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Stir Fried Dried Squid Strips (Ojingeochae Bokkeum)

Published May 2nd, 2007 in Seafood and Side Dishes (Banchan). 16 Comments

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Have you had these slightly spicy, chewy and sweet stir fried dried squid strips (오징어채 볶음) before? Wow, it is a real long name in English isn’t it?

I remember when I was in primary school, I shared my lunch with other friends. The lunch box usually consisted of steamed rice, a couple of side dishes, and sometimes soup as well. Sharing your lunch box with friends mean sharing various side dishes with each other, so we can have more variety of food.

One day, I tasted these stir fried dried squid strips from one of my friend’s lunch box and it was so delicious. After school, I had to mention about this food to my mom and also asked if she can make some for my lunch box as well.

I don’t know what it is so special about this side dish but I am sure every kid loves it. I have to say it is very morish too.

Stir Fried Dried Squid Strips

(AU$4.10 - available at a Korean grocery shop )

By the way, plain dried squid strips are often served as a drinking snack, especially with some beer at a bar in Korea. However I prefer to have this as a side dish with rice. I love the sweet and spicy taste. Do you?

Ingredients (takes less than 15 minutes total)

Note : The ingredients are enough to make 5 to 7 single side dishes.

  • 141 g dried squid strips
  • 2 tsp vegetable oil

-Sauce (mix these in a bowl)

  • 4 tsp Gochujang
  • 2 tsp soy sauce
  • 2 tsp honey
  • 1 tsp minced garlic
  • 1 tsp red wine (or rice wine)

Methods

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  1. Soak the dried squid strips in cold water for about 10 minutes.
  2. Drain the water and slightly squeeze the squid strips.
  3. Pre heat the wok for 10 seconds on high heat and add the vegetable oil.
  4. Turn the heat down to medium heat and add the sauce.
  5. When the sauce is heated, add the dried squid strips.
  6. Mix the sauce and the dried squid strips well.
  7. Simmer it for about 20 seconds (until the sauce nearly disappears).
  8. Serve it on a plate (you can sprinkle some roasted sesame seeds on top).

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Stir Fried Chicken Wrapped with Iceberg Lettuce

Published January 26th, 2007 in Eggs and Poultry and Seafood. 8 Comments

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Here comes a two thumbs up recipe. I didn’t quite know what to expect for this dish, because I just found the recipe in a book I bought about a month ago. What is more, I didn’t have the right amount of ingredients as it said, so I had to change a lot. Lucky I have a good imagination. I guessed what I could add more of by looking at its colour. :)

When I had the first bite of the chicken wrapped with iceberg lettuce, it was a full of surprise. It was really delicious. Of course, the fact that we were so hungry helped us appreciate the food more, so anything could have been a two thumbs up food to us, yet there was something special about it.

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It tasted slightly salty yet the occasional walnuts added a savory taste and crunchy texture. I added too much chicken breast compared to the other ingredients, so the rare shrimp was a nice surprise too. (By now you know how much I love shrimps, prawns, and that kind of food, right?) Michael complained a bit about the iceberg lettuce, because it was too hard to fold compared to other kinds of lettuce, but he admitted that it gave a nice crispy and fresh texture.

Ingredients for 3 people

(Prep time - 20 minutes, Cooking time - 10 minutes)

  • Chicken breast - 800g
  • Shelled shrimps - 100g
  • 2 green chilies (supposedly not spicy)
  • 2 red chilies
  • 1/2 a medium size onion
  • Iceberg lettuce
  • Shelled walnuts - 2 tbsp
  • Some olive oil

Sauce (mix these well in a bowl)

  • Soy sauce - 3 tbsp
  • Refined rice wine - 4 tbsp
  • Oyster sauce - 1 tbsp
  • Grated apple - 5 tbsp (one medium apple gives about 6 tbsp)
  • Minced garlic - 1½ tbsp
  • Ginger powder - 1 tsp
  • Potato starch powder - 1 tbsp

Prep

Stir Fried Chicken Wrapped with Iceberg Lettuce ingredients

  1. Cut the onion into small cubes.
  2. Take the seed out from the green and red chilies, thin slice them diagonally.
  3. Rinse the chicken and shrimps in cold water, cut the chicken into small to medium cubes.
  4. Separate the iceberg lettuce, rinse the leaves in cold water, and cut them into a size easy to use as a wrap.
  5. Put the chicken and shrimps in a bowl, add the sauce and marinade it for 15 minutes.

Cooking

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  1. Pre heat the wok, and add some oil.
  2. Add the marinade meat and stir it well until 90% of it cooks.
  3. Add the chilies, onion and walnuts stir them well.
  4. When it is cooked, serve a spoonful of the meat and vegetables on a lettuce leaf.
  5. Wrap it and dig in. (it is hard to fold if you put in too much meat.)
  6. Enjoy the surprise. :)

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It is a really easy to prepare and to cook meal. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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White Prawn and Mussle Stew (Saewoo Honghap Tang)

Published January 22nd, 2007 in Soup and Stew and Seafood. 10 Comments
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This stew is something you might like on a cold night, along with Soju. The soup was so flavourful and moreish, you can not dislike it if you love Korean food.

When I had the first spoonful of soup it gave me a feeling as if I solved some kind of a mystery, though the hit of the chili powder on your throat is something you always need to watch out for.

I cooked this stew on a portable burner, something I very much enjoy doing lately when I cook. I think the food tastes best when it is kept hot during the meal, and it makes you feel as if you are eating at a restaurant.

Ingredients for 4 people

(Prep time - 10 minutes, Cooking time - 10 to 15 minutes)

White Prawn and Mussle Stew (Saewoo Honghap Tang)ingredients
  • White prawns - 380g
  • Mussels - 300g
  • 4 shiitake mushrooms
  • 1/3 a zucchini
  • White radish - 150g
  • Crown daisy (ssukgat in Korean) - 66g
  • Bean sprouts (kongnamul)- 100g
  • Water 5 cups
  • 11×15cm size dried kelp
  • 1 green chili (spicy)

Sauce (mix these in a bowl)

Prep

  1. Clean the mussels individually with a rough cloth or brush and trim the hair with scissors.
  2. Rinse the prawns. (I didn’t cut or trim any parts of them and still survived. :))
  3. Clean the vegetables (peel the skin as needed. Discard bad beans.)
  4. Thin slice the zucchini and white radish.
  5. Discard the stem from the mushrooms.
  6. Take out the seed from the chili and thin slice it diagonally.

Cooking (You will need two pots)

1. Boil the water (5 cups) and when it starts to boil add the mussels.

2. When the mussels open their shells, sieve the water through a cloth strainer to get rid of the sand that comes out of the mussels (use this water in step 3).

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3. Put the boiled water into a pot, add the dried kelp, and boil it for 2-3 minutes.

4. Take out the kelp (you can throw it away), add the radish and sauce. Stir it well.

5. Add the rest of the vegetables, prawns, and cooked mussels into the pot and when it starts to boil, you can start eating the cooked ingredients.

White Prawn and Mussle Stew (Saewoo Honghap Tang)cooking

6. Enjoy your meal.

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Terms from the title

  • Saewoo - General terms for shrimps or prawns
  • Honghap - Mussels
  • Tang - Boiled soup or stew

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