At work, about once a week, someone brings in breakfast. It’s my turn soon and someone asked, “What do Koreans eat for breakfast?” My reply, “Whatever they eat for dinner, just less of it.”
Read this article by Mark Bittman. It’s great. You don’t have to eat traditional stick to your ribs breakfast, nor do you have to have donuts and coffee, or cold cereal, or yogurt or a breakfast bar. You can eat real savory food and probably be better off with more balanced nutrition. (I don’t care that much for sweets and I’m lactose intolerant anyway. Breakfast is not my favorite meal of the day.)
What do you do with your dinner leftovers to make breakfast?
Typically I might have rice in the pot from the night before and I might do a quick fry up with an egg, put on some soy and sesame and eat that for breakfast. Maybe toss in some easy frozen veggies, or have a Korean panchan if I have one in the fridge. (Anchovies, fish cake, spinach, beansprouts, etc.)
Or I might have the ‘congee’ Bittman puts in his article, but to me, in Korean, it’s ‘jook‘.
ps- Bittman has a jook recipe too.
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This entry made me hungry.
Last week a friend taught me how to make crepes. We filled them with all sorts of savory things. It was fantastic, and fairly quick too. I’ll be doing it again.
I do that rice-and-egg thing too! Lol. I’m also a big fan of steak and eggs in the morning if I have leftover steak from the night before; leftover meats and veggies generally get roped into an omelette, and leftover fruit gets heaped into the “fruit salad” never-ending bowl. And pie…yes…I’ve been known to eat pie for breakfast. Om nom nom.
When you say “…put on some soy and sesame and eat that…” do you mean whole soybeans, or cut up, or just the inside of the bean?
Great post. My boyfriend gives me weird looks at the savory things I prefer for breakfast. Can’t wait to try some of these new (for me) ideas!
Anon – I meant soy sauce. I rarely eat soybeans. If I do, they are usually edamame or I will say ’soybean’. To me, ’soy’ is almost always soy sauce. But thanks for pointing that out and I’ll edit the post to clarify.
Amphritrite – Some cultures eat pie for breakfast. If I could still eat apples, I’d eat it for breakfast too!
I almost forgot about jook for breakfast. I’ve had the white rice one and the red rice with peanuts and chestnuts. They definitely are much healthier than cereal or granola bars.
chinese people even in the summers (while studying abroad) eat pickled vegetables, lots of rice and steamed buns.
sometimes i like to make big batches of miso soup for breakfast depending on weather. it’s quite filling with slices of tofu and nori for garnish.
I’ve standardized on a simple work breakfast. 3/4 cup regular dry oatmeal, a dash of salt and 1 spoonful of brown sugar goes into my soup thermos. Fill with about 1 cup of boiling water (<2 minutes in the microwave in the pyrex measuring cup), cap and shake a few times. By the time I get to work, it’s ready to eat. Healthy and hearty.
For variety I’ll toss in frozen blueberries or some almonds.