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- Hi everybody!
Today, let's make corn cheese.
Have you ever heard about corn cheese?
Made with a can, a can of corn.
Do you like corn?
I love corn.
Probably I mentioned a couple of times.
Usually, I love fresh corn, steamed corn.
That's my favorite.
But, when I make corn cheese,
I have to use this canned corn
because that's the recipe.
Probably, you saw that when you go to Korean restaurant,
Barbecue restaurant or even at a Korean bar.
They just bring side dishes, many side dishes.
One of the side dishes you probably saw,
it's like bubbling cheese on top
and canned corn under.
When I lived in Korea, actually,
I don't remember it at all.
I had never seen this corn cheese.
It's kind of made recently.
When I visited Korea, also a lot of restaurants,
they serve this and also in Los Angeles
and any Korean restaurant in America,
They also serve this.
Bubbling cheese, who wouldn't like it?
(giggling)
This is so delicious.
That's why, very popular.
If you make it at home, you can add more vegetables,
colorful vegetables, if you like
More cheese, you can add more cheese.
But, this is my own version
and you'll see.
"Oh, Maangchi added this!"
You'll be surprised.
Let's start.
Let's strain this.
These days, when you visit Korean grocery stores,
in the kitchenware section,
they sell all kinds of stuff,
made of hemp or cotton cloth, you know, all kinds of it.
So I found this.
It's a filter.
Very sturdy.
Or otherwise, it's just a cheese cloth
is really working well, too.
No matter what method you use, just squeeze out.
Even with your bare hands.
Who cares?
Isn't it?
"Maangchi, I cannot make corn cheese
because I don't have cotton cloth!"
Don't ever say that!
Use your hands!
And squeeze out excess water.
OKay, like this.
Look at that.
Nice, eh?
My corn is here and also, I like
to add some colorful vegetables.
Start with onion, just a little.
Around one ounce.
You know that, eh?
Just mince.
Red bell pepper.
Now green pepper.
I will just put this all chopped one into here.
How can I remove excess water from this?
Any idea?
Yes, I will just add a pinch of salt.
Okay, so, five minutes I'm going to salt this,
and then squeeze. Then ready to cook!
And also, this is mayonnaise.
I will add some mayonnaise.
"Oh, what kind of mayonnaise?"
Actually, mayonnaise is just necessary
because otherwise, it's not going to mingle.
Strangely, the mixture of mayonnaise,
and corn, you know, canned corn, and butter
make really good combination of the flavor.
Let's start cooking.
Medium-high heat.
Butter, one tablespoon.
And let's add corn.
I'm going to stir fry this corn about two to three minutes.
And then, let's squeeze out this vegetable.
Keep stirring.
Squeeze out.
Look at this! Lots of water's coming out.
More than one tablespoon.
So, a few minutes later, add
colorful vegetables together.
Nice!
Very beautiful, eh?
Colorful.
Let it cool down. Meanwhile,
I will just heat it up.
This is my cast iron pan.
This guy is really, really slowly, slowly heated up.
Let's add mayonnaise, about quarter cup.
Sugar, around one tablespoon.
And mix.
Then, I'll bring my cheese.
Cheese ball!
Mozzarella cheese, around four to six ounces you can add.
Now, this my pan is heated
I'm going to add this here.
Rice cake, about two ounces.
Rice cake will go well with this together.
It was frozen so I just thawed out in the refrigerator.
And cheese.
I will turn down the heat to low heat.
And rice cake.
Just add here.
Look at that!
Oh, it's bubbling!
If you don't use oven, keep cooking
until all cheese is melted and then you can eat it.
But, I would use just a little bit broil function
to make it more, the cheese is bubbling.
I'll wait until it's a little scorched.
I have to keep an eye on this.
Bubbling cheese!
Everybody loves that. And then we can eat it!
Done!
Let's check it out!
Yeah.
Look at that.
It looks like marshmallow but this is rice cake!
It really goes well with beer or soju.
I'll just have beer.
Cheers everybody!
Oh, so good!
Let me taste!
Look at this.
This is so hot.
Happy, happy!
Before eating one bite, I'm always happy.
You, too?
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Today, we made corn cheese.
Enjoy my recipe.
See you next time!
Bye!
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