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Yukgye-jjimdak (Spicy Braised Chicken with Vegetables) refers to Korean stir-fried chicken chunks and vegetable with spicy sauce
Yukhoe is Korean for "sliced raw beef". Can also mean "raw beef" , "beef tartare"
Yukhoe-bibimbap bibimbap with shredded raw beef. Yukhoe is Korean which means is sliced raw beef. Bibimbap is steamed rice served with vegetables and sometimes meat mix in the bowl at the table.
Yachaetwigim is a Korean mouth-watering dish of deep-fried vegetables. Yachaetwigim can be cooked from any vegetables in season so it varies according to the time of year. Vegetables which is often used and great for this style of cooking are: lotus root, green peppers, sweet potato, onion, sesame leaves and chrysanthemum leaves. The dish will come to your table with the vegetables all on the same platter which may be lined with an absorbent paper to catch the oil. Korean eat this food lukewarm.
Yellowtail refers to a South African linefish with a black body, yellow tail and stripe down the middle. The flesh is quite dark red and is superb butterflied on a Braai. It is also firm enough to be skewered.
Yukgae-baeksuk refers to a Korean food made of boiled chicken with glutinous rice, ginseng and herbs stuffing/filling.