kimchi jeon

Based on wikipedia, kimchi jeon is a variety of jeon, or Korean pancake-like dish, primarily made with sliced kimchi, flour batter and sometimes other vegetables. Kimchi jeon is often recognized in Korean culture as a folk dish of low profile that anyone could make easily at home with no extra budget. It is usually served as an appetizer, snack or banchan (side dish).

lets just start it ! i cant wait lol

ingredients:

• 100 gr Kimchi
• 1 tbsp onion
• salt to taste
• 2 tbsp flour
• vegetable oil

shrimp avocado salad

This is a quick meal whenever I watch Korean drama. So easy, so fulfilling and its still a healthy food :D I can make a big plate for myself only and not feeling too guilty lol

Ingredients 

• 2 pounds boiled or steamed shrimp, peeled and deveined 
• 2 avocados, cut into large pieces add a squeeze of lime juice 
• 1 small Onion 
• 1 small chopped tomato 
• 1 cup chopped Lettuce 

For the Dressing 

• ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil 
• ¼ cup balsamic vinegar 
• salt and pepper, to taste 

Directions: 

1. Add shrimp, avocado, chopped tomatoes, chopped lettuce and onion to a large bowl. 
2. In another bowl, mix together ingredients for the dressing. Whisk until well-combined. 
3. Add dressing to shrimp avocado salad until it has the amount you desire. Serve additional dressing on the side.

korean zuccini pancake

hehhehe another Maangchi best recipe! so I use her recipe again! zuccini is one of my top favorite veggies so making this feels like heaven. at least once in a week, i made it for my breakfast :D without a further due, here is the link :p ---> link me

Thank you, Maangchi!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

fruit salad

I don't think this is called recipe TBH it just me loving this mix for all month in April. All you gotta do is just cut strawberries and place it in a bowl, add sugar, mix it then leave it at refrigerator for 30 minutes. Then add other fruit like kiwi, grapes, apple etc and drop a spoonful of plain yoghurt. This is my healthy snacks for accompanying me watching chinese dramas hehehhehhe

deviled egg

Based on wikipedia Deviled eggs (US) or devilled eggs (UK) or eggs mimosa are hard-boiled eggs, shelled, cut in half, and filled with the hard-boiled egg's yolk mixed with other ingredients such as mayonnaise and mustard, but many other variants exist internationally. Deviled eggs are usually served cold. They are served as a side dish, appetizer or a main course, and are a common holiday or party food. I am telling my self lets go get all the cholesterol this weekend and jogging tomorrow lol 

ingredients: 

• 6 large eggs 
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise 
• 1 teaspoon yellow mustard 
• a pinch of salt 
• Dash of pepper 
• Garnish: paprika and chopped scallion 

beef nachos

 

Hahahahha judging by the picture it looks sooooooo good right? You will be surprised how easy this dish is. Well, you know me . I won't make your life difficult lol there are tons of this kind of recipe with tons of different toppings. You choose by your own self. I like it better this way. Coz I am just using ingredients that I already had in my kitchen. If you want to add olives, jalapeno, red bean, cilantro leaves or anything. You totally can do it but this time I will show you my way .

Lets get started :)

Ingredients:

• 1 pack ready to use marinara sauce. 1 pack around 200 gr
• 2 tbsp butter 
• 2 cloves of diced garlic
• 250 gr minced beef
• Mozzarella
• salt&pepper
• Tortilla chips
• onion
• red paprika
• green paprika

chinese spring rolls

I think every Asian country have this kind of appetizer. In fact there is a couple of a similar dish in my own country but when u ordered this in Chinese restaurant, its different. These popular Chinese light bites, filled with chicken and crisp vegetables. It is so pack of flavor and u just want it again and again. so i tried to copy it and everyone loves it :D

here we go with the recipe.

ingredients:

• 1 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for deep-frying
• 250 gr skinless chicken breast fillets, chopped into small  pieces
• 4 dried Chinese mushrooms, soaked in hot water for 20 minutes, drained and finely chopped
• 1 tbsp light soy sauce
• 1 tsp grated fresh root ginger
• 100 gr beansprouts
• 2 large spring onions, finely sliced
• 1 small carrot, julienned
• 1.5 tbsp oyster sauce
• salt and pepper
• spring roll wrappers, thawed if frozen (available from Asian supermarkets)
• corn flour + water = paste for sealing
  
  

another chicken salad

It is my other go-to salad that i love to make :) very easy .well, i dont really post difficult recipe coz i dont really cook it in real life either. so, here we go!

ingredients:

• fresh veggies , cleaned
• hard boiled eggs
• 1 tsp dried rosemary
• 1 clove garlic
• 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• salt and pepper
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp fresh chopped parsley
• 2 chicken breast
• a lil more balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil to dress the veggies

garlic baguette

hmmmmmmm the smells of your kitchen after u made this is soooo amazing oh holy god i want to make it again again and again. this is the real garlic baguette . making it at home only need 10 minutes . follow my recipe and then ur family will love you . it is THAT good!!!

Ingredients:

• 1 fresh roll of french, bagette, or italian bread (whichever you prefer)
• 1 stick salted butter, at room temperature
• 4 teaspoons finely minced garlic
• 2 teaspoons chopped parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon olive oil
• 2 teaspoons parmesan cheese (Optional)

Potsticker

actually im using the same recipe as the recipe --> click here! im just using the different method of wrapping the dough and the cooking method. i think its the most famous one. people call it pot sticker . its crunchy at the bottom and still chewy at at the top . how? lets do it!

• Add some oil to the non sticking pan. add the dumplings. Fry till base of dumplings is light brown.
• Then add water surrounding the dumplings. Heat on medium high and cover with the lid on. Let the water boils, the steam will cook the dumplings. 
• When you can hear pan is lightly sizzling when all the water is boiling off. Remove the lid and let the dumplings fry a little longer till the  base is golden and crisp. 
• its ready to eat with the dipping sauce

chicken salad

lololol i dont know if u still call it salad or not bc the ingredients that i use :) but this is what i make when i want some salad lololol

ingredients:

• breast chicken 
• Lemon 
• Any veggies that u have and u wud like to eat 
• salt and pepper 
• hard boiled eggs 
• 1/4 cup olive oil 
• 1 Tablespoons red wine vinegar 
• 1 clove crushed garlic 
• 1/2 tsp lemon juice 

chicken popcorn

lmao this is so bad for ur heart ahahhahah make this just once a month bc i dont want to be responsible for ur health lol this is a perfect perfect perfect perfect snacks for a movie weekend at home ahahhahahhaha listen to me ,there is a zillion recipe for this one. but im making it based on my experience and this is my fav way lol im not gonna list the ingredients , im just gonna skip that and move right onto the "Directions" section.

lets get start it :)

1. cut the breast chicken into the bite sizes, clean it
2. now put it in a bowl, add sesame oil just until it cover it you know .just "coat" it
3. season with salt and pepper
4. leave it at the refrigerator for 30 mins
5. now lets make the batter, in a mixing bowl. combine flour , egg and water . how much ? be experimental, i dont have the measurement also . i will start it with the flour then i add eggs to make it lumpy then i add cold water to make it a lil less lumpy .
6. season it with salt and pepper
7. take chicken out from refrigerator and coat it with this batter
8. fry it until golden brown
9. thats all

u all can thank me later :p

chicken nugget

you guys def have to watch  food revolution by Jamie Oliver, that tv show is very shocking and moving. i no longer buy any frozen nuggets ever since. and u know what , making ur own chicken nugget is very easy and more delicious ! u got to choose ur own coating lol actually people using bread crumbs but i decided to use crushed potato chips lmao its tastier off course ! :p

the show is basically saying in this generation people dont cook by them selves, only using frozen and ready to cook ingredients from large factory instead of cooking with fresh ingredients. thank god, i always use fresh ingredient at home. my mom def against the frozen ingredients. so i kinda follow her since i was young.

ok back to chicken nugget :) basically what u just need to do is cut the breast chicken into nugget size, coating with flour, egg then coat it with crush potato chips :D fry it until golden brown. thats all . easy, right? go try it at home! :D

creamy soup

hello guys, november is here :) its getting cold lately :) that means shawl season is here <3 <3 <3i want a bowl of soup every day . im gonna tell you how i usually make my creamy soup. its super easy yet soooo delish :) i post two types of ingredients that i use , the first one is mushroom+smoked beef , the other one is corn . the rest of ingredients are the same :) lets get started :)

ingredients:

• 2 cloves chopped garlic
• 1 chopped onion bombay
• salt and pepper
• 300 ml milk
• main ingredients are depends what do u want ( in my case, its mushroom or sweet corn) 
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp fluor

jajangmyon + hobakjeon

ohoyyyy. its my two fav korean dishes. i think i make hobakjeon 10 times already in my life. TBH, i don't really like jajangmyeon instant bc it has no meat on it lol so, usually i buy the package for the sauce and adding meats onto it :D ive tried these dishes in Korean restaurant and thinking hmmm this is a nice dish esp hobakjeon , i feel like snacking it with sauce when im watching korean drama :D hahahahhaha here we go!!!! first lets make jajangmyon :)

ingredients

• 1 package of jjajangmyeon noodles
• 1/2 pound of tenderloin meat , cut into 1/2 inch cubes
• 1/2 cup of  daikon, cut into ½ inch cubes
• 1/2 cup of zucchini, cut into ½ inch cubes
• 1/2 cup of potato, peeled and cut into ½ inch cubes
• 1 cups of onion chunks
• 3 Tablespoons of vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon of sesame oil
• ½ cup cucumber, cut into thin matchsticks for garnish

japchae

based on wikipedia, Japchae (jabchae, chapchae) is a Korean dish made from sweet potato noodles (called dangmyeon, 당면), stir fried in sesame oil with various vegetables (typically thinly sliced carrots, onion, spinach, and mushrooms), sometimes served with beef, and flavoured with soy sauce, and sweetened with sugar. It is usually served garnished with sesame seeds and slivers of chili. It may be served either hot or cold.

ive tried this dish two times at Korean restaurant. its very simple dish. truth is, i have this kind of food in my country. it almost taste the same. mom almost cooks this every week hheheheh the different is just the noodles. i walked to the Korean grocery store closed to my office to buy the noodles. this weekend, i made Japchae out of curiosity ! here we go! 

• 200 gr vermicelli noodle 
• different types of vegetables: i used carrots, spinach, green onions.it will be good to use mushroom also! but my mom used my mushroom that i bought :( so, i dont have it anymore. the measurement is kinda blurry . because it depends what you like. i love carrots, thats why im using more carrot. i use 2 big carrots and 1 small package of baby spinach. 
• salt and pepper to taste 
• 1 tsp minced garlic 
• 2 chopped onion 
• a half of green pepper 
• Soy sauce 
• Vegetable oil 
• Sesame seed oil 
• Toasted/Roasted sesame seeds (black or white) 

fried wonton shrimps

i modified the recipe a bit. its definitely a Chinese dish. well, its not that i love Chinese man recently *cough Luhan cough* that im starting to love Chinese food. its because i always work with Chinese people so i ate a lot of Chinese food in my life hehhehe the recipe below is simple. perfect for family gathering. bet everyone will like it. serve with sauce or maybe mayonnaise :D they all gonna love you!!

Ingredients:

• Wonton wrappers
• Shrimp
• Egg wash to close wrappers
• bread crumbs 
• Soy sauce for marinating shrimp
• Oil for frying

vegetable spring rolls

omg!!! i cant believe im gonna craving for vegetables !!!! last week is the big days for moslems as we celebrate idul fitri and the tradition for moslems in my country is like to throw a family party for the whole family with the all kinds of meat and coconut oil kind of dishes . it taste heavenly off course but for almost a week? mehhhh , im stuffed! i just want some vegetable dear good God lol i remember i still have tons of that expensive rice papers that i bought at imported grocery store in Ramadhan . OMG!!! i need to fill them in with some vegetables and dip it at a bowl of delicious peanut sauce :D i just cant get this feeling off lololololol

there are a lot of spring rolls type. vietnamese, thailands, chinese, even indonesian . this recipe below is just my version of using the vegetables i like . so, u can add or remove anything based on ur liking :)  oh and i didnt put the amount of ingredients , just bc the recipe is truly based on ur liking . u wanna put carrots more or beansprouts more , well its up to u :)

ingredients:

• rice paper wrappers
• carrots, cut as matchsticks
• beansprouts
• shrimp
• cilantro 
• rice vermicelli