Yesterday I made a Korean dinner for my friends. It actually came out very nice...every one liked it. We had LOTS of fun and I was very happy with my Korean cooking skills:D
So...The menu includes: Beef Dukbokki as a starter, Japchae as a main dish and for a dessert i made Pepero.
Let`s take a look how i did it and what did I use....I made few pictures while I was cooking!! (Sorry for the bad quality of the photos):DDD
Beef Dukbokki (떡볶이)
Spicy Rice Cake with beef and vegetables.
Tukbokki is one of Korea's popular snacks that are loved by teenagers as well as adults. It is made from garaetuk, a chewy long cylindrical rice pasta cooked with gochujang (red chili pepper paste).
Recipe Ingredients:
10 oz garaetuk
4 oz beef
⅓ onion
1-2 stalk(s) carrots
1 tsp of gochujang or more, depending on how spicy you want the dish to be
1 tsp sugar
1 green onion
1 tsp garlic
Sesame seeds
For preparation, make sure the garaetuk is soft and chewy for cooking.
Cut the onion and carrot into widths of ½ inch and lengths of 1 inch.
Mix the ketchup and hot pepper paste in a pot, then boil it with added sugar, lastly sprinkle in some sesame seeds.
Pour oil into a pan with garlic and green onions then fry the onions, carrots and beef.
When the vegetables are lightly fried, put the garaetuk with the mixed sauce for 5-8 minutes.
Serve hot.
Jap-chae (잡채 )
Vermicelli Noodles
Japchae is a stir-fried dish that combines sweet vermicelli noodles, thinly slices of beef, and various vegetables. Japchae is often served at Korean parties and during special occasions as the main dish.
Recipe Ingredients
12 oz noodle (Dang Myun)
4 oz beef
5 shitake mushrooms or Chinese black mushrooms
1 carrot
1 onion
1 egg
⅓ lbs spinach
5 tbs oil
1 tbs sesame seed oil
2 tbs soy sauce
Salt & black pepper (pinch)
Sesame seed (pinch)
1 tbs minced garlic
1 tbs chopped green onion
Soak mushrooms in water for 15 minutes. Cut off stems then cut the caps into thin strips.
Cut beef into thin strips and marinate it with the mushrooms in a seasoning of: soy sauce, sugar, minced garlic, sesame seed oil, chopped green onions, and a pinch of ground pepper.
Cut carrots and onion into thin strips (julienne).
Cook spinach in boiling water for about two minutes. Cool spinach in running water. Squeeze the water out of the spinach. Season the spinach slightly with salt and sesame seed oil.
Batter and fry the egg in a pan with a pinch of salt. Once cooked and cooled, cut the egg into thin slices.
Cook the noodles in boiling water for about 2-4 minutes or until soft (You may want to cut the noodles in half before hand if they are too long). Rinse in cold water and drain.
Start cooking the beef and mushrooms with a bit of oil.
When beef is cooked, add carrot, onion, spinach, and noodles and stir-fry.
When vegetables are cooked, add the sliced egg and use salt and soy sauce to season the dish to your taste.
Put it all in a dish and sprinkle some sesame seeds for the final touch.
Can be served hot or cold.
Pe-pe-ro (빼빼로)
Chocolate Covered Biscuit Sticks
Pepero is a biscuit stick covered with chocolate with chopped hazelnut.
This snack is so popular in Korea that it even has its own holiday named "Pepero Day".
Recipe Ingredients
Melt the chocolate in a bowl
So...The menu includes: Beef Dukbokki as a starter, Japchae as a main dish and for a dessert i made Pepero.
Let`s take a look how i did it and what did I use....I made few pictures while I was cooking!! (Sorry for the bad quality of the photos):DDD
Spicy Rice Cake with beef and vegetables.
Tukbokki is one of Korea's popular snacks that are loved by teenagers as well as adults. It is made from garaetuk, a chewy long cylindrical rice pasta cooked with gochujang (red chili pepper paste).
Recipe Ingredients:
10 oz garaetuk
4 oz beef
⅓ onion
1-2 stalk(s) carrots
1 tsp of gochujang or more, depending on how spicy you want the dish to be
1 tsp sugar
1 green onion
1 tsp garlic
Sesame seeds
For preparation, make sure the garaetuk is soft and chewy for cooking.
Cut the onion and carrot into widths of ½ inch and lengths of 1 inch.
Mix the ketchup and hot pepper paste in a pot, then boil it with added sugar, lastly sprinkle in some sesame seeds.
Pour oil into a pan with garlic and green onions then fry the onions, carrots and beef.
When the vegetables are lightly fried, put the garaetuk with the mixed sauce for 5-8 minutes.
Serve hot.
Vermicelli Noodles
Japchae is a stir-fried dish that combines sweet vermicelli noodles, thinly slices of beef, and various vegetables. Japchae is often served at Korean parties and during special occasions as the main dish.
Recipe Ingredients
12 oz noodle (Dang Myun)
4 oz beef
5 shitake mushrooms or Chinese black mushrooms
1 carrot
1 onion
1 egg
⅓ lbs spinach
5 tbs oil
1 tbs sesame seed oil
2 tbs soy sauce
Salt & black pepper (pinch)
Sesame seed (pinch)
1 tbs minced garlic
1 tbs chopped green onion
Soak mushrooms in water for 15 minutes. Cut off stems then cut the caps into thin strips.
Cut beef into thin strips and marinate it with the mushrooms in a seasoning of: soy sauce, sugar, minced garlic, sesame seed oil, chopped green onions, and a pinch of ground pepper.
Cut carrots and onion into thin strips (julienne).
Cook spinach in boiling water for about two minutes. Cool spinach in running water. Squeeze the water out of the spinach. Season the spinach slightly with salt and sesame seed oil.
Batter and fry the egg in a pan with a pinch of salt. Once cooked and cooled, cut the egg into thin slices.
Cook the noodles in boiling water for about 2-4 minutes or until soft (You may want to cut the noodles in half before hand if they are too long). Rinse in cold water and drain.
Start cooking the beef and mushrooms with a bit of oil.
When beef is cooked, add carrot, onion, spinach, and noodles and stir-fry.
When vegetables are cooked, add the sliced egg and use salt and soy sauce to season the dish to your taste.
Put it all in a dish and sprinkle some sesame seeds for the final touch.
Can be served hot or cold.
Pe-pe-ro (빼빼로)
Chocolate Covered Biscuit Sticks
Pepero is a biscuit stick covered with chocolate with chopped hazelnut.
This snack is so popular in Korea that it even has its own holiday named "Pepero Day".
Recipe Ingredients
Biscuit sticks
White and milk chocolate
Hazelnuts
Meanwhile pulse a handful of hazelnuts (or hcop them)
Dip pepero sticks in chocolate and decorate with chopped hazelnut
Hill in the refrigerator until chocolate has firmly set.
Enjoy!!!Hill in the refrigerator until chocolate has firmly set.
