Odaeng was probably the most popular of the Korean ban chan dishes served at my restaurant. People would often get take out odaeng in quart sizes to take to pot luck functions or just to snack on. One longtime (10 years +) customer even claimed that Odaeng cured his child hood asthma!
Ingredients:
2 sheets flat Korean [...]
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A note about making Kimchi: Making kimchi is not about precise measurements. It’s about taste.
Many things can influence the final result, like the taste of the unseasoned cabbage. Some heads of Napa are very sweet so you would add less sweetener (sugar/nashi pear), some are slightly bitter so you would add a little more salt, [...]
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Cucumber doesn’t always need salad or to be pickled.
Total Time: 30 Minutes
Active Time: 15 to 20 minutes
Yield: 2 to 4 servings (Depends on appetite)
Ingredients
4 medium cucumbers
2 eggs
1 medium carrot
4 Pyogo (Shitake) mushroom
2 tablespoon salt
2 teaspoon roasted sesame oil
1/2 pound lean Beef
Marinade
2 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon water
1 teaspoon sugar
2 green or spring [...]
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