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Banchan (Hangul: 반찬; hanja: 飯饌; English pronunciation: /ˈbɑːntʃɑːn/; also spelled panch’an) refers to small dishes of food served along with cooked rice in Korean cuisine. This word is used both in the singular and plural. The word Banchan translated into English means side dish.The basic table setting for a meal called ‘bansang’ (반상) usually consists of bap (밥 cooked rice) guk or tang (soup) gochujang or ganjang jjigae and kimchi.
