Sunday, May 10, 2015

Korean Spicy Pork





Ingredients:

1 lb. Pork, sliced paper thin (keep it in the freezer couple hours to slice it thinner)
1/2 T. soy sauce (liquid aminos)
1 T. hot red pepper flakes (gochu-garu)
1/4 cup Korean red pepper paste (gochujang)
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. sesame oil
1-2 T. sugar (honey or agave nectar)
2 -5 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp. ginger, minced
1 medium onion, sliced
3 green onions, sliced
1 tsp. toasted sesame seeds

Optional: 2 inch cut fresh or dried shitake mushroom (soak it couple hours)




Directions:

Slice flash frozen pork against grain as thin as you can. 



place in a bowl, add Pork, soy sauce, red pepper flakes, hot pepper paste, black pepper, sesame oil, sugar, garlic, for marinating.
mix it well together by hand or by fork and add onion.







You can cook it right away but its better if marinate at least couple
hours before cook it. 
Also you can keep marinate spice pork 3 to 5 day in refrigerator or freeze it for up to couple months.
Cook it in the medium fry pan 1 cup at the time and add green onions.




Transfer to a serving plate and garnish with fresh green onions and roasted sesame seed on the top of well-cooked spicy pork.




Serve with cooked rice, kimchi, and make lettuce wrap with ssamjang. or you can make it to use as meat for Korean Tacos and Korean Taco Salad. It is a favorite in my house, with a little bit of kick! (spiciness is adjustable according to your tastes by adding or reducing the red pepper powder or gochujang)
Enjoy!

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Easy Pizza Dough
make 2 thin crust
This recipe is from my dear friend Stacie. It's so simple and quick to make it so I used it all the time and It makes great pizza dough! Thank you to Stacie!

Ingredients:
1 Tablespoon yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
1 cup warm water
1 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons oil
2 1/2 cup whole wheat flour ( I used white hard wheat)

Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add remaining ingredients. Mix well. Let rise 5 minutes.
Perfect for round pizza or jelly roll pan. Can double.
Bake at 425* for 20-25 minutes.



Thai Vegetable Pizza




I used to making this pizza all the time but I haven't made it for a while.  Last weekend, my daughter's birthday she requested Thai pizza and we all loved it!
I even made pizza dough at home that one for my daughter that gluten free and one that 50% whole wheat dough for rest of family.
I will post pizza dough recipes as well :)



Ingredients:

1 package thin pre-baked whole wheat pizza crust or use my easy pizza dough
2 garlic cloves, pressed
1/2 cup diced red bell pepper
2 green onions with tops, thinly sliced
2 medium carrot, peeled
1 cup fresh bean sprouts
snipped fresh cilantro and chopped peanuts (optional)


For the sauce:

1/3 cup creamy peanut butter (organic and raw is healthier choice)
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons unfiltered apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons soy sauce (liquid Bragg amino)
2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh ginger root
 In a bowl or pint jar, whisk together peanut butter, honey, vinegar, and soy sauce
Add finely chopped ginger root into peanut butter mixture.

Direction:

1. Preheat oven 425*  Press garlic onto crust, spread evenly over crust.
Bake 8-10 minute or until crisp. Cool completely.

2. Spread peanut butter mixture over crust. Sprinkle with bean sprouts, bell pepper, green onion and carrots.
Sprinkle with cilantro and chopped peanuts.