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Korean Stir Fried Spicy Blood Sausage

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To Prep
Mix all the sauce ingredients in a small bowl, except for ground perilla seeds and sesame seeds.

To Cook
In a preheated frying pan, add oil and quickly sauté carrot for about 1 min, set aside. Repeat with cabbage and onion, sautéing separately.
Place the cooked vegetables, spring onions and chillies into the same frying pan.
Then add in the sausages and the prepared sauce. Briefly stir fry the ingredients together with the sauce, about 1 min.
Add in the noodles and stir for 4 mins.
Add in the perilla leaves, ground perilla seeds and sesame seeds, mix through the stir fry just prior to serving.
Garnish with lettuce, spring onion and sesame seeds.

Korean Vegetarian Kimbap

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To Cook
Mix rice with 2 tbsp sesame oil and ½-1 tsp salt in a bowl and set aside. Also set aside tofu and radish.
Pour ½-1 tbsp oil to a heated pan and pour in eggs to make a thin omelette over medium heat. The omelette should be pale in colour. Cut into thin strips when cooled and set aside.
Pour ½ -1 tbsp oil to a heated pan and quickly sauté carrots for about 30 secs and season with salt and set aside.
Mix cucumber with ½ tbsp sesame oil, minced garlic and 2 pinches of salt in a bowl and set aside.
Place sushi mat on a board with a nori sheet on top. Spread ⅓-½ cup of rice over the nori sheet, covering about 2/3 of the sheet. Place each of the ingredients on top of the rice, lining them up horizontally and close together. Roll the nori sheet using your mat until you have a cylinder shape. Squeeze the roll inside the mat gently so that the kimbap is not too loose.
Repeat for the remaining ingredients until you have a desired number of kimbap rolls. Cut kimbap into bite sized pieces, usually 8-10. Garnish with sesame seeds.

Korean Cold Noodle Soup (Mul Naengmyeon)

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To Make Stock
Fill a big stockpot with 16 cups cold water and add beef. Bring to a boil, skimming off impurities and add garlic, spring onion and 1 tbsp salt. Reduce heat and simmer for about 1½-2 hrs. Remove meat from pot, let chill and cut into thin slices. Set aside.
Cool the stock to room temperature or lukewarm (should have about 12 cups of stock). Add in 2 tbsp salt, soup soy sauce, sugar and soup mix from naengmyeon noodle packet. Place in the fridge or in the freezer so that it is lightly frozen (but still liquid).

To Make Korean Pickled Radish (Mu)
Add salt to radish in a small bowl. Leave for about 15 mins. Drain out water and add the remaining ingredients, leave to pickle for at least 1 hr or overnight.

To Cook Noodles
Cook noodles in a pot of boiling water for about 3 mins or until the noodles are still al dente.
Drain noodles and rinse thoroughly with cold water to remove excess starch.
Place 1 serving of cold noodles in a bowl. Ladle 2-3 cup cold soup over the noodles. Top with cucumber, pickled radish, egg, beef slices and pear slices. Garnish with shredded nori, sesame seeds and spring onions. Repeat for other servings.
Serve naengmyeon with vinegar and hot English mustard mixed through according to taste.

Korean Chicken Bibimbap

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To Cook
Set aside each type of vegetables on a big plate after cooking.
Heat pan and ½ tbsp oil. Add carrot and cook briefly for about 20 secs. Season lightly with salt.
Sauté zucchini as above but add ⅛ tbsp garlic and ½ tbsp green onions.
Sauté shiitake mushrooms as above but season lightly with soy sauce.
Mix spinach with ⅛ tbsp garlic, ½ tbsp green onions and 1½ tbsp sesame oil.
In a saucepan place bean shoots with ⅛ tbsp garlic, 1 tbsp sesame oil and 2 tbsp water. Cook for about 5 mins until cooked. Drain and add ½ tbsp spring onions and ¼ tsp Korean chilli powder. Season with salt.
Heat oil in a pan, fry the beaten eggs to make a thin omelette. Remove and slice thinly.
Heat oil in a pan, pan-fry the chicken pieces with the capsicums.
In a bowl, place 1 cup of cooked rice. Arrange vegetables, chicken and egg on top. Drizzle some sesame oil and garnish with sesame seeds. Serve with gochujang for individual taste. Repeat for another 3 servings. Mix gochujang with rice and topping before eating.

Korean Chicken Noodle Soup

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To Cook
Place the chicken in a stockpot large enough to hold the chicken and 10-12 cups of water.
Bring it to a boil over medium high heat. Skim off any foam on top. Reduce the heat to medium low and simmer, covered, for about 40 mins.
Add the soy sauce, fish sauce, garlic and onion. Season with salt and pepper, simmer for about 15 mins. Add spring onions towards the end of cooking time.
Remove chicken and shred.

To Serve
Place noodles in serving bowls, top with carrots, zucchini, enoki mushrooms and shredded chicken. Ladle in hot soup, garnish with crown daisy and chilli. Serve with seasoning sauce.

Korean Raw Beef Bibimbap

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To Prep
Cut the beef into strips and mix well with the seasoning sauce. Set aside.

To Cook
Set aside each type of vegetables on a big plate after cooking.
Heat pan and ½ tbsp oil. Add carrot and cook briefly for about 20 secs. Season lightly with salt.
Sauté zucchini as above but add ⅛ tbsp garlic and ½ tbsp green onions.
Sauté shiitake mushrooms as above but season lightly with soy sauce.
Mix spinach with ⅛ tbsp garlic, ½ tbsp green onions and 1½ tbsp sesame oil.
Heat oil in a pan, fry the beaten eggs to make a thin omelette. Remove and slice thinly.
In a bowl, ladle 1 cup of cooked rice. Arrange vegetables, seasoned raw beef and egg on top. Drizzle some sesame oil and garnish with sesame seeds. Serve with gochujang for individual taste. Repeat for another 3 servings. Mix gochujang with rice and topping before eating.

Korean Vegetarian Bibimbap

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To Cook
Set aside each type of vegetables on a big plate after cooking.
Heat pan and ½ tbsp oil. Add carrot and cook briefly for about 20 secs. Season lightly with salt.
Sauté zucchini as above but add ⅛ tbsp garlic and ½ tbsp green onions.
Sauté shiitake mushrooms as above but season lightly with soy sauce.
Mix spinach with ⅛ tbsp garlic, ½ tbsp green onions and 1½ tbsp sesame oil.
In a saucepan place bean shoots with ⅛ tbsp garlic, 1 tbsp sesame oil and 2 tbsp water. Cook for about 5 mins until cooked. Drain and add ½ tbsp spring onions and ¼ tsp Korean chilli powder. Season with salt.
Heat oil in a pan, fry the beaten eggs to make a thin omelette. Remove and slice thinly.
In a bowl, place 1 cup of cooked rice. Arrange vegetables and egg on top. Drizzle some sesame oil and garnish with sesame seeds. Serve with gochujang for individual taste. Repeat for another 3 servings. Mix gochujang with rice and topping before eating.

Korean Tofu Bibimbap

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To Cook
Set aside each type of vegetables on a big plate after cooking.
Heat oil in pan, pan-fry the tofu slices until crisp.
Heat pan and ½ tbsp oil. Add carrot and cook briefly for about 20 secs. Season lightly with salt.
Sauté zucchini as above but add ⅛ tbsp garlic and ½ tbsp green onions.
Sauté shiitake mushrooms as above but season lightly with soy sauce.
Mix spinach with ⅛ tbsp garlic, ½ tbsp green onions and 1½ tbsp sesame oil.
Heat oil in a pan, fry the beaten eggs to make a thin omelette. Remove and slice thinly.
In a bowl, ladle 1 cup of cooked rice. Arrange vegetables and tofu on top. Drizzle some sesame oil and garnish with sesame seeds. Serve with gochujang for individual taste. Repeat for another 3 servings. Mix gochujang with rice and topping before eating.

Korean Spicy Cold Noodle (Bibim Naengmyeon)

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To Prep
Mix all the Sauce ingredients together in a bowl. Set aside.

To Cook
Cook sweet potato noodles in boiling water for about 2-3 mins or according to packet instructions. When it is al dente, drain noodles in a colander and rinse with cold water until the noodles have completely cooled. Drain well.
In a serving bowl, place the noodles, top with sauce, sliced cucumber, pickled radish, lettuce/cabbage and hard-boiled egg. Garnish with sesame seeds and serve.

Thai Style Deep Fried Whole Fish with Cashew Nuts and Green Apple Salad

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To Prep
Rub salt and pepper generously on fish, then dredge with tapioca starch.

To Cook
Heat cooking oil in a wok over high heat. When oil starts to smoke, slide the fish in.
Fry for 4 mins on each side or until browned and crisp. Remove from wok and lay on a serving plate. Reserve about 2 tbsp of the oil and discard the rests.
Add in the lemon juice, garlic, chillies, fish sauce and bring to a simmer. Turn off the heat.
Toss in onions, cashews, apple and carrot and lightly coat with sauce.
Pour over the fish and garnish with mint leaves. Serve.

Grilled Beef, Bok Choy and Eggplant Salad

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To Prep
Whisk together all dressing ingredients apart from rice wine vinegar in a mixing bowl. Reserve half.
Add steaks to the mixing bowl and thoroughly coat in dressing. Cover in cling film and allow to marinate for 30 mins.

To Cook
Heat a frying pan over high heat. Add 1-2 tsp sesame oil and allow to heat up.
Add 1 steak and cook for 1 min before flipping over. Repeat until steak is cooked to desired doneness.
Remove steak from pan, place onto a plate and allow to rest. Repeat with second steak.
Heat a griddle pan/plate over medium-high heat.
Brush both sides of eggplant slices with sesame oil. Carefully place onto griddle pan/plate and allow to cook for 1-2 mins, or until grill marks form and eggplant is cooked. Flip over and repeat on other side. Remove from pan once done.
Brush sliced side of bok choy with sesame oil. Carefully place onto griddle pan/plate and cook for 2-3 mins, or until grill marks form and bok choy is cooked. Remove once done.
To serve, slice steak and serve with grilled eggplant and bok choy. Dress with soy ginger dressing and garnish with chilli.

Seared Sesame Crusted Tuna Salad

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To Cook
Combine tamari, ginger, mirin and sesame oil in a small bowl. Set aside.
Place black and white sesame seeds onto a plate and mix together. Coat all sides of tuna fillet with seeds.
Heat 1-2 tsp sesame oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Carefully place tuna into pan and cook for 30 secs on each side, or until seared on the outside but still pink in the middle.
Remove from pan and allow to rest for 10 mins before slicing.
To serve, place mixed lettuce in a bowl or plate. Arrange cucumber ribbons, radish slices, edamame beans, sliced avocado and sliced seared tuna over. Garnish with spring onion and serve with dressing.