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A recipe book by me for me. I am just trying to remember what I cook.

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Japchae

Sweet potato noodles, wood ear mushrooms, cooked egg strips

Stir fry carrots, onion, spinach in sesame oil and salt

Season with:

Japchae Sauce

- soy sauce

- sugar

- sesame oil

- garlic powder

- salt and black pepper

( soy sauce (3 tbsp), sugar (2 tbsp), sesame oil (1½ tbsp))

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Gochugaru 1 tsp

Sesame oil 1 tbsp

Rice vinegar 3 tbsp

Soy sauce 1 tbsp

Sugar 1 tbsp

Fish sauce splash

Sesame seeds

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Brown Butter Black Sesame Rice Krispies Treats

Ingredients:

½ cup, plus 1 tbsp black sesame seeds

2 tbsp honey

1 stick (8 tbsp) unsalted butter

1 bag (12 oz.) marshmallows

1 tsp vanilla extract

½ tsp kosher salt

6 cups Rice Krispies cereal

Pinch of flaky sea salt for sprinkling

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Goi Ga

Ingredients: shredded rotisserie chicken with skin, sliced shallots, shredded cabbage, chopped mint/cilantro, fried shallots

Sauce: salt, pepper, sugar, fish sauce, vinegar

(dash of salt, 1 teaspoon black pepper, 2 teaspoon sugar, splash of fish sauce, 1/2 cup of vinegar?)

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Tom Kha

2 large chicken breasts

1 box of mushrooms

Half onion (ONLY HALF!)

4 tbs paste (cook first)

Fish sauce

1 can of chicken stock

1 can of coconut milk

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Nasu dengaku

Sauce

- 4 Tbs sugar

- 3 Tbs white miso

- 8 Tbs water

- dash of soy sauce and sesame oil

Cook in saucepan until thickened

Airfry eggplants

1. 360f for 15mins, turn midway

2. Mix with sauce and continue baking for 5mins

3. Plate and add sesame seeds and green onions

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Kafta

1kg beef mince (lamb can be used)

1 brown onion, finely diced

1 handful chopped mint (or parsley)

1 tsp salt

1 tbsp red sumac

1/2 tsp black pepper

1/2 tsp ground cumin

1/2 tsp sweet paprika

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground cardamom

2-3 crushed garlic cloves

1 tbsp olive oil

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Chadol Pasta

Sauce:

Oyster 1/2 Tb

Soy 1 Tb

Sugar 1/2 Tb

Mirin 1 Tb

1. In pot of salted water, add salt and pasta. Only cook halfway.

2. Saute garlic, chili peppers, and green peppers in olive oil.

3. Add sliced beef. Season with salt and pepper.

4. Remove beef from the pan and set aside.

5. Add 2 ladels of pasta water to the pan.

6. Add sauce and al dente pasta.

7. Add cheese and stir until pasta is cooked.

8. Add beef back into dish.

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Pizza Dough 2.0

500 g bread flour

7 g yeast

8 g salt

12 g sugar

350 g warm water

20 g olive oil

1. Mix warm water, yeast, and sugar and let it sit for 10 minutes.

2. Combine yeast water with the rest of the ingredients.

3. Knead until dough comes together. Cover and allow to rest in room temperature.

4. After waiting 30 minutes, stretch and fold the dough. Do this for a total of 3 times.

(30mins + stretch/fold X 3)

5. Place dough in the fridge for at least 24hrs to develop flavor.

6. Remove refrigerated dough from bowl and divide the dough into four pieces (makes four medium-sized personal pizzas).

7. Roll the pieces into balls. Leave the dough balls to rise 3-4 hours in room temperature. Cover with wet towel to prevent drying out.

(To freeze: place dough balls in heavily floured containers. Defrost in the morning in room temperature to use by nighttime.)

8. Bake at 425 for around 25 minutes.

(Shape dough, apply sauce, bake 15 mins, remove to place toppings, bake 10 mins.)

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Cantonese Wontons (Lau)

Ingredients:

12 oz pork

2 Tbs cornstarch

1 Tbs oyster sauce

1 tsp salt

1 tsp sugar

1/2 tsp white pepper

1 tsp chicken bouillon

2 Tbs water

1 Tbs sesame oil

4 oz shrimp

1 tsp cornstarch

dash of white pepper

Instructions:

1. Combine seasoning mixture: cornstarch, oyster sauce, salt, sugar, white pepper, chicken bouillon, and water.

2. Mix pork with seasoning mixture and marinate for around 30 minutes. (Can be put in fridge?)

3. Prepare and chop shrimp into bite-sized pieces.

4. Mix chopped shrimp with cornstarch and a dash of white pepper. Marinate for 15-20 seconds.

5. After marinating, mix marinated pork with sesame oil and marinated shrimp. Do not overmix.

6. Prepare dish with cornstarch to prevent sticking.

7. Fold wontons by dotting water on all four corners of the wrapper, spooning a small amount of filling, crumpling the wrapper, and squeezing.

8. Cook wontons in boiling water on medium heat for 4-5 minutes. Add cold water when necessary.

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Chicken satay skewers

Marinade:

3 chicken breasts/10 drumsticks

3 tsp red curry paste

1.5 tbsp curry powder

2 tsp sugar

1 tsp salt

1 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp chili powder

125ml aka 1/4 can coconut milk

Air fry at 400F for 13mins

Satay sauce (makes literally so much....like a whole ass pot):

3 tbsp red curry paste

200g smooth peanut butter

50g sugar

1 tbsp dark soy sauce

Large pinch of salt

3 tbsp apple cider vinegar

275ml coconut milk (rest of the can)

150ml water

Simmer on stove

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Banana Pudding:

1 box Jello vanilla instant pudding mix

320 g cold water

~5 very ripe bananas

1 box Nilla wafers

14 oz sweetened condensed milk

660 g heavy whipped cream

1. Mix condensed milk, water, vanilla pudding. Refrigerate.

2. Whip heavy cream

3. Fold pudding mixture into heavy cream

4. Layer and refrigerate for a couple hours, preferably overnight

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Spicy chili wonton sauce:

3 Tbsp Chili Crisps

1 clove minced garlic

2 Tbsp soy sauce

1 tsp black vinegar

2 tsp sugar

1 Tbsp water

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Sushi Bake

Rice- vinegar and sesame oil, no salt

Imitation crab- Kewpie, Sriracha, salt, sugar, ponzu, cream cheese (optional)

Salmon

Furikake

Avocado

Kewpie, Sriracha, unagi, soy sauce

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Learning to bake macarons. Still not perfect but these have been the closest I've been able to get to a proper macaron. The left is green tea and the right is milk chocolate ganache.

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Oyako don.  Chicken and egg bowl.   Ingredients : chicken 2 eggs (One egg per person) 1 onion sugar (Add to taste) mentsuyu ( soy sauce base soup ) You can find it at your local asian food market or you can use soy sauce and mirin as a substitute.   Top with scallion / green onion.