated in soy sauce and grilled. The favourite Korean dish of teens and twenty-somethings.
3. **Doenjang jjigae** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Soybean paste stew with tofu, courgette and potato. The favourite of people over 60.
4. **Kimchi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Napa cabbage fermented with chilli flakes, salted seafood and garlic; kimjang culture is UNESCO intangible heritage.
5. **Bibimbap** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rice topped with vegetables, meat and egg, mixed with gochujang. Jeonju bibimbap is famous.
6. **Japchae** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Glass noodles stir-fried with spinach, carrot, mushroom and beef; a party dish.
7. **Samgyeopsal** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Grilled pork belly wrapped in lettuce with ssamjang, the nation's favourite night out.
8. **Galbi gui** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Marinated beef or pork ribs grilled over charcoal. Suwon's king galbi is famous.
9. **Tteokbokki** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rice cakes in a sweet-spicy gochujang sauce, the king of bunsik snack food.
10. **Galbi jjim** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Beef short ribs braised in soy sauce with radish, carrot and chestnuts; a holiday dish.
11. **Naengmyeon** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Buckwheat noodles in icy broth (mul) or spicy sauce (bibim), a summer favourite; Pyongyang and Hamhung styles.
12. **Samgyetang** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Young chicken stuffed with sticky rice, ginseng, jujube and garlic, eaten on the hottest days.
13. **Sundubu jjigae** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Spicy stew of silken tofu with seafood or meat.
14. **Miyeokguk** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Seaweed soup with beef, always eaten on birthdays.
15. **Budae jjigae** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 'Army stew' with ham, sausage and ramyeon noodles, said to come from Uijeongbu.
16. **Korean fried chicken** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Yangnyeom and fried chicken enjoyed with beer ('chimaek') as a late-night snack.

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