Japchae (잡채)

Japchae is one of the famous Korean dishes. Japchae is a stir-fried yam noodles with vegetables. If you like you could add some shredded beef. Japchae are as both side dish and main course. Yam noodles look similar to vermicelli but just a little thicker. You can buy yam noodles at your local Asian or Korean grocery stores.

Ingredients:

8 oz. Dangmyoen (yam noodles)

1/2 cup thinly slice Shitake Mushrooms

1/2 cup sliced carrots

1/2 chopped finely green bell pepper

1/2 sliced onions oil

1 1/2 tsp vegetable

2 1/2 tsp soy sauce

2 1/2 chopped sesame leaves(optional)

1 tsp minced garlic

1 tsp sugar

1/2 tsp sesame oil

salt and pepper to taste

Instruction:

1. Soak Dangmyeon for 1 hour or until the noodles get soften.

2. Add vegetable oil,garlic and all vegetable ingredients into the wok or pan. Stir fried all the vegetable and mushrooms.

3. Add Dangmyoen in to the wok/pan,stir fry quickly.

4. Add soy sauce,sesame oil,sesame leaves,sugar and salt and pepper to taste. Mix/stir them well.

5. Put in a dish and serve. It served as both side dish and main dish. If you like you can put Japchae on the top of rice to make Japchae rice.

Enjoy guys!

Ox tail Soup

Ox Tail Soup Chinese-Hawaiian Style


Ox tail soup is one of my favourite dishes and also one of the most poppular recipes. There are different ways to cook ox tail from one region to another. Ox tail soup is a good remedy for hang over. if you like stew and beef ox tail soup is deffinitely a dish for you.

The ox tail soup is pretty easy to make once you have all the ingredients.My version is Chinese style. The soup is made with anise star seed(Chinese), grated ginger,minced garlic,cilantro,chilli pepper, chinese cellery,soy sacuce or venigared soy sauce, chopped green onions and of course ox tails.

You can buy ox tail at any super markets like Walmarts, Alberson, Coso. The best one you can get is at the Asian market like Chinese or Korean Groceries. Occasionally at your local butcher's.

My recoomendation is cook this soup a night before you want to serve since oxtails take a while to cooked and it tastier if you prepare them in advance. If you guys would like to know where to know where to shop for ox tail you can e-mail me.

Ox tail soup serve with stream rice and grated fresh ginger and soy sauce.

Ingredients for soup:

6-8 pounds ox tails

8 cups of water

2 cups chicken stock/ broth

6-8 cloves of garlic-minced

4-5 star anise seeds

2 ginger roots-finely chopped

10 oz. raw peanuts(skinned)-crushed

1 teaspoon sesame oil

salt to taste

Ingredient for sauce:

1-1/12 teaspoon grated ginger

2-3 table spoons light soy sauce or venigared soy sauce

1 teaspoon finely chopped green onions

1 teaspoon finely chopped cilantro

Cooking Instruction:

Boil ox tails in boiling hot water in order to take out an excess fat.

preheat oven 365 degree

After boiling oxtail put ox tails in a pan or pot(oven proof) Sprinkle with salt, sesame oil, minced garlic,cover and roast for 1 hours and 45 minutes or untill the meat are tender. If you have a little time you can skip this process.

While roasting the ox tails you can start making a broth. Put anise star seed, chicken broth, water, finely chopped ginger and also crushed peanuts in a large pot. Skim oil and foam is neccessary since it will make the soup crytal clear. Add rasted ox tails(or just uncooked) simmering on a low heat for at least 1 and a half hours. Then about 1-2 hours before serving add crushed peanuts and simmer again. Garnish with chopped cilantro and finely chopped green onions when serve.

Kalbi 갈비 (Korean barbecued ribs)

Kalbi is one of the most famous korean dish and become more popular in America lately. It is also to me one of the recipes that people request the most. Just like any other dishes, calbi recipe may be varied. The on ethat I will share with you guys in this blog is a secret family recipe that passed from generation to generation.

Ingrdients:

2-4 lbs beef ribs

1/2 cup soy sauce

1 tea spoon sesame oil

1/4 cup or about 3 strands of green onion

3-4 cloves or 1/2 cup mince garlic

1/2 tea sopon white or black pepper

1/2 -1 table spoon of sugar

1/2 to 1 Asian pear cut up in a small pieces

Instruction:

1. Wash the beef ribs and drain

2. Mix all sauce ingredients in a bowl. Separate beef ribs in another bowl.Then add the already mixed ingredients into the beef ribs. and mix everything well. Keep the marinated ribs refridgerated for a couples of hours or over night.

3. Grilled the Kalbi and serve. If you are watching your weight the best option is to broil for 30 minutes or bake the beef ribs in a 425 degree oven for 35-40 minutes.

Egg Drop Soup ( Or Egg Flower Soup)

Preparation Time: 15-20 minutes



Ingredients:



Chicken Broth Or Chicken stock



Tapioka Flour or corn starch



Scallions(green onion)



White pepper



whole egg including yok or egg white if prefered



Dash of sesame oil



Salt to taste



Preparation:



Beaten the eggs in a bowl.



In a another bowl mix tapioka flour with warm water.



Chop the green onion.





Cooking instruction:



In a pot,bring chicken stock to boil, add a pinch of slat to taste. Continue cooking for a couples of minutes.



Slowly pour the egg beaten in a boiling stock. Stir the egg rapidly(clockwise) to make the egg shreded.



Slowly add the tapioka /corn starch mix into the pot. Continue stirring for another minutes or two.



Sprinkle some white pepper and sesame oil. Garnish with scallions(green onino) and serve.