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- Hi everybody!
Today, I'm going to show you how to make
really easy, simple, delicious side dish.
It's called wanja-jeon.
It's meat and tofu patties.
This is a really great side dish for
Korean dosirak, lunch box.
I used to make this for my children all the time,
even for myself,
and its so easy, easily you can make it.
And also tasty and not dry, juicy
because we add tofu and vegetables.
meat, I'm using beef,
but you guys can use also pork,
or mix of beef and pork.
I will use half pound lean cut ground beef.
Then, lets add tofu.
116 grams, around four ounces.
And, just rinse in cold water and wrap this in paper towel.
Let's squeeze this guy.
I just squeezed.
Total amount, around one tablespoon water was squeezed.
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Keep this tofu left over and then we'll just
fill it up with water, cold water,
and keep in the refrigerator,
but, you gotta use in a couple of days.
And we gotta season this, so, onion
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onion, around 2 or 3 tablespoons,
amount chopped, minced onion.
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And we are going to add chopped green onion, and also
one garlic cloves
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This is one of my cookbook recipes too.
In my cookbook I didn't add a red color,
I like to add this carrot.
Just a little bit.
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Make this really small pieces.
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That's it, this amount.
I will add one teaspoon salt,
and half teaspoon soy sauce,
and ground black pepper.
And then, last one, what do you expect?
Sesame oil!
Really, last one, egg, one egg.
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I'm gonna mix this with my hand.
Before this, I like to wash.
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To mix this well, you gotta use your hand.
Make it sticky lump.
Like that.
Looks delicious!
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I use beef, but you can use also shiitake mushroom.
If you want to use shiitake mushrooms,
should be dried shiitake mushrooms
soak in water until really flexible,
and then you just squeeze out water
and then chop it up, really small pieces
and then just use this way, method.
All purpose flour here,
and then I'm going to...around this,
I'm going to make shape these.
Look like a hamburger patty, isn't it?
When you cook this, this beef is going to be,
the center part is going up, Expand.
So just press here in the center part, like that.
And then, let's coat.
Before coating, I'm going to use another one.
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Yes.
Nice beautiful shape
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So you can sprinkle some on the bottom
so it's not to stick to each other later.
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16 disks meat patties
And then, we are going to pan fry these.
Just before frying them, we are going to dip this in egg.
I use two eggs, but
one egg plus one egg yolk
because, the egg yolk makes it yellow.
(crack) I want more yellow color, beautiful color
(crack)
Wow, I got it!
And then, a pinch of salt.
Well mix.
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Let's pan fry these guys! and oil.
Grapeseed oil, egg, and patties here.
I will use medium heat instead of medium high
because I don't want to brown my pancakes.
Add some oil.
Pan is heated.
Take one and coat,
dip this in egg,
like this.
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I will just divide two batches, so, eight.
When you make this pancake, you have to really focus on this
otherwise its going to go brown.
It should look pretty
I really don't want to lose yellows color
Nice, light, golden brown, when the bottom is
we just flip it over.
I cook this one minute.
You can add some more oil.
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Another couple of minutes,
turn over.
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I like to clean this up.
My second batch.
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Almost I have to clean up around here.
One minute later.
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ok turn off
and transfer these.
Done.
This is dill, I'm going to use nice garnish.
I'm going to make lunch box.
Spinach, sigeumchi namul.
Rice, and wanja-jeon
I will just put wanja-jeon in, like this.
This is side dish.
Small anchovy
Anchovies, I stir fried, and I just mixed with seasonings.
Kind of spicy, spicy and crunchy.
This is very salty.
here,
sigeumchi namul.
This is black sesame seeds.
This is lunch box.
And napkin, chopsticks, that's it.
This is a lunch box.
It is kind of heavy.
This is a good size of dosirak for
maybe a junior high school student,
or elementary school fifth-grader. (laughs)
I have a really funny story.
When I lived in Korea,
at that time I had never been to America
and there was my friend who came from America.
She studied in America for long time,
and she then came and lived just near us.
One of my friends asked her,
"Oh, I don't know what to do,
"My husband's friend, he comes from America.
"He is visiting us, I don't know what to make,
"what kind of food can impress him?"
We Koreans think the really best top quality food
is really difficult food, like some mountain delicacy.
Some dried sweet potato stems, fernbrake
or, you know, it takes a lot of time to prepare.
But my friend who came from America, she said,
"Why don't you make wanja-jeon?
"All Americans love hamburger.
"Korean wanja-jeon is similar to hamburger,
"and besides, more tasty.
"When I lived in America I used to make this,
"when we had a party, it always just runs out quickly."
So she just gave us a good tip.
at the time I'd never been to America
I thought, "wow, interesting,
wanjajeon, making wanja-jeon is such easy,
I all the time make this for lunch box,
but Americans really love this?
That's very interesting to me."
That means, you guys are making this
and then you will be popular.
Make it really nicely yellow color.
Don't lose yellow color by cooking over medium heat,
instead of medium high heat, or it will turn brown.
(laughs)
Mmmm
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When I chew this, all these textures are different,
meaty and juicy, succulent,
so tasty.
Today, we made wanja-jeon, meat and tofu patties.
Enjoy my recipes, see you next time
Bye!
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