K-Recipe 3rd Menu

           Hello, K-BAP followers. It has been like a month after the last K-Recipe. I’m so sorry for late post of Korean food recipe. In fact, I didn’t even think about posting recipe on this K-BAP blog because it is a little harder than writing K-BAP stories. However, I took many pictures of me making Korean food. I can surely tell you that the first and second recipes were just foretastes. From this week, the real recipe for real Korean food would be posted. The third menu of K-Recipe is ‘Kimchi Jjigae with Ham’.

           You might wonder what ‘Jjigae’ means. In plain language, ‘Jjigae’ is one of the kinds of ‘Guk’. I’ll explain about later in K-BAP story. To return, this menu is one of the most popular dishes in Korea. Even, I have learned how to make this when I was 7. Almost all of Koreans are love this food. Okay then, let’s begin to cook.

Kimchi Jjigae with Ham (Spam) – Serving 4 to 5 people.

Total time: 40 minutes = Prep 15 minutes + Cook 25 minutes.

Ingredients: Kimchi / 3 Pieces of Garlic / Half of Onion / 1 Chili Pepper

                    Sesame Oil / 1 Can of Ham (Spam) / 1 Table spoon of Sugar

                    Black Pepper / Vegetable Oil

                    1 full bowl of Rice Water – The rice water used to wash rice

Cook Utensils: 1 Table Spoon / Medium sized Pot / Knife

Directions

1.     Preparation.

1)    Smash & Crush garlics with your knife. 2) Slice half of onion.

           3) Chop 1 to 2 of chili pepper diagonally 4) Slice 1 can of Ham (Spam).

5) Chop some Kimchi (however you want) roughly.

6) Prepare rice water. *click it, then you would know the other efficacy of it

2. Cooking.

1) Pour 3 to 4 table spoons of vegetable oil into medium sized pot.

(If you have one, pour 1 spoon of sesame oil)

2) Put sliced onion and black pepper into the pot and stir-fry it.

(Use moderate fire power of stove.)

3) When onion is properly stir-fried, mix it with chopped Kimchi, garlic, and ham.

(Now you can use stronger fire power.)

4) While stir-frying the mixed ingredients, put 1 table spoon of sugar in it.

(Sugar will weaken the tangy taste of Kimchi for this dish.)

5) Pour 1 full bowl of rice water before the mixed ingredients to be burnt.

(Burnt ingredients make this dish bitter. Watch well!)

6) Put chopped chili pepper on the surface of Kimchi Jjigae.

7) Cover the pot with proper lid and let it be properly boiled for at least 20 minutes.

8) Enjoy your Kimchi Jjigae with a bowl of 'Bap'!

Thank you.