#cooking notes

Did the tomato and spinach skillet again! Tried some different things, the smaller one is totally vegetarian; I used portabella mushroom and eggplant in place of the chicken. Also added more veggies: green and red peppers, mushrooms, ginger. Used actual shredded cheese this time, mozzarella and Parmesan.

It was very filling and I’m not sure I’ll even eat anything more today. Probably should have managed some more vegetable in there, but I’ll try to do better tomorrow with at least some of the eggplant even if I finish off the crab mixture too.

Salad

Cucumber tomato salad - 3 cucumber (salted) + 5-6 cherry tomato + minced garlic - 1 tsp sugar + 1 tsp soy sauce - 2 tsp sesame oil + 2 tsp crispy prawn chili - 3 tsp vinegar

Oi muchim - 3 skin-on chopped Persian cucumbers, salted - 1 minced garlic clove + 1 tsp sesame seeds - 1 tsp sugar - 1 tsp fish sauce - 1 tsp sesame oil - 2 tsp gochugaru - 2 tsp rice vinegar

Nộm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGYCxwY1_4Y&t=482s - Use 80-90ml - Mix 1/2 lime into vinegar or just use vinegar - 1 sugar : 1 vinegar/lime : 1/2 tbsp salt (the salt is optional)

Meat

Korean fried chicken https://www.koreanbapsang.com/dakgangjeong-sweet-crispy-chicken/ - For 500g chicken - 1 tbsp soy sauce - 1 tbsp gochujang - 2 tbsp vinegar - 2 tbsp mirin + 2 tbsp honey (or 3 tbsp rice syrup) + 1-2 tbsp brown sugar - 1 tsp minced garlic + 1 tsp grated ginger

Zing wing https://seonkyounglongest.com/asian-zing-wings/#tasty-recipes-26686-jump-target - 12 dried chicken wings + 1/4 tsp salt/pepper + 1tbsp baking powder, baked 200C 20' + 20' or air fry - 2-3 cloves garlic + 3 ginger slices - 1 tsp soy sauce - 1 tbsp rice vinegar + 1 tbsp mirin + 1 tbsp sriracha + 2 tbsp honey

Sweet sour pork ribs - Sườn xào chua ngọt - 1 fish sauce : 1.5 sugar : 1.5 rice vinegar : 3-4 water

Noodle

Egg noodle soup https://www.recipetineats.com/chinese-noodle-soup/ - 3 cups stock - 2 garlic cloves + 1.5cm ginger piece - 1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce + 1 1/2 tbsp cooking wine - 1 tsp sesame oil - 2 tsp sugar

Korean miso carbonara https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cs6J1UHISix/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== - 1 udon block + 100g pork belly - Minced garlic - 1 tbsp miso paste + 1 tbsp gochujang - 1 tbsp soy sauce - 1 tsp sesame oil - 1 tsp gochugaru - Egg mixture at the end: 2 yolks, 30g parmesan, black pepper

Marinade

Galbi marinade https://seonkyounglongest.com/galbi-korean-bbq/#tasty-recipes-26756-jump-target - 1.5kg short ribs - 1 cup Korean ultimate stock (water, onion, spring onion, kelp, anchovy, peppercorn, garlic) - 3/4 cup soy sauce (reduced from 1 cup) - 1 cup brown sugar - 1/4 cup mirin - 1/4 cup sake/soju/vodka - 2 tbsp sesame oil - 1 tsp black pepper + 2 tbsp minced garlic - 1/2 fresh kiwi grated

Galbi marinade 2 https://seonkyounglongest.com/best-galbi/#tasty-recipes-32310-jump-target - 1.5kg short ribs - 1/2 cup soy sauce + 2 tbsp fish sauce - 1/4 cup mirin + 1/4 cup honey + 2 tbsp sugar - 2 tbsp maesilaek - 1 tbsp sesame oil - 1 tsp black pepper + 3 tbsp garlic + 1/2 onion - 1/4 kiwi grated