Oriental style grill fish (simple)

This is a new recipe I tried a while ago. Basically I just went and pour every ingredients that came into my mind. And surprisingly, it tasted good.

Ingredients :
1 piece of fish (of any kind)
1 1/2 (or 2) teaspoons of garlic powder
1 teaspoon of oyster sauce
1/2 teaspoon of sesame oil
white pepper
black pepper
a dash of salt and sugar (according to how you like it)

1. If the piece of fish is thick, cut it into half. But make sure the pieces is not too small, because it will break apart while grilling . Remember to make cuts on the fish surface so that the marinating ingredients can seep through the fish.
   
2. Cover the fish with garlic powder, oyster sauce, sesame oil, white pepper, black pepper, white pepper, salt, and sugar. Rub all the ingredients well on the fish.
   
3. Do not use too much salt. The oyster sauce is already salty.
4. Leave the fish to marinate for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
   
5. Get the grill ready.
6. Grill fish. Keep flipping the fish to avoid from burning it.
   
7. Serve with rice and vegetable.
   

*Note : If you don't have a griller, here's what I do : Completely cover the base of a frying pan with aluminium foil, and of course put the pan on the stove with low fire and you're set to go.
Another option is, you can always use a microwave and set it to grill. Of course grilling with a griller with charcoal will make your food taste so much better.

About the type of fish. Yes, you can use any kind. I've used forel and some salt-water fish I don't know its name. The salt-water fish tasted better then forel/trout.

Oriental style grill forel with blanched carrot

~Healthy meal~

Kimchi recipe

This is by request from some people. You can actually find recipes and videos online easily. But I'll post this just for the sake of it.

Ingredients :

2 Napa cabbage
10 green onions/spring onions
1/2 Radish (if you're using the round smaller type of radish, you can use one whole radish)
Carrot (optional)
1 stalk of leek (optional)
1/2 apple
1/2 pear
1 clove of garlic
1 piece of ginger
1 onion (1/2 if the onion is big)
1 1/4 cup of chili powder
5 tablespoons sugar.
1 cup of salt
8-10 cups of water
7 tablespoons of anchovy sauce (can also substitute with fish sauce)
2 tablespoons of sesame oil

1. Cut napa cabbage into bite size. (It's also possible not to cut it, kimchi is also served in large pieces).

2. Transfer the cut cabbage into a large basin or bowl. Dissolve the salt with water; it doesn't need to be entirely dissolve. Pour the salt water onto the cabbage. If the salt water does not submerge the cabbage, add water and a bit of salt according to its proportion.

3. Let the cabbage to soak in salt water overnight. If you don't have the time to do so, or if you're in a hurry, you can let it soak just for 2-3 hours or so. But remember to keep overturning the cabbage from time to time.

*Note : I added one stalk of leek as well. This is optional.

To prepare sauce.

1. Blend apple, pear, onion, garlic, ginger and anchovy/fish sauce all together. I personally used one whole pear because I want to use less sugar.

2. Cut the green onions/spring onions into small pieces about 5cm long.

3. Shred radish and carrot.

4. Dump everything in a mixing bowl. Add sugar and chili powder. You can also add a bit of sesame oil.

5. Mix everything together.

Lastly,

1. Drain the cabbage from salt water. Rinse with lots of water.

2. Mix cabbage with the sauce made earlier.

3. Store kimchi in a container at room temperature overnight and then keep it in refrigerator.

*Note : If you usually avoid salty food, remember to rinse the cabbage thoroughly with water. Or else your kimchi would be too salty. The one mistake I made on my first time making it was that I didn't rinse it enough.


There's a lot more you can do with kimchi other then just a side dish.
You can make kimchi jigae (kimchi stew).
Also, kimchi friedrice. YUMMY~

Garlic Chicken Stew : My grandma's recipe

Ingredients :

1. Chicken pieces (better if the skin and fat around the chicken is removed)
2. Garlic (One clove of sliced garlic)
3. Chinese mushrooms
4. Thick soy sauce
5. Salt or think soy sauce (because the thick soy sauce is not salty)
6. Ginger (thinly sliced)
7. White pepper
8. 2-3 tablespoon of oil
9. Water

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1. Season chicken pieces & garlic with thick soy sauce. Add thin soy sauce or salt.
2. Add a dash of white pepper. Season for 30 minutes.
3. Heat oil.
4. Saute ginger until fragrant.
5. Add in the seasoned chicken, garlic & mushrooms. Continue to saute and mix it well.
6. Add water to boil.
7. When chicken is almost cooked, cover the pot to let it simmer (can use a pressure cooker/a slow cooker). Add salt according to own taste.