Dinner menu ideas that must include Korean Fried Chicken Wings somewhere!

I've scoured all my recipes and I struggling for ideas for a dinner menu for 8 of us next week. But I've been waiting for months to try the Korean fried chicken wings.

Inspiration please!

beno510
  • Posted by: beno510
  • September 30, 2011
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beno510 October 2, 2011
Thanks for the amazing suggestions. I'm going to try and extend the menu to a whole Korean dinner party based on the suggestions so far. A new experience - wish me luck!
 
sexyLAMBCHOPx October 1, 2011
A pickled cucumber salad would work, IMHO.
 
SKK September 30, 2011
Learned a lot about Korean food from this article - check it out.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/magazine/mark-bittman-bulgogi-for-the-backyard-grill.html?pagewanted=all
 
pierino September 30, 2011
Korean recipes are typically served with a variety of pickles---kimchi in particular. The killer condiment is gochujang which is a spicy mixture of peppers and bean paste. As you are already cooking wings, unless you want to pile on the meats, bulgogi and kalbi, could be an overload. You might think about bipimbap which is a sizzling hot rice and vegetable dish finished with a fried or poached egg.

Korean, I think, could be the next wave.
 
Summer O. September 30, 2011
What about a straight forward banchan? Korean potato salad, mung bean sprout salad, fish cake, kimchi. Mark Bittman offered this a few months ago http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/magazine/mark-bittman-bulgogi-for-the-backyard-grill.html?pagewanted=all
 
Sam1148 September 30, 2011
Go with 'fried, steamed, grilled, braised, soup, vinegary salad, fruit/or sweet"
Focus on complimentary textures.

You got fried covered.
A egg drop or hot and sour soup.
steamed whole fish. Stuffed with ginger slices, cilantro (optional), rice wine and steamed. Or steamed dumplings.
A Yakatori skewers--(but you already have chicken..so, grilled Asian egg plant).
Or Korean Beef, "Bulgogi".
A red braised beef dish with veggies, or braised potatoes (in red cooked) with carrots.
A sunomo salad (more Japanese, but a vinegary salad with crab meat, cucumber, in a vinegar, sugar, icewater, and dashi broth seasoned with soy sauce), or the mentioned slaw.
Ice cream (green tea if you can find it) with cherry soaked in sherry and vanilla, or sections of fruits and sherbet.
And steamed rice of course.

That's also out of order there. So decide which order you'd like.
 
hardlikearmour September 30, 2011
Here are a few ideas:
http://www.food52.com/recipes/2562_coconut_rice_pudding_with_ginger_lemongrass_syrup
http://www.food52.com/recipes/5527_sesame_noodles_with_thai_basil
http://www.food52.com/recipes/5485_thai_basil_coconut_and_lime_sorbet
http://www.food52.com/recipes/13701_thai_creamed_corn
http://www.food52.com/recipes/12828_melon_mango_slaw_with_lime_and_ginger
http://www.food52.com/recipes/4005_shredded_pork_and_chinese_celery_lo_mein
 
drbabs September 30, 2011
I'm thinking Asian slaw as a side dish. This one sounds interesting to me:
http://www.food52.com/recipes/4514_salmon_with_asian_slaw_and_citrus_yogurt_sauce
 
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