Asian Inspired Fish Taco (Alaskan Cod)

If you love crunchy type of food, this is the recipe for you :) You can taste the tobiko eggs popping in your mouth! :)

2 lb Cod (Alaska)

1 & 1/2 cup flour

2 tbsp corn starch

1 tbsp baking powder

1/2 tbsp garlic powder

1 tsp salt

1/2 tbsp black pepper

2 cup beer (maybe replaced with water)

Mayo condiment:

3 tbsp mayonnaise

1-2 tbsp tobiko eggs

1 tbsp lime juice

Corn tortilla

Japanese seaweed salad

Cucumber 

Carrot

Tobiko

Seaweed 

Sweet ginger (optional)

 Combine the flour, starch, baking powder, garlic powder, salt, black pepper, and beer.  Mix the ingredients until fully resolved. 

Cut cod into a rectangular shape and dip fish into the batter.  Deep fry fish on low heat until fully cook. About 5-7 minutes. 

Mix mayo, tobiko, and lime juice for topping. 

Present tacos with the listed ingredients. 

Enjoy!

Kimchi Fried Rice

If you are a vegetarian, I would highly recommending this dish! :)

1 minced garlic clove
1/2 an onion (cubed)
1-2 cup(s) minced kimchi
3 cups uncooked rice or 9 cups cooked rice
1 egg (poached) Optional
1 sprinkle furikake

1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp chicken bouillon
1 tsp black pepper
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp gochujang paste (Korean pepper paste)

Add oil to wok.  Following that add garlic, and onion.  Stir fry until fragrant.
Add minced kimchi and kimchi's juice to work until soften.
Add warm rice following that and mix it with the kimchi.

While mixing rice, you can add the spices: salt, sugar, chicken bouillon, black pepper, and soy sauce.

Poach or fry an egg and sprinkle furikake on top of your fried rice.

Enjoy! :)  Let me know in the comment section if you like it :)

Gingers and Shallots Chicken in Clay Pot

Marinating the Chicken:

1 lb chicken thighs

2 tbsp fish sauce 

2 tbsp dark soy sauce

3 tbsp white wine

3 tbsp gingers

1 tsp sugar

1 tsp chicken bouillon

1 tbsp rice vinegar

Cooking Clay Pot:

2 minced garlics

2 shallots

1 tsp black pepper

2 green onions

Step 1:

Combine the ingredients listed in marinate chicken's list. Marinate the chicken for at least 30 minutes.

Step 2:

Add oil to clay pot.  Add the gingers, garlics, and shallots and slowly add all the chickens to pot.

Cook chicken thighs until they are fully cooked. 

Step 3:

Presented with green onions and shallots. 

Delicious Chicken Katsu with Peas and Carrots Japanese Curry Sauce

This is easy and cheap to make! 

Fried Chicken:

1-1.5 lb chicken thighs (no skin)

1 tsp salt

1 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp black pepper

1 tsp red pepper flakes (optional)

1 cup flour
1 tbsp corn starch

2 eggs

1/2 cup water 

1/2 cup Panko Bread

Oil

Direction:

Mix chicken thighs with salt, garlic powder, black pepper, and pepper flakes.  

Mix flour and corn starch then spread it on a plate. 

Mix eggs with water in a bowl.

Spread panko bread on a plate. 

Dip marinated chicken to flour plate, then to egg bowl, and finally coated it with panko bread.

Let the battered chicken rest on a drying rack in a fridge up to 30 min. 

Fry battered chicken in oil on low heat at least 8 minutes each side if you are not using lots of oil.  If deep fry chicken, then up to 14-16 minutes each chicken thigh.

Curry Sauce:

1/2 tbsp butter

2 minced garlic

1/2 an onion chopped

2 cup carrots chopped cube

3 curry cubes

2 cup water

1 can sweet peas

1 tsp chicken bouillon

1 tsp black pepper

1/2-1 tsp lemon juice or vinegar

Direction:

Stir fry butter with garlic and onion until fragrant.  Add carrots, curry cubes  and 2 cup water.  Add chicken bouillon.  Cook until boiled. Finally add sweet peas, black pepper, and lemon juice. Turn off the heat right after.

Serve with rice.

Enjoy! 

Colorful and Delicious Inari Sushi

This is great for kids and potluck!  Especially during the hot summer days :) I created several ingredients, so you can pick and choose the ingredients that you like! My friends are not raw food eater, so I made tuna and imitation crabs for those who prefer cooked food. Enjoy!

Main ingredients:

2 of the 12 packs inari

3 uncooked rice or 9 cups of cooked rice

1/4 cup rice vinegar

2 can tuna 

2 tbsp mayo

5 sticks of the imitation crab (shredded)

2 tbsp mayo

1/4 tsp black pepper

1/4 lb sushi grade salmon (seared & cut into cubes)

1/2 lb small shrimps (boiled)

Veggies:

1 avocado

2 lettuce leaves

Seaweed salad

Micro-greens

Tobiko

Carrots (match sticks)

Cucumber

Gingers

Step one: Combine cooked rice and rice vinegar. 

Step two: Prep tuna with mayo, imitation crab with mayo and peppers.  Sear the salmon and cut it into cubes.  Boil the shrimps until they are fully cooked. 

Step three:  Open the inari, add the rice, and your favorite ingredients. 

You can also prep this ahead of time and let people pick and choose their own favorite ingredients. 

Korean Spicy and Cheesy Chicken with Carrots, Corns, and Onions

This dish was very easy to make and delicious! You can eat this with rice or as a snack :)
It is not fattening at all even though you can see the cheese stretching through this picture!
I hope you will enjoy making it!

1 lb chicken thigh with skin

Marinate chicken with:

2 tbsp shaoxing wine

1-4 tbsp gochujang in total (korean chili paste) Depending on your spice preference

3 tbsp soy sauce

2 tbsp honey

1 tbsp sesame oil

1 tbsp rice vinegar

1 tsp korean chili flakes

1 tsp black pepper

1/2 tsp garlic powder

Cooking:

2 minced garlic

1/2 a small onion

1 can sweet corn

2 small carrots

2 tsp lemon juice

1 tsp chicken bouillon

1/2 tsp salt

2 tbsp green onions (optional)

1 small sweet chilli

1/2 tbsp butter

1/4 cup mozzarella cheese (your favorite cheese)

Optional: Iron skillet

Step 1: Prepare chicken thigh into bite size and marinate the chicken at least 1 hour with the listed ingredients. 

Step 2: Add oil and 1 minced garlic to stir fry with carrots and corns.  Sprinkle in the salt, chicken bouillon, and lemon juice. Cooking is completed for carrots and corns when carrots are soft. Set carrots and corns aside.

Step 3: Add oil and 1 minced garlic to stir fry the pre-marinated chicken. Add 1/2 a small onion, chopped. After 3 minutes, you can add in the carrots and corns.  Stir fry until chicken is fully cook. then add in green onions, and chopped sweet chili. 

Step 4: Put on an iron skillet and add butter to skillet.  Add cooked chicken, carrots, onions, corns, and sweet chili to skillet.  Top it off with cheese and cover with lid until cheese is melted. 

Enjoy!

Stir Fried Spinach with Shallots

I had this dish at a popular restaurant in Portland, so I'm trying to recreate this dish. 

Hope you will like it! 

Recipe:

Good amount of oil

2 small bundles of spinach or one big bundle

1 small shallot

1 tbsp fried shallots (optional)

1 tsp salt

1 tsp chicken bouillon

1 tsp lemon juice (optional)

Add oil and quickly stir fried all the ingredients together. 

After the spinach soften, transfer to a plate and sprinkle fried shallots on top.

Enjoy!

Chinese Five Spice Ground Beef

Chinese Five Spice Ground Beef

This dish is delicious and simple to make! I usually make this when I don't have time to cook.  It's my family favorite. The five-spice powder will definitely enhance your taste bud! :)

Enjoy!

1.5- 2 lbs ground beef

1 minced garlic clove

1/2 an onion (mince to cubes)

1/2 tsp five-spice

1 tsp salt

1 tsp sugar

1 tsp chicken bouillon

1 tbsp oyster sauce

1/2 tsp black pepper

Presentation:

Seaweed flakes

Eggs (sunny side up)

Add oil, garlic and onion until fragrant.

Add ground beef, five-spice, salt, sugar, chicken bouillon, oyster sauce, and black pepper. 

Serve with rice, sprinkle seaweed flakes, and sunny side up egg.