Beef
Beef Taco Filling
Ingredients
- 500g / 1lb ground beef
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 tbsp paprika
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1/2 tsp cornflour
- 1/2 tsp oregano
Method
- Mix all together.
- Fry.
- Serve with taco shells, corn, lettuce, cheese, et cetera.
Notes
Fills 12-15 hard-shell tacos.
Black Bean Noodles (짜장면)
Ingredients
- 3-4 servings of udon (wudong) noodles
- 300g / 10oz ground beef or crumbled tofu
- 1 cup beef or vegetable stock
- 5 tbsp black bean paste
- 1/4 head of cabbage
- 1 large zucchini
- 1 onion
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp rice wine (mirin)
- 1 tbsp corn starch
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- sesame oil
Method
- Mix ground beef or crumbled tofu with mirin, ginger, salt and pepper to marinade, and put a pot of water to boil.
- Finely chop onion, roughly chop cabbage, and quarter and slice zucchini.
- Sauté beef (or tofu) until browned, adding soy sauce halfway through.
- Add finely chopped onion and cook until soft.
- Push onion and beef to one side and add black bean paste and sugar. Heat while stirring for 2-3 minutes.
- Add vegetables and stock, and simmer until vegetables are soft.
- Cook noodles according to package directions; usually this is add to water when boiling, cook for 3-4 minutes, drain and run through cold water.
- Thicken the sauce and add the noodles, stir together and then serve.
Mongolian Beef
Ingredients
- 500g / 1lb beef (minced or thinly-sliced)
- 1 large carrot, julienned
- 10 snow peas, thin-sliced
- 1/2 red capsicum, diced
- 3 spring onions, thin-sliced
- 1/4 cup beef stock
- 2 tbsp rice syrup
- 2 tsp minced garlic
- 1 tsp minced ginger
- sesame oil
- soy sauce
- cornflour
Method
- Mix beef with 1 tsp oil, 1 tsp soy sauce, and 1 tbsp cornflour, and marinade at least 1 hour.
- Mix stock, rice syrup, and 4 tbsp soy sauce.
- Heat wok with oil on high heat and sear each side of the meat.
- Push the meat to one side, briefly sauté ginger and garlic in oil, and then add sauce and simmer.
- Thicken with cornflour and add vegetables, and mix well.
Notes
Serve over rice or wudong noodles.
Serves 2.
Royal Rice Cakes (궁중먹볶이)
Ingredients
- 500g / 1lb rice cakes (tteok 떡), sliced
- 150g / 4oz thinly-sliced beef
- 1 zucchini
- 1 red capsicum
- 1 carrot
- 1 onion
- 1/4 cup pine nuts
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp mirin (rice wine)
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 2 tsp minced garlic
- 1 tsp sesame seeds
- 1/2 tsp pepper
Method
- Mix together soy sauce, mirin, sugar, sesame oil, sesame seeds, garlic, and pepper and use a tablespoon of it to marinate the beef.
- Bring water to boil in a saucepan and then add the rice cake pieces until they all float. Drain and coat them with a tablespoon of the sauce.
- Thinly-slice all the vegetables.
- Cook the beef in a frying pan, and then add the vegetables.
- Add the rice cakes, pine nuts, and sauce.