Squid Adobo (adobong pusit)

Rice with Black Bean Sauce (Jajangbap in korean)

Pork Nilaga

Pancit Bihon Guisado (stir-fry noodles)

California Roll

Tofu with Bean Sprouts

Pork Humba ( Braised Pork )

Ingredients:


1 lb. pork (i used pork pata and pork ears), cut into serving pieces
· 8 cup water
· 6 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 onion, sliced
· 1/2 cup vinegar
· 6 tbsps brown sugar
· 1/4 cup soy sauce
· 1 bay leaf
· 1 tsp. peppercorns
· 1 tsp. oil
· salt to taste
· dried lily
black bean (fermented)
oregano (optional)

Procedures:

1. Boil the pork ears and pork pata in a pot for an hour. (save the broth)

2. In a pan, put a little oil and saute the pork ears and pork pata.

3. Put 6 cups broth from the pork, add the vinegar, laurel, oregano, 4 tbsps soy sauce, dried lily and brown sugar. Simmer.

4. Add brown sugar and soy sauce to taste. Put the fermented black bean and simmer.

5. Serve hot with rice.

Pork Sour Soup ( Pork Sinigang)

Ingredients:

1 lb. pork center spare ribs
1 tomato, 4 slices
1 radish, sliced (labanos)
2 jalapeno
1 bunch spinach
1 gabi
1 pack sinigang mix
salt to taste
5 cups water

Procedures:
1. In a casserole, bring pork to a boil, lower fire and simmer until pork is tender.

2. Add tomato and jalapeno.

3. Put the radish and gabi.

4. Seasoned with sinigang mix. Add salt to taste.

5. Put the spinach.

6. Serve hot with rice.

Rice Cake (gyung dan)

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of sweet rice (mochiko powder)
  
• 3/4 cup of boiling water (or 1 cup)
• salt, sugar, brown sugar
• 1 cup of red bean
  
• 1 ts of cinnamon powder
• black sesame seeds powder
• green sagebrush powder
• toasted yellow soy bean powder, and 1 or 2 cups of flour

Step 1:

Make red bean paste

1. In a pot, place 1 cup of washed red beans and 4 cups of water and heat it over high heat for 10 minutes.


2. Lower the heat to low medium and simmer for 50 minutes.


3. Check if the beans are cooked fully. Remove extra water from the beans and crush them with a wooden spoon.


4. Add 1 cup of brown sugar, 1 ts of salt, 1 ts of cinnamon powder into the red bean paste and set it aside.

Step 2:
Prepare 3 bowls where 3 different kinds of powder will be placed for the rice cake balls

1. Black sesame seeds:
   
   
   
   • Rinse and drain ½ cup of black sesame seeds in running water using a strainer.
   • Heat a pan over medium heat and pour in the sesame seeds.
   • Cook the sesame seeds by stirring with a wooden spoon.
   • The sesame seeds will pop, then lower the heat and keep stirring until they are crispy. (5- 10 minutes)
   • When the sesame seeds cool down, grind them with a coffee grinder.
   • Transfer the sesame seeds powder to a bowl and add 2 TBS sugar and a pinch of salt and mix it.
2. Put ½ cup of toasted soybean powder (kong gaa ru in Korean) in a bowl and add 2
   TBS of sugar and a pinch of salt and mix it.


3. Put ½ cup of green sagebrush powder (ssook gaa ru in Korean) in a bowl and add 2
   TBS of sugar and a pinch of salt and mix it

Step 3:
Make rice cake dough.

1. In a bowl, place 2 cups of sweet rice powder, 2 TBS of sugar, 1 ts of salt.


2. Pour 2/3 cup of hot water little by little while you are mixing it with a spoon


3. Mix the dough by hand.
   *tips: if you feel the dough is too wet, add some plain flour


4. Put the rice cake dough into a plastic bag and set it aside

Step 4:
In a big pot, place a lot of water and boil it

Let’s make rice cake!

1. Take the rice cake dough out from the plastic bag and place it on the cutting board.
   Tip: To protect the dough from being stuck to the board, sprinkle some plain flour before placing the rich cake dough.


2. Divide the dough into 2 and roll each one to make cylinder shape and cut it into 18-20 pieces.


3. Roll each piece of rice dough with your hands and make a hole in the middle of the ball with your thumb. Then turn the ball into a cup.
   
4. Put the bean paste into the middle.
   
5. Close it tightly and place it on a plate.
   Tip: While you are making rice balls, the rest of dough may get dried, so cover them with wet cloth or paper towel.


6. Carefully put all the rice cake balls into boiling water. When the rice cake balls are cooked, they float. It will take about 3 -5 minutes until they float.
   
7. Prepare lots of cold water in a big bowl.


8. Put the cooked rice balls into cold water and drain them.


9. Roll the cooked rice balls in the 3 different colors of powder and transfer them to a plate.

Enjoy it!

check www.maangchi.com

Sauteed Chayote (Sayote)

Ingredients:
Chayote (sayote), sliced into bite size
1/2 lb shrimp, shelled
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 onion, sliced
1 tomato, sliced
vegetable oil
1 cup water
a pinch of salt
fish sauce to taste

1. Saute onion in oil, fry until onions are translucent and add the garlic.

2. Put shrimp and tomato. Stir-fry for 1 minute. Add water, chayote and fish sauce to taste. Mix and cover for 5 minutes.

3. Add salt to taste.

4. Serve with rice.

Indonesian Fried Rice

Ingredients:

• 1 - 2 green onions, as desired
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
  
• 2 large eggs, scrambled
  
• 4 tablespoons oil for stir-frying, or as needed
• 4 cups cold cooked rice
• 1 pack indonesian spice
• 1/2 lb ground beef
  

1. Lightly beat the eggs with the salt.

2. Heat a wok or frying pan and add 2 tablespoons oil. When the oil is hot, add the ground beef. Cooked until it turned out brown in color. Set aside. Add the eggs. Cook, stirring, until they are lightly scrambled but not too dry. Remove the eggs and clean out the pan.

3. Add 2 tablespoons oil. Add the garlic and the rice. Stir-fry for a few minutes, using wooden spoon to break it apart. Stir in the indonesian spice.

4. When the rice is heated through, add the scrambled egg and the ground beef. Put back into the pan. Mix thoroughly. Wash and finely chop the green onion. Stir in the green onion.

5. Serve hot :)

Stir-Fried Noodles ( Job Chae)

Ingredients:

• Starch Noodles
• 100 grams of beef
• 1 bunch of spinach
• 1 medium size carrot
• 1 medium size onion
• mushrooms (5 dried shiitake and 1 package of white mushrooms)
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 7-8 green onions
• soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar, pepper, and sesame seeds
  

Makes 4 servings.

How to prepare your ingredients before stir frying:

1. Soak 5 dried shitake mushrooms in warm water for a few hours until they become soft. Squeeze the water out and slice thinly.


2. Slice a package of white mushrooms (2 cups’ worth).


3. Cut a carrot into thin matchstick-shaped pieces.
   


4. Cut 7 -8 green onions.
   


5. Slice one onion thinly.


6. Slice 150 grams of beef into thin strips.

Now let’s start!

1. Boil 2 bunches of noodles in boiling water in a big pot for about 3 minutes. When the noodles are soft, drain them and put in a large bowl.


2. Cut the noodles several times by using scissors and add 1 TBS of soy sauce and 1 TBS of sesame oil. Mix it up and set aside.
   *tip: Take one sample and taste it to see whether or not it’s cooked properly. If it feels soft, it’s finished.


3. In the boiling water, add a bunch of spinach and stir it gently for 1 minute. Then take it out and rinse it in cold water 3 times. Squeeze it gently to get the water out, then it cut it into4


4. Add ½ TBS soy sauce and ½ TBS sesame oil and mix it and place it onto the large bowl.
   


5. On a heated pan, put a few drops of olive oil and your carrot strips and stir it with a spatula for 30 seconds. Put it into the large bowl (don’t burn it!).


6. Place a few drops of olive oil on the pan and add your sliced onion. Stir it until the onion looks translucent. Put it into the large bowl with your carrots.


7. Place a few drops of olive oil on the pan and add the sliced white mushrooms. Stir it for a bit and then put it in the large bowl.


8. Place a few drops of olive oil on the pan and add your green onions. Stir for 1 minute and put it into the large bowl.


9. Place a few drops of olive oil on the pan and add your beef strips and your sliced shitake mushrooms. Stir it until it’s cooked well, then add 3 cloves of minced garlic, ½ TBS soy sauce and ½ TBS sugar. Stir for another 30 seconds and then put it into the large bowl.


10. Add 2 TBS of soy sauce, 3 TBS of sugar, 2 TBS of sesame oil, and 1 ts of ground pepper to the large bowl. Mix all ingredients, then sprinkle 1 TBS of toasted sesame seeds on the top. Nice!


11. Serve with rice.

* you can check www.maangchi.com for video and ingredients on how to cook these* Thanks to her :)

Broccoli Beef :)

Ingredients:

1 bunch broccoli
vegetable oil
1 lb beef, thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 onions, thinly sliced
ginger, sliced(optional)
1 tsp. cornstarch/potato starch
oyster sauce
water

1. Marinate the beef-rice wine, soy sauce and baking soda

2. Cut the broccoli into florets and slice the stalks into chunks bite size.

3. Put vegetable oil, stir-fry beef, set aside the beef.

4. Put oil, saute onion, garlic, ginger and broccoli for 2 minutes. Add 1/2 tsp brown sugar.

5. Add the beef and put 1/2 cup water.

6. Add oyster sauce. Water with a little bit of cornstarch to make the sauce sticky.

7. Serve with rice.

Soy and Sesame Beef

Ingredients:
2 tbsp sesame white seeds
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 lb beef fillet, thinly sliced
1 green bell pepper/green chili, seeded and sliced thinly
4 garlic cloves, crushed
2 tbsp rice wine
4 tbsp dark soy sauce
6 green onions, sliced
boiled egg noodles or rice, to serve

1. Heat wok or large, heavy-based skillet until it is very hot.

2. Add the sesame seeds to the wok and dry-cook, stirring, for 1-2 minutes, or until they just begin to brown. Remove the sesame seeds from the wok and set aside until required.

3. Heat the vegetable oil in the wok. Add the beef and cook for 2-3 minutes, or until seared on all sides.

4. Add the green bell pepper or green chili, garlic to the wok and continue to cook for 2 minutes.

5. Add the rice wine (xiaoshing) and dark soy sauce to the wok with the green onions. Allow the mixture in the wok to bubble, stirring occassionally, for about 1 minute, but do not let the mixture burn.

6. Transfer the beef stir-fry to warm servings bowls ans scatter with the dry-cooked sesame seeds. Serve hot with egg noodles or rice.

Soft Tofu Stew

Ingredients:

• 12 dried anchovies
• 1 pc kelp, half onion, 5 cloves of garlic, 3 shiitake mushrooms
• 1 lb of beef (thinly sliced), 1 cup of seafood mixed, 3 pieces shrimp(optional)
• 2 pcs. green onions, 1 green chili pepper
• 4 tbsps chili powder
• olive oil, sesame oil, 2 tubes of soon du bu (korean extra soft tofu)
• 1 3/4 tbsp of (squid sauce/fish sauce)
• 1 egg
  

Prepare stock to make tasty Soon du bu:

1. Pour 5 cups of water into a pot and add 12 dried anchovies after removing intestine part.


2. Add half onion, some dried kelp (about 1 piece), 3 dried shiitake mushrooms, 5 cloves of garlic and boil it over high heat.


3. Approximately 10 minutes later, lower the heat to low medium heat and boil it for another 20 minutes.


4. Set aside the stock and take out the mushrooms and chop them into small pieces.


5. Heat your earthen ware (or ceramic pot) on the stove and put 2 ts of olive oil.


6. Chop 100 grams of beef and put it into the pot and stir it.


7. Add the chopped shiitake mushroom and stir it.


8. Add 4 tbsps of chili powder and keep stirring.
   


9. Pour 2 cups of the stock you made.
   


10. Add 1 cup of mixed seafood and 3 shrimp.


11. Cut the 2 tubes of Soon du bu (soft Tofu) in half and squeeze it out into the pot and break the tofu with a spoon several times in the pot.


12. When it boils, add 2 chopped green onions and 1 green chili pepper.


13. Crack egg and drizzle some sesame oil before serving.

*Thanks Maangchi for the directions*

Mixed Vegetable Rice ( Bibimbap )

Ingredients:

• Cooked rice
• a pack of bean sprouts
  
• a bunch of spinach
• 2 small size of zucchinis
• 5-7 Shiatake mushrooms
• kosari (mountain vegetables)
  
• 200 grams of ground beef (about half pound)
• 1 small carrot, eggs
• soy sauce, hot pepper paster, garlic, sesame seeds, sesame oil and vegetable oil
  

1. Cook rice.
   
2. Rinse bean sprouts 3 times and put them in a pot with a cup of water and 1 ts of salt, and cook it for 20 minutes. Drain water from the cooked bean sprouts and mix it with 1 clove of minced garlic, sesame oil and a pinch of salt
Put it on the platter.

3. In boiling water in a pot, put in spinach and stir it for a minute, then rinse it in cold water a few times and squeeze it lightly. Mix it with a pinch of salt, 1 ts of soy sauce, 1 clove of minced garlic and sesame oil.
Put it on the platter

4. Cut zucchinis into thin strips and sprinkle a pinch of salt and mix it together. A few minutes later, sauté it in a pan over high heat. When it’s cooked, it will look a little translucent.
Put it on the platter.

5. You can buy soaked and cooked “kosari” at a Korean grocery store. Prepare about 2 or 3 cups of kosari for this 4 servings of bibimbap. Cut them 5-7 cm in length and sauté it in a heated pan with 1 ts of vegetable oil. Stir it and add 1 TBS of soy sauce, half TBS of sugar, and cook it for 1-2 minutes and add sesame oil.
   Put it on the platter.
6. Slice shitake mushrooms thinly and sauté with 1 ts of vegetable oil, and add 2 ts of soy sauce and 1 or 2 ts of sugar and stir it for 2 minutes. Add some sesame oil and put it on the platter.
7. On a heated pan, put some oil and the ground beef and stir it. Add 4 cloves of minced garlic, 1 TBS of soy sauce, half TBS of sugar, pepper, and sesame oil.
   Put it on the platter.
8. Cut a carrot into strips. Put it on the platter. If you want, you can sauté it too.
9. Prepare eggs with sunny side up.
10. In a big bowl, put some rice in it and display all vegetables and meat on top depending on your taste.
11. Serve it with sesame oil and hot pepper paste.

*Thanks Maangchi for the directions*

Broccoli in Oyster Sauce

Ingredients :)

1 large bunch broccoli
3-4 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon light brown sugar
2-3 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons oyster sauce

Directions:

1. Cut the broccoli heads into small florets. Remove the rough skin from the stalks and cut them into even-size chunks.

2. Heat the oil n a preheated wok and add the salt, then stir-fry the broccoli for about 2 minutes. Add the sugar and water. Continue stirring for 1 minute.

3. Add the oyster sauce, blend well and serve.