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Vegetable pancakes

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Vegetable pancakes, Ya Chae Jeon These pancakes are "onion city". They are mostly green onions, shallots and yellow onion pieces bound together by a bit of batter. These tasty morsels are more like onion fritters rather than pancakes and they are very addictive. Be forewarned, it is impossible to stop at one or two. My pancakes are based loosely on a recipe in a cooking video . I mean quite loosely because mine don't look anything like Maangchi's. Well, no two cooks cook alike. The original recipe calls for four cups of vegetables but I didn't measure and ended up with a lot of onion batter. Not a problem. I used the leftover batter for veggie burgers. I'm posting the veggie burger recipe shortly. It will entered for My Legume Love Affair and Souper Sundays . Onions, zucchini, Shilgochu, Korean hot pepper threads Ingredients: 2 bunches of green onions, chopped 6 shallots, sliced finely One medium onion, thinly sliced 1 zucchini, s...

Simple meal for Lent

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Plain boiled noodles with vegetarian hot sauce The three basic customs of Lent are: * Justice to Our Lord by prayer * Justice to ourselves and our body by observing simple eating habits * Justice for our neighbours by offering them gifts and doing charity to the needy Here is a simple, economical meal for one: A vegan meal - the noodles are made with flour and water. The food was served in saucers so the portions are small. There really isn't a recipe for the noodles. Just boil some noodles, drain and add some hot sauce. I used vegetarian hot bean sauce. Top with some chopped scallions and sesame seeds. To accompany the noodles, I served Korean namul, side dishes of boiled spinach and bean sprouts dressed with soy sauce, garlic, chopped scallions and sesame oil. Keep it simple with one pot cooking. Boil a pot of water and blanch the bean sprouts. Remove with slotted spoon. Make the dressing in a small bowl. Add the bean sprouts and mix together. Di...

Chicken long rice

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Chicken Long Rice Chicken Long Rice is a classic dish featured in Hawaiian luaus . It is based loosely on a dish of Chinese origin but there are versions of this soup/stew throughout Asia. The Thai's have Gaeng Joot Woon Sen, the Vietnamese version is Mien Ga. There is no rice in Chicken Long Rice. Not even rice noodles. The noodles are glass noodles, aka mung bean vermicelli. This dish is comfort food. It is ideal for cold/snowy/rainy days. The glass noodles absorb the rich chicken soup and slither down the throat easily. Most recipes call for boiling the chicken for an hour, shredding the meat and using the stock to cook the noodles. I decided to use the electric steamer to make mine. Ingredients: 2 bundles of glass noodles, soaked in cold water for 15 minutes 2 pieces of chicken thighs, marinated in soy sauce, sesame oil and a bit of wine 6 dried Shitake mushrooms, soaked in boiling water A cup of chicken stock A knob of ginger, shredded 2 stalks of ...