About
About Damn Delicious®
Damn Delicious® was simply a hobby, but now it’s my full-time job.
Coming from a very traditional Korean household, I was destined to be one of three things: a lawyer, a dentist or a doctor. So as a grad school hobby, I created a Tumblr account in April 2011 to document some of my favorite recipes. I had one reader, making less than $0.30 per month.
But 14 years later, Damn Delicious® has grown into something that I never thought possible. I have connected with readers all over the world, conquered so many culinary feats in my kitchen, and collaborated with brands that I always dreamed to work with.
Damn Delicious has even grown into an amazing team of individuals working together to create the best possible recipes. We create recipes, step-by-step tutorials, and videos that focus on quick and easy meals for the everyday home cook to show you that it really doesn’t take much to make a homemade meal completely from scratch.
Damn Delicious® is a registered trademark of Chungah Rhee.
Have all of your cookbooks and follow you on Instagram. Love your stories. Can’t wait to see pictures of the wedding.
You have my dream career! I’m also in Chicago and love your site!
Would like to follow your recipes. I made your Hot and Sour soup. Very nice. Good wishes to you and Ben in your future.
Chungah Rhee,
I accidentally ran across your site today, Merry Christmas!, and the picture of the Bang Bang Chicken grabbed me. The thought of some nice chicken pieces with Panko crumbs and chili sauce, well, just spelling it out makes my mouth water again and I haven’t even tasted it yet!
You and your handsome Corgi’s are show stoppers-Congratulations!
And a big congratulations on your planned wedding in June. I wish you and yours all the best.
Wow! I think I was one of your early readers– I didn’t realize you were a Korean American (like me!) and didn’t know you are now doing this full-time. Congrats to you! I made my own rendition of toffee, but have been inspired by your recipe too. Keep up the good work!
Awww…Love the “About” page & the info about your adorable corgis & the pictures!! Way to go about making this into a business!!!
I love these recipes! Do you ever post nutritional info?
Are you planning to release another cookbook? If so, when will it be released? I have both of your cookbooks and I love them.
Thanks for the good read on your bio. I’m trying your Mac n Cheese, tweaking it to match what I have on hand. I’ll let you know how it comes out.
How am I just now seeing your website!!??? I’m looking up recipes for all my thanksgiving fixings and… well… all roads seem to lead to you. Cant wait to tell everyone on thursday where all the deliciousness came from 🙂 Thanks so much!
So….I follow the Australian/Korean singer Dami Im and after running out of superlatives to describe her outstanding beauty, I typed Damn Delicious and here I am….:)
Those scones….YUM!
like your site and look forward to eating delicious food.
My 16 y/o adopted chinese daughter Scout loves Korean food so I’m so glad to find your blog today to try your recipes. We’re foodies and I’m sure we will love these recipes after reading people’s comments. I love that they don’t look too difficult. Just ordered your recipe books. I plan to give them as Christmas presents to her this year. Cooking is so nurturing and I’ll be glad to cook some Asian cuisine with her. I’m mostly a southern cook b/c it’s what I grew up on. I’ll update you when we cook something together soon. We love to see such positive Asian representation in the mainstream media. You need your own show on the Food Network!
I’ve been cooking your recipes for awhile now & they are fabulous!! I need a recipe for Ginseng Chicken Soup! A local health food store called Lazy Acres sells it here & it’s better than Chicken Noodle anyday! I tried making it myself & I was close but the Ginseng was super bitter, any suggestions how to take the bitter out of it? Or is it the type of Ginseng?
I follow your Insta and live your little stumpers! I also really love your recipes and wanted to ask if your cookbook has complete nutritional information in it. I’m Diabetic and have to watch my carbs and really want to attempt some of your Insta pot recipes.
I’ve also recently moved to the Midwest from warmer temps and am thoroughly enjoying your outdoor adventure posts with the doggies- our dog just saw snow for the first time ever this week!
I am not a very good at cooking. After watching your videos, you have made it look so easy to follow.I am going to try your cauliflower rice recipe and if it’s a success I will certainly keep on following your recipes. Thank you
Good afternoon! I am looking through the recipes, especially your slow cooker french onion soup, but can’t find the calorie count.
I am going to make the soup this weekend, but would love to know the calories.
Please let me know, and answer why you don’t post the nutritional information.
Thank you
Hi Sharon! Nutritional information is provided only for select recipes at this time. However, if it is not available for a specific recipe, we recommend using free online resources at your discretion (you can Google “nutritional calculator”). Hope that helps!
Oh my, we made the Thai Coconut Curry Soup the other night. What can I say….it’s absolutely delicious. Will be making it again very soon. Followed your recipe with everything except the Thai basil leaves, couldn’t find them, so just used regular basil leaves. Having visited Vietnam last year, we saw the Thai basil leaves and had them in Pho. Keep your wonderful recipes coming. They are all so Yummy!
You can order dried Thai basil on “the site that sells everything”. It’s not like eating green curry in Bangkok, but it’s better than trying to find a substitute.
I love your yummy creations!! Tonight I’m making the skillet lemon dill chicken thigh dinner – can’t wait. I follow you on IG and your sweet corgis – so much fun to watch them and stumps! Keep up the great work.
I love your recipes and really appreciate them. I am more of a watch and do. I always see your “other recipe” videos on the recipe page but never see the actual one I’m looking at, is there something I’m missing on the page? I love to watch videos and learn from them.
Congrats and I love your dogs.
Hi Sue! We only have videos for a select group of recipes at this time. I recommend checking out our YouTube channel for all available videos. Hope that helps!