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- Hi, everybody.
Today, I'm going to make Gamja-haem-bokkeum,
stir-fried potato and ham.
Ham, I usually don't use ham in my cooking,
but this is a kind of a typical side dish
for dosirak, Korean lunch box.
I used to make this all the time for my family,
and this is one of my cookbook recipes.
Check it out, page 230 (laughs).
Check it out.
Let's get started.
I'm going to use 1 pound potato.
So I already peeled and soaked in cold water here.
I wanna save time, that's why I already peeled this.
And this is kind of, you know, russet, russet potato.
That's my favorite potato.
The reason I soaked this in cold water
is to keep this from going brown.
I will just cut this into around ½ inch cubes.
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This is 1 pound peeled potato.
Next, onion.
4 ounces of onion which is about ½ cup.
Cut this also in similar size.
Make it chunks.
Peeled carrot.
Cut the carrot into smaller size.
Nobody wants to eat big chunks of carrot,
so whenever I cook this,
I always make it small cubes.
2 cloves of garlic.
Large cloves.
Garlic.
(pounding)
Next, I told you, ham, we need ham.
This is cooked ham.
Use 100 grams, around 3½ ounces.
This is around, like, ⅓ inch, or ½ inch.
Cut into cubes.
The same.
Cut into cubes.
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Now, all cutting is done.
So I'm going to stir-fry.
Over medium high heat.
My rice is a fluffy, well-done.
To make a good lunch box,
I always make a fresh and warm rice, which is the best,
because you are going to eat
it couple of hours later.
This pan is heated now.
Add 2 tablespoons oil.
Potato, and garlic.
(sizzling)
Stir these with a wooden spoon for 3 minutes,
over medium high heat.
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And now, the garlic smells flavorful.
I stir-fried these for 3 minutes,
so now, you will see they're a little bit translucent.
And then, add onion, carrot, and ham.
And stir.
About 2 minutes.
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I will turn down the heat to medium.
(sizzling)
If you are a vegetarian or a vegan,
what are you going to do?
Just skip ham, that's it!
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You see, potato is almost all cooked,
but not thoroughly cooked yet,
and ham kinda looks nice.
And then, we gotta cook this over low heat.
Turn down the heat to low,
and then this is ½ cup water.
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We didn't add any salt or soy sauce, the salty stuff,
Now, it's time to use a soy sauce, 3 tablespoons.
One,
two,
three.
1 tablespoon sugar.
And cover.
Cover with anything.
This is from another pot.
I cooked it 3 minutes.
Let's open.
Wow, nice!
And then, we gotta turn up the heat to high heat
to evaporate all this juice.
You don't have to keep stirring at this point
because I don't want to mash the potato.
It smells so good.
Then gently gently stir it,
until all these stuff is shiny.
All these things are well cooked.
I'm going to turn off.
Add 1 teaspoon sesame oil.
(sizzling)
Wow, nice!
Well done!
Cucumber.
I'm going to stir-fry this quickly.
When I visited a Korean temple in Korea,
they make this way.
Just slice this very thinly.
This is English cucumber,
seedless cucumber,
and I just weighed it,
this is 8 ounces.
Cut it very thinly.
And then, put here.
8 ounces of cucumber
Add around ¼ teaspoon salt,
and mix.
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Salted it for 5 minutes, and it is sweating!
And then I'm going to really squeeze out
all the excess water.
Quite a lot of water is coming out.
I will get rid of the water,
and I will use this bowl again.
½ teaspoon sesame oil.
I'm going to add these sesame seeds,
1 teaspoon.
(grinding)
Grind this.
I need another pan to heat it up.
And, grind these sesame seeds.
These are toasted sesame seeds.
1 teaspoon ground toasted sesame seeds.
My pan is heated.
Add just 1 teaspoon cooking oil.
Then add.
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Over high heat,
cook this only 20 seconds.
So it's done! Remove it from the heat.
I will just taste this one.
I like to add some more salt, just a little bit.
A pinch of salt.
Nice.
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Let's make a lunch box!
This recipe is really cool, independently.
When you need some green stuff, use this recipe.
This is from temple cuisine,
So you don't have to add any garlic here,
or anything like onion.
But really nutty and nice.
Saltiness is depending on your taste.
You taste it first, and just add more salt.
I like to add 1 egg, over easy egg.
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I don't want to cook thoroughly.
The egg yolk should be a little runny.
That's just my choice, but it's up to you, guys.
I like to add some gochujang.
Korean gochujang. When you eat lunch box,
just a little bit of gochujang is really tasty,
especially if you don't bring kimchi.
Just a little bit.
And, egg.
Let's see, I just make this with my love.
This is pretty, isn't it?
I bought this in Korea when I went to Korea.
To make lunch box for my cookbook.
You know, after eating, this kind of stuff,
eat it as a snack.
Some more fruits.
Here.
So, lunch box, made with love! (laughs).
And, chopsticks.
Napkin.
And water bottle.
And this is a rabbit fruit bag.
(crumpling)
And this is sticker.
So, choose any sticker, children will love it.
Even for yourself, why not?
So, everyday, use a different sticker.
Which one you like it?
Okay, tiger, a little tiger.
Today, we made Gamja-haem-bokkeum,
stir-fried potato and ham.
And we make lunch box with this.
You can refrigerate this up to 3 days.
This is a lunch box for your loved one,
or for yourself.
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See, you can make it easily,
and not difficult at all.
Mm.
Ham and onion.
Ham, carrot and onion.
A little bit sweet and salty,
and chewy ham and soft potato,
but not mushy, just perfectly made,
and then I'm also going to eat the egg.
I'll show you how to eat this egg.
Usually, you see, egg yolk.
is on top of rice.
This is really delicious.
Like this way.
Mm.
Mm, crunchy!
Just a plain gochujang,
actually, this is my homemade gochujang,
but you guys can use store-bought gochujang.
Just a little bit, and between rice
and other side dishes, eat just a little bit.
Clean your palate, so yummy!
This style is a Korean dosirak, Korean lunch box.
Are you going to make this?
So easy!
You can make it easily.
You need any box.
No special box, just any box,
and then you can make it this way
Show me what you make.
I like to see your product (laugh).
Enjoy my recipe.
See you next time!
Bye.
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