Tag: Korean
Carbonara Toast
Carbonara Toast
When you think of carbonara, you definetily don’t think of Korea or Japan. Carbonara toast happens to be really popular in these two countries. Instead of having these ingredients on noodles, it’s topped on bread and broiled. The honey butter adds a nice sweetness to the toast. The Japanese mayo comes in a tube, which is a really important factor in the preparation. Squirt the mayo around the perimeter of the toast creates a barrier, holding the cracked egg in the center. It also bakes into the bread, creating a richness to the toast. Broil the carbonara toast for 5 minutes. Turn the broiler off, but allow the toast to finish cooking in the oven for 2 more minutes. Garnish with chopped parsley and more cheese.
Ingredients
- 2 slices bread
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp honey
- Japanese mayo
- 2 large eggs
- cracked black pepper
- 2 strips bacon crumbled
- 2 tbsp parmesan or mozzarella cheese
- 1 tbsp parsley chopped
Instructions
- Place the bread on a rack on a baking sheet. Mix together the butter and honey. Spread the honey butter on both sides of the bread. Squirt the Japanese mayo around the perimeter of the bread.
- Crack an egg into the center of the bread. Season with cracked black pepper.
- Top the eggs with crumbled bacon and cheese.
- Place the pan on the middle rack in a cold oven. Turn on the broiler. Broil for 5 minutes. Turn off the broiler, but allow the toast to cook for 2 more minutes in the oven. Garnish with chopped parsley.
Gungjung Tteokbokki
Gungjung Tteokbokki
Gungjung Tteokbokki translates to royal court rice cakes. Typically you see rice cakes in a spicy gochujang sauce, which in Korea is considered street food. This version of rice cakes is sautéed in soy sauce with vegetables and is seen as high class food. It is usually prepared with thinly sliced beef that’s sautéed with the mushrooms. I made this dish vegan and replaced the beef with more mushrooms.
Ingredients
- 16 oz korean rice cakes
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1/2 medium green zucchini large julienne cut
- 1 medium carrot large julienne cut
- 1/2 small yellow onion sliced
- 3 green onion cut into 2” pieces
- 4 oz button mushrooms sliced
Sauce
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp mirin
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 2 tsp garlic minced
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 2 tsp toasted sesame seeds
Instructions
- Bring a pot of water to boil. Add in the rice cakes. Cook until they float to the top. Strain in a colander, but don’t rinse.
- Put in a bowl with the soy sauce and sesame oil. Set aside.
- Mix together the sauce ingredients.
- Add 1 tbsp of the sauce to the mushrooms. Let marinate when you are chopping the other vegetables.
- Heat up cooking oil in a large sauté pan over medium high heat. Add in the carrots, zucchini, onions, and green onions. Add the salt. Sauté for just 2 minutes. Remove and put in a bowl.
- In the same pan, sauté the mushrooms for 2 minutes.
- Add in the rice cakes. Sauté for 2 minutes.
- Stir in the sauce.
- Stir in the vegetables. Sauté for another 2 minutes.
Pork Belly Rice Bowl
Pork Belly Rice Bowl
If you live on a tight budget and but don’t want to sacrifice eating a quality meal, have I got the recipe for you. The pork belly is marinated in a Korean soybean paste based marinade for only a half an hour, then grilled and eaten over steamed rice with a soft boiled egg. This couldn’t be simpler to make.Let’s talk about the price points of this recipe of the main ingredients: – The pork belly that I bought is $3.99lb. Costing $3 for 12 oz. – The rice cost $1.49 for a 1lb bag. I used half of it. $.75. – I bought a dozen eggs on sale for $.49, costing $.04 an egg = $.08 – The green onion cost $.50 a bunch. Needing only 1, it cost $.10. All the other ingredients are something that I always have on hand because I eat this type of food for every meal almost everyday. So, for 2 large servings of this rice bowl, it cost around $4 to make. You can’t find food of this quality for this price eating out anywhere. With very minimal investment needed, buy some of these ingredients that you might not normally use like rice cooking wine, soy sauce, soy bean paste, and sesame oil. This particular marinade works on pretty much any type of meat. If you want to add in more vegetables, please do. Carrot, onion, cabbage, bok choy, mushrooms, would all be great additions.
Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 3/4 lb skin on pork belly 1/4” thick
- 1 1/2 tbsp doenjang soy bean paste
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp rice cooking wine
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp grated onion
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp minced ginger
- 1 tsp cracked black pepper
- 2 soft boiled eggs
- 1 green onion finely chopped
- 4 cups steamed rice 2 cups per serving
Instructions
- Mix all of the marinade ingredients together.
- Add in the pork belly pieces. Marinate for at least 30 minutes.
- While the pork belly is marinating, bring a pot of water up to boil. Add in 2 eggs. Boil for 6 minutes. Remove from the water and put in an ice bath. Set aside.
- Heat up cooking oil in a grill pan or a griddle over medium high heat. Shake off the excess marinade from each pork belly slice, add them to the griddle in a single layer.
- Cook the pork belly slices for 4-5 minutes a side, until they are almost crispy.
- Add 1 cup of steamed rice to a bowl. Fan out slices of the pork belly around the edges of bowl. Carefully slice the soft boiled egg in half and place in the center. Garnish with green onions.
