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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Dak Jjim 닭찜

I used my pressure cooker for this... but you can use your stove top instead if you like.  This was a serving for about 2 people

Ingredients
1 lb chicken
1 cup of soy sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
dash of pepper
1 lb soy bean paste (dwenjang)
water to boil
dangmyun noodles - amount up to you
1 sweet potato (or regular potato)
2 sliced kochu
sliced mushrooms
4-5 peeled garlic
1 minced garlic
1 tb sugar

First I mixed together my soy sauce, minder garlic, sesame oil and sugar and pepper.
I marinated the chicken overnight


Try to marinate it at least 4 hours

The next day~

Took out the vegetables to prepare





Added it to my pressure cooker (or big pot if you are doing it on the stove)


The veggies



I poured enough water to cover it above an inch.  And set my pressure cooker to slow cook! If you are using your stove cover it with water so about 2-3 inches of water is above the veggies and cook on low heat for about 4-5 hours

When the pressure cooker was almost done, I started to boil water for the dangmyun



While boiling the noodles got the noodle marinade ready, about 2 tb of soy sauce and 1/2 tb of sugar


When the noodles area ready (cook to directions) add the soy sauce mix







Add the chicken mix!




Ate it with our fav spicy dduk on the side


Chicken Ziti

I made this on the more "healthy" side. I know ziti is usually made with LOTS of cheese but I didn't, so if you like to eat for that taste skip this =)

I forgot to measure everything so here are some approximate guesses =)

Ingredients
Used about half a box of the Ziti from Barilla.  Box says 16oz
3/4 - 1 lb of chicken
Sliced vegetables - your choice. I just used some mushrooms and a bit of zucchini
15 oz crushed tomatoes
1 tb minced garlic
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp salt
1 tsp italian seasoning
2 tsp red pepper flakes
1 tb chopped basil
4 tablespoons of shredded cheese (i used parm)
Olive oil for cooking

I brought a pot of water to boil and added some salt.  When the water started to boil I added the pasta


My box said to cook about 10 minutes, but I cooked it about 8 minutes to avoid over cooking it in the oven.  Preheat the oven at 375

While it's cooking, I heated up my other pot for the sauce - I put it on medium.  I waited about 3-4 minutes then added the oil, minced garlic and veggies



And the pepper, italian seasoning, salt and red pepper flakes


Cook until it's about 60-70% done.  Then get your tomato sauce ready to add



Chop your basil and add





My pasta was ready about now.  Depending on your timing, whenever it's ready drain it and put it to the side



Mix around the sauce... I lowered the heat it about low-medium and let it reduce down for about 15 minutes


Then add your pasta


 Add about half the cheese and mix around





I used my mini Le Creuset mini cocotte pots to cook this in! I used three and I saved the rest for lunch the next day =)  You can use whatever you want to put in the oven





Sprinkle the rest of the cheese on top.  This is the part where I skimped out a bit... other recipes will ask for you to add a lot of riccota cheese or something similar... so it's up to you



Pop in the oven and bake for about 10-15 minutes



Then afterwards take it out and enjoy - we ate it with some salmon






We had some sliced avocado with salt on the side....... believe it or not, avocado and salmon is YUMMY