Sunday, 25 September 2011

Weekend dinner- Korean style pancake, Chijimi recipe


Weekend dinner

*BBQ beef
*Chijimi ( Korean style pancakes) with chives and sweet chilli mayo sauce
*Avocado & tomato spicy onion salad
*Seasoned spinach
*Radish miso soup
*White rice





Chijimi with chives and sweet chilli mayo sauce recipe




Ingredients


*Chives few
*Plain flour 2 cups
*Water 1 cup
(add more flour if the paste is too watery, add more water if it's not smooth)
*Some sesame oil

Sauce ingredients
*sweet chili sauce 2 table spoons
*Japanese mayonnaise 1 table spoon

Instructions

1. Cut chives into small pieces (3-4cm). Mix Chives, flour and water in a bowl.
2. Heat up a pan with the sesame oil, pour half of the paste into the pan, spread it evenly
3. Once one side is cooked, flip it over, cook both side then take it out of the pan, cook the other half of the paste in the same way
4. Cut the Chijimi into small pieces, dip them into the mixed sweet chili mayo sauce.

cheesy miso on tofu


Friday Dinner

*Korean style fried rice
*Spinach soup
*Cheesy miso on tofu
*Pickled sweet sour radish


Cheesy miso on tofu recipe serves 2



Ingredients

* firmed tofu (large)1
*Korean miso paste 1 table spoon
*Tasty cheese (roughly 2 table spoons, you can put more if you like)


Instructions

1. cut firm tofu into 4 or 6 squares (depending on the size of the tofu)
2. place the tofu on an oven safe plate, spread korean miso on top of the tofu, then sprinkle cheese on top.
3. bake it in the oven with 200 degree for 5-10 mins till cheese turns into a light brown colour







The Korean style fried rice made by damien

Saturday, 27 August 2011

Easy & Tasty Korean Style Stir fried Chicken Recipe





I made the pork version of this few months ago.
This time, we had some chicken thigh in the fridge, so I made the chicken version.
I also put egg plants, cabbage and onions this time.

Personally, I found chicken softer and tastier!


Pork recipe is here


Ingredients

*Chicken thigh 350g
*Cabbage 1/4 or 1/6 (depending on the size of the cabbage you are using)
*Eggplant 1/2 or 1 (again, depending on the size of the eggplant)
*Onion1
*Minced garlic 2 tea spoons
*Korean BBQ sauce 5 table spoons
*Mirin 2 table spoons



Instructions


1. Cut the chicken into eatable sizes, onion & eggplant into thin slices, cabbage into small pieces.

2. Heat up a pan with some oil, stir fry the ingredients starting off from garlic, then chicken, rest of the veggies at the end.

3. Add the BBQ sauce and mirin. Stir well.



Long time no fish!


Last weekend's dinner


Menu
*Saba with sweet miso sauce
*Eggplant and Tomato with sweet onion sauce
*Cabbage and egg soup
*Rice






We went to a Japanese supermarket in South Yarra and bought Saba fish!


I love Saba!
I don't get to eat fish much in Melbourne because they are expensive.
I was very happy to eat Saba today.


*Eggplant and tomato with sweet onion sauce




*Cabbage and egg soup








Thursday, 11 August 2011

Chicken and Radish Nimono



Today's breakfast

Menu

*Chicken and Radish Nimono
*Cabbage miso soup
*White rice
*Blue berry jam yoghurt
*Mandrin Orange juice!




Chicken and Radish Nimono Recipe






Ingredients

*Radish 5cm
*Chicken thigh 200g
*Water (with 1 tea spoon of rice or, water you used to wash rice)
*Water 3 cups
*Japanese soup stock 2 tea spoons
*Soya sauce 3 table spoons
*Mirin 3 table spoons



Instructions

1. Cut the radish into eatable sizes (1cm thick is good). Then, make small incisions around the edges of the radish so that the radish soaks up the sauce when we cook it.

2. Boil the radish with the rice water till the radish becomes soft.

3. Meanwhile, cut the chicken into eatable sizes. Put the chicken and the rest of the ingredients into a pot, cook the for 10 mins (mid fire)with a lid on. Take out scum.

4. Once the radish is cooked, Get rid of the rice water. Add the radish to the pot with the chicken. Cook for another 5 mins or so.



Japanese Style Hamburger Steak Recipe 2


Yesterday's dinner


Menu
*Japanese style Hamburger steak in soup
*Cabbage miso soup
*White rice








Japanese Style Hamburger Steak in Soup recipe


Ingredients

*Minced pork 250g
*Minced beef 250g
*Salts&Pepper some
*bread crumb 3 table spoons
*Egg 1
*Milk 1 table spoon


Soup

*Water 2 cups
*Japanese soup stock 2 tea spoons
*Soya sauce 4 table spoons
*Mirin 3 table spoons
*Pea some (Tear the edge off)
*Radish 3 cm (Shave it)

Instructions
1. Mix all the ingredients for hamburger steaks well. Form round shapes.
2. Heat up a pan with some oil, cook the hamburger steaks.
3. Meanwhile, put all the soup ingredients in a pot except for the radish. Cook it for few minutes. Pour the soup into the pan with hamburger steaks. Place a lid and cook them for about 3 mins.



Serving instructions

*Place hamburger steaks on a plate, put shaved radish on top, pour the soup.*


Tuesday, 9 August 2011

Easy & Tasty Marmalade Chicken Recipe


Today's dinner

Menu
*Marmalade Chicken
*Eggplant miso soup
*Tofu & Watercress salad
*White rice







Marmalade Chicken Recipe serves 2








Ingredients
*Chicken Thigh 200g
*Soya sauce 2 table spoons
*Marmalade jam 2 table spoons


Instructions
1. Cut the chicken into eatable sizes, marinate it with soya sauce and marmalade jam. Leave them for 5 to 10 mins.

2. Cook them in a pan/pot.



You might find it weird to marinate chicken with marmalade jam and soya sauce.
But trust me, marmalade jam goes very well with soya sauce!