Chef Jae Lee of New York City’s famed restaurant Nowon stops by the TODAY kitchen to create two of his favorite Korean-American fusion recipes. He shows us how to make a double smash cheeseburger with special kimchi sauce and spicy chopped cheese with rice waffles.
Nowon Legendary Cheeseburger with Kimchi Special Sauce from Jae Lee
This cheeseburger is where it all started. It started in 2018 as the signature dish of a pop-up restaurant and is now the main course of both permanent locations! It’s the perfect representation of what the Nowon restaurant is: the blend of American and Korean dishes to create one cohesive dish.
Rice waffles with chopped cheese from Jae Lee
This dish really leans into NYC culture. Taking the bodega staple of the chopped cheese sandwich and mashing it up with rice cakes and some Korean flavors really drives home what our brand is all about. This is also the dish that people seem to love the most, behind the legendary cheeseburger.
If you like creative recipes, try these too:
Korean Brie Pasta from Justine Lee
Halmoni’s sticky rice filling by Esther Choi
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