Sunny's Korean recipes

A couple of people commented and a few more emailed asking for Sunny's recipe for Korean BBQ beef, which is called Bul Go Gi.  Not only has she given me the recipe, she's remade the food and taken photos so it's easier for you to make it. Thanks for your help with this, Sunny. I send my love.

BUL GO GI

As with all Asian cooking, you do all your preparation and cutting first. 

Ingredients

• 500g thin slice of beef (sirloin or tenderloin) 
• 1 onion 
• ½ carrot 
• 5 dried shitake mushroom 
• 1 spring onion (shallot)

Marinade Sauce

• 30 ml soy sauce 30ml
• 1½ tablespoons caster sugar 
• 1½ tablespoons sesame oil 
• ½ tablespoon sesame seed 
• 1 teaspoon black pepper 
• 1 pear 
• 5 garlic cloves 
• ½ onion

METHOD

1. Soak shitake mushrooms in warm water until soft.
2. Prepare and slice vegetables: slice onion and mushrooms, cut carrot julienne, cut shallot finger size.
3. Blend marinade sauce ingredients using blender.

4. Marinate beef in the sauce with sliced vegetables.

5. Put marinated beef in the fridge and leave for overnight (you can cook immediately but better if you leave overnight)
6. Heat the pan and add 2 table spoons oil.

7. Cook until beef has changed colour.
8. Serve in the plate on the table for everyone to help themselves.

Sunny's notes:

* It is usually served with rice in Korea.

* You can put more or less sauce as you like.

* You can buy sliced Bul Go Gi beef and shitake mushroom at Korean supermarket.

* You can use any kind of mushrooms (like button mushrooms).


JAB CHAE - noodles, beef and vegetables
Ingredients below are for one person - multiply by the number of people you're serving.

• Glass noodles
• 10 grams dried champignon mushroom (or any kind of mushroom)
• ½ onion 
• ½ carrot 
• ¼ red capsicum (pepper)
• ⅓ bunch asian spinach  or baby spinach
• 50 grams beef (sirloin)
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil 
• 1 teaspoon sesame seed 

Sauce 1

• 5 tablespoons soy sauce 
• 1 tablespoon caster sugar  
• ½ teaspoon black pepper 
• 2 cloves sliced garlic 

Sauce 2

• 1 tablespoon soy sauce 
• a pinch black pepper 
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil 
• 1 teaspoon crushed garlic 
• 1 teaspoon sugar 

METHOD

1. Soak dried champignon mushroom and glass noodle in warm water until they are soft.
2. Slice onion, julienne carrot and cut beef into strips.
3. Marinate beef strips in the sauce 2 for 20mins.
4. Boil sauce 1 for 1minute and put aside.
5. Blanch spinach for 30 sec and drain water.
6. Heat the pan and add 1 tablespoon oil.
7. Saute vegetables, mushroom and beef separately and then put aside.
8. Saute drained noodle in the heated pan with 2 table spoon oil and boiled sauce 1 until noodle is soft.
9. Combine 5, 7 and 8 and mix with sesame oil and sesame seed (you can add more sauce 1)
10. Put on the serving plate.

Sunny cooked both these meals for Jamie's 100th day celebration so I can tell you they are delicious. If you've never tried to cook Korean food before, these would be good to start with. They're both fairly simple, and they're healthy and delicious. 

Just a note to those who've ordered goods from my shop: I'll be in touch with you tomorrow with details of postage and payments. I'm at the Neighbourhood Centre today. The baby's arrival has put me back a day. 

I hope you enjoy what you're doing today. No matter what it is, take 10 minutes for yourself to sit and relax.