Pickled Garlic in Soy Sauce - (마늘 짱아찌)

One of the MR's favorite banchans is 마늘 짱아찌. This is going to be in real time. =) I started it today, but it won't be completed until next weekend. There are a variety of ways to approach this, but the following is the way we do it in our household... First, dunk your bulbs of garlic in water for about 30 minutes. (I only ended up using 6 of them and used the other two for the jang

Omelet Rice - (오무 라이스)

I decided to make omelet rice this morning with the leftover fried rice from yesterday. It's super easy and a nice twist to make two meals with one. First beat two eggs with a little bit of milk. Grease a large pan and turn up the heat to about medium-low. Spread out the egg nice and evenly and let it cook on low heat. When it's almost cooked through,

Shrimp Fried Rice - (새우 볶음밥)

There's so many ways to make shrimp fried rice and this is the way I do it. It tastes more Korean style in my opinion. Things Needed: 1 cup of chopped shrimp 1/2 cup each of celery, carrots, onions and corn 3-4 cups of cooked cold rice sesame oil, soy sauce, minced garlic It's strange being in the Midwest. The local grocery store didn't have any fresh shrimp! I had to

Dduk Gook using Gom Gook Broth - (떡국)

I know I made dduk gook before, but I just thought I would do a quick how-to using gom gook. It's easy! First start off with about 4-5 cups of gom gook broth. The broth was really thick, so I diluted it with a little bit of water. I then added about 1 TB of gook ganjang, some minced garlic, and some salt. Do you see a pattern here? =P   Fry some eggs. You can be lazy and fry the

Moo Gook - Daikon Radish Soup - Version 2.0 - (무우국)

Don't you just love how there are so many ways to cook the same dish? =P You can make my mom's 경상도 style mook gook or you can make the following more traditional moo gook. I took out the moo pieces from the gom gook I'm currently making before they got too soft and chopped it up like so. Then I got a few cup fulls of gom gook (which has only cooked for about 5 hours) and put it in

Dwenjang Jjigae - Soy Bean Soup - Version 2.0 - (된장 찌개)

Cooking is such an interesting thing. Trying to cook in someone else's kitchen is quite a challenge. Trying to find Korean ingredients in a small town proved to be even a greater challenge. I didn't want to buy EVERYTHING, so I only bought the bare minimum ingredients and have been improvising in the kitchen. Today I made dwenjang jjigae with a beef broth instead of my usual fish broth. You