2014/02/02

Korean New Year soup - Ddock guk (떡국)

Family is like a puzzle.
If it misses one piece of puzzle, then it is incomplete.  
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재료: 다시마, 국물용 멸치, 간장 5Tbsp, 미린 2Tbsp, 설탕 2Tbsp, 후추, 소금, 떡국떡, 파, 얆은 소고기, 계란 2개 (노른자 와 흰자 나눕니다. 흰자에 전분을 조금 섞어둡니다)
 
材料:昆布、汁用、カタクチイワシや醤油5Tbsp、凛2Tbsp、砂糖2Tbsp、胡椒、塩、お雑煮餅、ねぎ、ヤムは牛肉、卵2個(卵黄と卵白分けます。卵白に澱粉を少し混ぜておきます)
 
Ingredients: Kelp, dried anchovies for stock, soy sauce 5Tbsp, mirin 2Tbsp, sugar 2Tbsp, pepper and salt, rice cake, green onion, thinly sliced beef, two eggs (separate the yolks), little bit of corn starch
 
Add about 8-10 cups of water in a pot and add dried anchovies, green onion, and kelp before it boils.
Make the stock by boiling the water for 15-20min.

In a mean time, soak the frozen rice cakes in warm water.
(It will loose some of natural starch)

Cook the beef with soy sauce, mirin, sugar.
Make sure there are some sauce left to flavor the stock!!
Do not cook the sauce all the way!

Clear the soup

When the soup is clear, add well washed and soaked rice cakes

Add the beef and remain sauce. Cook it for 15min on min-high heat.
Flavor the soup with salt. Do not add too much salt.

As garnishes, I made two different egg fries and cut them in diamond shapes.
Also, added fresh chopped green onion and shredded seaweed (nori)


Dinner for one - Steak

 
재료: 스테이크, 양파, 버섯, 브로콜리, 치즈, 버터 2Tbs, 소금, 후추, 우스터소스
材料:ステーキ、たまねぎ、キノコ、ブロッコリー、チーズ、バター2Tbs,塩,胡椒、ウスターソース
Ingredients: Steak, sliced onion, sliced mushrooms, broccolis, chesses, butter 2Tbs, salt and pepper, worcestershire sauce
 
Sprinkle some salt and per on both side of the meat and leave it in room temp no more then 15min.


sauté onions and mushrooms with about 1Tbsp cooking oil

Add about 3Tbsp of worcestershire sauce and cook until they are tendrized

on a hot grill, put the steak (do not touch at this point)

Add the butter. After about 2min, flip the meat and cook the other side for 2min.
If you want to make the diamond mark, cook the one side 1min and tilt the meat for 45 degree for 1min.

Serve the meat. with steamed broccoli and cheese on top.
 
**If the meat is too red? don't worry, if you leave the meat on the pan without the hit turned off, the remained heat will heat the meddle part.