Bibimbap

This recipe is really easy to do but it has a lot of preparation to do.. I am not really sure what the real ingredients is, but I just substitute some ingredients with the ones that are familiar for me.. So, if you don't have time to go to a Korean restaurant, just make this at your house.

bibimbap

Ingredients:
- Steamed rice, if you have time put it in a ceramic bowl and put it in the oven
- Bean sprout, the big one from soy bean is preffered
- 3 Cloves of garlic, chopped
- Ground beef
- mushroom, slice it
- Spinach
- seaweed
- carrot, slice it like matchsticks and boil until tender
- Sunny side egg
- Sesame oil
- toasted sesame seed
- vegetable oil
- teriyaki sauce, subsitute with soy sauce and sugar
- Gochujang, very important and can't be sustituted, you can buy it near your local supermarket in the Korean food isle




1. Sautee the bean sprout with some sesame oil and garlic untill tender
2. Sautee the garlic with some veggie oil and put the ground beef. after the meat is brown, put in the mushroom and the teriyaki sauce. Continue cooking untill the mushroom is cooked through.
3. Put all the ingredients on top of the rice with the sunny side egg on top of them and the seeweed with the sesame seeds.
4. Mixed in gochujang and just stir the whole thing and it's ready to eat.


Note: 1.5 table spoon of gochujang is enough if you don't like spicy food.




~Ms. Nicks~

Kalbi

Finally, I can open this blog and create my first posting..
First of all, I'm the kind of person who never measure ingredients when I cook (except when I bake) so, I'm really sorry if I don't really have the excact measurement for the recipe.. Besides, we are created with great tastebuds, use it guys..

I'm gonna post a recipe for kalbi (short ribs). It's originally a Korean dish. I first make it for my friends and since they like it so much I'm gonna share this recipe to you guys.. enjoy!


ingredients:
- 2 lbs short ribs
- 1 cup of soy sauce
- 2 korean pear, take the juice only
- 2 cloves of garlic, grated or finely chopped
- 2 tbsp. sesame oil
- 1 bundle of scallions, chopped it your way
- toasted sesame seed
- about 5 tbsp of honey (add more if you like sweet)
- 5 tbsp. sugar
- 1/4 cup of mirin (optional)

combine all the ingredients in a bowl and marinade the short ribs for about 4 hours, spare some scallions and sesame seed for garnish. if you don't have time, 2 hours should be enough. brush some oil on a nonstick pan. using medium heat, place the short ribs on the pan. when it is half cooked, brush the marinade on the kalbi and cook it again untill it browns with grill mark. take it out and garnish with some sesame seeds and scallions.

~Ms. Nicks~

Homemade Mayo

Well,if you are planning not to buy jarred food anymore..

This recipe might be suitable for you, although I also recommend it to put it in a jar!

Hahahaha...

Approx. 1 jar

Ingredients:

- 1 egg yolk

- 1/2 cup vegetable/canola oil + 1 tbsp more

- 2 big tsp french mustard

- 3/4 tsp worchestershire sauce

- 1,5 tbsp tomato ketchup (add more if needed)

- Pinch of salt and pepper

- 3/4 tsp white sugar

- Finely chopped onion

- Chopped gherkins (pickled cucumber)

- Lime juice (depends on your taste)

- Chopped parsley and basil (optional)

- Cracked cayenne pepper (optional)

Method:

-   Mix together egg yolk, mustard, worchestershire sauce, tomato ketchup, salt and pepper, and      sugar

-   Whisk it together till the color brighten a bit and become bit fluffier

-   Pour in the oil little by little while keep whisking it till the mixture become stiff and fluffy          (until this step, this already become a mayonaisse)

-    Now put in the chopped onion, chopped herbs, and the cayenne to the mixture and mix it             together

-    It's done!

Note : It might be preserve for two months (without the chopped herbs) in the refrigerator

           for aioli, just add chopped garlic and switch the vegetable oil with olive oil

~Mr.Vee~