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8.Bibimbap topped with soy sauce pork bulgogi(Bibimbap2)

  • This bibimbap is made by placing fresh raw vegetables at the bottom, followed by sauteed vegetables, and topped with soy -marinated pork bulgogi, which is then mixed together.(Gluten Free)
  • I sliced 800g of pork neck thinly.The reason for preparing a large amount of meat is that I plan to use it for 3-4 different dishes over the next few days.
  • Red wine 3T (Today, I only have red wine at home.)
  • Korean soy sauce 3T
  • Banana syrup 3T (or Agave 3T)
  • Ginger powder 1T(Tumeric)
  • Marinate the meat with the four ingredients mentioned above.
  • When seasoning the meat, I add the ingredients lightly. That way, I can create the flavor I want while cooking in front of the stove.
  • Today,I will only use 1/5 of this meat.
  • My husband's bibimbap topping is soy-marinated pork bulgogi.
  • My bibimbap topping is fried Tofu in olive oil.

Ingredients

  • Korean soy sauce
  • salt, a few pinches
  • Olive oil
  • Sesame oil
  • Sesame seeds
  • Today,I will use a few fresh perilla leaves, 8 beet leaves, and 4 cherry tomatoes picked from the garden. I will chop them up and eat them raw.
  • Onion 1/2, carrot 1, shiitake mushroom 1/2, red jalapeno 1, green jalapeno 1. I will slice these and stir-fry them.
  • I chop 2 green onions into small pieces.
  • Thinly slice fresh vegetables (perilla leaves, beet leaves, and green onions) and place them in a bowl. Add 1/2 teaspoon of Korean soy sauce and mix well.
  • Cut the onion, carrot, and mushrooms into appropriate sizes.
  • When stir-frying vegetables, add the jalapenos at the end give them a quick toss. This will mellow the spiciness and soften them, resulting in a much smoother flavor.
  • Sprinkle a little salt on the tofu and pan-fry it until golden and crispy.
  • After pan-frying the tofu, add onions, carrots, and mushrooms to the same pan. Sprinkle a few pinches of salt and stir-fry the vegetables thoroughly until they are well cooked.
  • When stir-frying vegetables, you need to focus on cooking them over high heat to help them retain their moisture.
  • When stir-frying vegetables, it's better to toss them occasionally, as if grilling, rather than stirring them repeatedly with a spatula. This results in better flavor.
  • Place the stir-fried vegetables on top of the fresh vegetables.
  • Cook the marinated meat over medium-low heat, grilling both sides evenly. Taste a piece of the meat once it's cooked, and if it's bland, add a little more Korean soy sauce before finishing the rest.
  • In my bowl, place the fried tofu, and in my husband's bowl, add the pork bulgogi. Drizzle generously with sesame oil and sprinkle plenty of sesame seeds to finish.
  • In my bowl, I added a little extra hemp seeds, which I like.
  • Add the rice and mix it well. If the flavor lacking, you can add a little bit of Korean soy sauce.
  • I enjoy mixing rice with the other ingredients to eat, while my husband prefers combining just the vegetables and meat to creat a gourmet salad. He likes to eat the rice separately from the meat and vegetables.
  • Compared to my husband, my portion sizes are much smaller. However, when it comes to bibimbap, I tend to eat more because I add plenty of my favorite vegetables. Lately, though, I've been having trouble digesting even after eating bibimbap. It seems that as I get older, eating too many vegetables, no matter how much I like them, leads to indigestion from excess fiber.
  • Today, slightly less than enough, and that's just right.
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7. Steamed Red snapper

*This steamed fish dish is a neat and gourmet dish where a boneless red snapper is steamed lightly, topped with thinly sliced chives, and served with a sauce poured over it. (Gluten free)

Ingredients (2 servings for 57 year old couple)

  • Boneless red snapper (two halves) * Can be purchased at our Boricua Food Market
  • Ginger (a bit)
  • Chive four
  • Olive oil (4-5 spoonful)
  • Minced garlic (1 spoonful)
  • Peperoncino (coarsely ground chili) (1 spoonful)
  • Banana syrup (1 spoonful) (or agave syrup 1 spoonful)
  • Ginger liquor (2 spoonful) (alternatively, cheongju - clear strained rice wine, or white wine)
  • Korean soy sauce (2 spoonful)

1. Place the fish in the steaming pot with the flesh side facing up, and generously top it with peeled and sliced gingers. This helps eliminate the fishy smell and softens the ginger for ease of eating.

2. While the fish is getting steamed, slice the chives diagonally and prepare the sauce.

On low heat, put 5 spoonful of olive oil, 1 spoonful of minced garlic, 2 spoonful of ginger liquor, 2 spoonful of Korean soy sauce, 1 spoonful of banana syrup (1 spoonful of agave syrup), and 1 spoonful of peperoncino (we didn’t have peperoncino today, so I used Korean powdered red peppers instead).

3. Put the mixed ingredients in heat until the olive oil starts to boil and ensure all the ingredients are combined well together. Bring it to a boil again just before drizzling it over the fish.

4. The fish gets streamed fully around 18 minute mark. It cooks quickly since it’s thinner, but thicker fish will take much longer. Fish doesn’t taste as good if you steam it for too long, so it’s important to steam it just right.

5. Take the fish out and place it on a plate, topping it with the sliced chives, and drizzle the just-boiled sauce over it. This creates one splendid dish. The flavor is amazing — better than many restaurant dishes. This steamed fish also pairs exceptionally well with kimchi.

*Since I didn’t have pepperoncino (coarsely ground chili), I used Korean powdered red peppers instead, and now the sauce came out to be slightly clumpy. Adding pepperoncino makes the flavor much neater too. Steaming the whole fish might enhance the taste, but it can be quite cumbersome to eat and clean up because of the bones. However, steaming boneless fish makes it easy to eat, and its flavor is equally excellent. Additionally, despite its impressive presentation and gourmet taste, the cooking process is fairly simple, making it a dish that anyone can easily prepare and enjoy frequently.

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6. Braised Tofu

*gluten free

Ingredients:

  • Tofu 1
  • Korean soy sauce (3 spoonful)
  • Water (5 spoonful)
  • Korean powdered red pepper (1 spoonful)
  • Sesame oil (1 spoonful)
  • Sesame seeds (1 spoonful)
  • Banana syrup (1/2 spoonful) (or agave 1/2 spoonful)
  • Chives (two)

1. Prepare the sauce for the braised tofu.

First, thinly slice the two chives. Then, mix 3 spoonful of Korean soy sauce, 5 spoonful of water, 1 spoonful of Korean powdered red pepper, 1 spoonful of sesame oil, 1 spoonful of sesame seeds, and 1/2 spoonful of banana syrup (or 1/2 spoonful of agave syrup) well together.

2. Cut the tofu in 12 large chunks

3. Drizzle plenty of olive oil on a pan and cook both side of the tofu chunks in medium heat until they are cooked well (Don't overcook them)

4. Lower the heat a bit and pour the prepared sauce evenly.

Lift up the tofu chunks a bit, so the sauce can get on the bottom of the tofu pieces too.

Pay extra attention at the end so that the sauce wouldn't burn. Tilt the pan a little bit and simmer until the sauce dries up.

5. Once the sauce is almost gone, now it is done.

Today, I cut some onions and toss them on the sides while simmering, and this was an excellent choice.

If you add mushrooms, they get chewy like meat.

Braised tofu is one of the dishes I make most often, since the ingredients are inexpensive, the nutrients are good, it is tasty and is easy to make.

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5. Bean bibimbap and Ham bibimbap (bibimbap #1)

*gluten free

Ingredients:
2 servings for a couple of 57 years olds

Vegetables to eat raw

  • Perila leaves (10) - Korean red lettuce or sliced celeries are good alternatives
  • Cucumber (a small one)
  • Jalapeño (two) - optional

Good vegetables to stir fry

  • Carrots (a bit)
  • A little bit of zucchini
  • Mushrooms (a bit)
  • Onions (a half)
  • Sesame oil
  • Sesame seeds
  • Korean soy sauce

1. Slice the vegetables to eat raw and put them in a bowl. Mix it with 1/3 TSP of Korean soy sauce

2. Stir fry carrots, onion, mushroom, and squash with olive oil. Put plenty of olive oil, add a pinch or two of salt and 1 TSP of Korean soy sauce, and cook it while taste testing. Put the stir fried vegetables on top of raw vegetables.

3. For my husband who loves meat, slice and cook ham. I will have butter bean which is a good alternative to tofu. Butter bean has preservatives, so wash it with water 2-3 times, drain the water, and prepare 3-4 TSP of it.

*Butter bean : you can buy it in Boricua Market.

4. Put the stir-fried vegetables on top of the raw vegetables, and put the cooked ham and butter bean on top of all the vegetables. In my bowl, I added plenty of sesame seeds and hempseeds as well.

5. Prepare the bibimbap sauce with two thinly sliced chives, 1 TSP of Korean soy sauce, 1 TSP of sesame oil, and sesame seeds).
If preparing the sauce separately is inconvenient, then just drizzle the sesame oil on the bowl, add rice (how ever you want), mix it together and taste test it. If it tastes dull, add a bit more of Korean soy sauce and enjoy the dish with kimchi. Bibimbap has plenty of vegetables but it also goes well with kimchi.

* Bibimbap is my favorite and my proudest Korean dish. The nutritions are very well balanced, and this is a creative recipe where you can make incredible number of variations. All various bibimbap dishes taste good in their own ways.
I may upload more than 100 bibimbap recipes in the future, hence why I added 'bibimbap #1' as the subtitle of this recipe.

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4. Spicy Pork Stir-Fry

*gluten free

Ingredients:

  • Pork Belly (thinly sliced, a fully fistful) - Pork shoulder is a good alternative that is less fatty
  • Kimchi (a fistful) – it’s a must!
  • Onion (a bit) – it’s a must!
  • Chive (two)
  • Mushroom (if you have it, it's a good addition)
  • Perila leaves (optional)
  • Jalapeño (for my husband who likes a little kick in foods)
  • Korean powdered red pepper
  • Korean soy sauce, salt
  • Sesame oil
  • Sesame seeds

1. Cook pork belly in a pan until both sides are well cooked and the fat melts and gets liquified

If you drizzle a bit of alcohol (ginger alcohol, Chungha, soju, white wine, etc.) when you cook the meat, it helps get rid of the meaty smell.

2. Once the pork belly is cooked well and the fat melts, add kimchi (squeeze the soup out of it lightly) and cook them together.

Stir around 3-4 times until the kimchi is coated well with the pork belly fat.

3. Add onion, mushroom, jalapeño, and Korean powdered red pepper 1 Tbsp and cook them all together.

If you added much of Kimchi, you don't need to add any salt. However, if you put more of other vegetables than kimchi, then season with soy sauce.

4. Once it is seasoned well and it looks good, add sesame leaves (we have a lot at home) and chives and cook just a bit more to wrap it up.

5. The spicy pork stir-fry has a lot of kimchi in it, but I also craved some fresh kimchi. This is what today's meal looks like.

Pork belly has a lot of natural fat, so we don't cook it that often.
We use it about once or twice a week, but when we do we make the most out of its taste and enjoy the food.

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3. Kimchi Stew and Rolled Egg

1.Kimchi Stew

  • gluten free

Ingredients:

  • Pork belly (a fistful - fattier pork belly is preferred)
  • Kimchi (one bowl)
  • Tofu (a third)
  • Rice cake (shaped like number 8)
  • Leftover cooked squid (a bit
  • Kimchi soup 3-4 Tbsp (the liquid part)
  • Tomato (boiled and blended) 3-4 Tbsp

Fish cake can ruin the taste of kimchi stew so they are not recommended to add.

Kimchi itself seasons the stew, so no extra or special ingredients are needed.

1. Cook pork belly well until the fat melts and gets liquified (We didn't get enough so we added some olive oil).

  • When using pork shoulder without any fat, add plenty of olive oil.(I prefer this option.)

2. After cooking pork belly, add kimchi and cook it in the same pan (Kimchi tastes better when it is coated with pork belly fat)

3. When kimchi is cooked and coated well, add water. Add just enough water to let kimchi and pork belly submerged under water.

4. Add tofu, kimchi soup (3-4 Tbsp), tomato paste (3-4 Tbsp), and cook with the lid on for 3-4 minutes.

5. Add 8-shaped rice cakes and boil until the rice cake is fully cooked.
Add the cooked squid and warm it up.

Rolled egg goes well with kimchi stew.

2. Rolled Egg (Gluten Free)

Ingredients:

  • Eggs (two)
  • Chives (two) - it's a must
  • Onion (a bit)
  • Red bell pepper (just a bit) - the one in the picture is from our backyard so it's small
  • Jalapeno 1-2
  • Salt

1. Chop all the ingredients finely and mix them well together with a quarter of salt

2. In medium low heat, thinly spread the egg mixture in a pan and start rolling it from one end. Start rolling it when the egg mixture is cooked only just a little bit for it to stick together well

3. Once it is rolled, cook both sides well again

Here is today's meal, ta-da!

Kimchi stew has a lot of kimchi in it, so today's side dish is leek-and-cucumber kimchi.

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2. Kimchi Pancake

Ingredients

  • Kimchi 1 bowl
  • Pork Belly 100g
  • Small onion half
  • Chive four
  • bread flour 5T
  • starch flour 4T
  • Water(Since the amount of water can vary each time, add it little by little the batter is smooth and reaches the desired consistency.)

1. Thinly slice a bowl of kimchi (sour and well-fermented kimchi is even better)

2. Slice a half of onion and 4-5 green onions (optional)

Place the chopped kimchi,chopped onion, bread flour 5T, and starch flour 4T in a large bowl.
Mix while adding water slowly. Add water until the mixture is not too thick but silky.

4. Slice and add a fistful of pork belly

5. If the kimchi is good, you don't have to season it.
In a frying pan, cook it with medium heat. Make it small so it doesn't tear as easily. Cook it until it is crunchy and tasty.
6. Tomato sauce kimchi goes well with kimchi pancakes.

  • Using bread flour and starch make the texture chewy and crispy.
  • Using all-purpose flour and starch result in a slightly softer texture.
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1. Chicken and Veggie Soy Sauce Stir Fry

*Gluten Free

Ingredients:

  • Chicken 150g
  • Vegetables (onions, carrots, bell peppers, mushrooms, green onions, etc.) - prepare at least 3 times the amount of meat
  • Garlic 2T
  • Korean soy sauce 3T
  • Banana syrup (or agave or sugar) 1/2T
  • Sesame oil 2T
  • Sesame seeds 1T

1. Thinly slice 150g of chicken and briefly marinate with soy sauce 1 Tbsp and banana syrup (or agave or sugar) 1/2 Tbsp

2. While the meat is marinated, crust the garlic and slice the vegetables you have at home (onions, carrots, bell peppers, mushrooms, green onions, etc.)

3. Cook the chicken front and back and take it out on a plate (Chicken tastes bad once you overcook it)
4. In the same pan you cooked the meat, put enough olive oil and cook garlic and vegetables.
Put one or two pinches of salt, 1-2 Tbsp of soy sauce and cook until the vegetables are cooked.
Add the chicken back and season with soy sauce. Once it's all cooked, drizzle sesame oil and turn off the heat.

5. Plate your stir fry and put on some sesame seeds. Enjoy with kimchi.

  • At first, try cooking according to the given recipe, and the next time you cook, you can adjust the sweetness and saltiness to suit your own taste. By doing so, you'll end up creating your own unique flavor.