Miso Soup with Clams

Recipe adpated from "The Family Meal" 

Make miso soup.  Add clams and cook until the clams open.  Fish out the clams with a slotted spoon.  Place the clams on top of diced silken tofu in a bowl.  Add 1/2 block of silken tofu and blend until creamy and smooth.  Carefully ladle soup over the clams and tofu. 

Saturday Night Bapsang

Tofu Steak

Ingredients

1firm tofu, sliced into 1/2 inch slices

handful of mushrooms (I used shiitake and bunashimeji)

1 cup dashi broth

1 tablespoon cornstarch

1/4 cup green onions, chopped

couple pinches of dried chilies

1 tablespoon soy sauce

1/2 tablespoon sugar

flour for dusting tofu

cooking oil

Direction

1. Lightly dust tofu slices with flour.  

2. Heat up 1 tablespoon of oil to a large nonstick pan over medium high heat.  Brown tofu slices.

3. Pan fry the tofu slices until each side is crispy and brown.  

4. In a small sauce pan, add sauce soy, dashI broth, mushrooms, sugar, and chili peppers.  Cook over medium heat for 5 mintues.

5. In a small bowl, combine 1 tablespoon of the sauce in step #4 with a tablespoon of cornstarch.  Mix well and add to the the sauce.  Cook for another 2-3 minutes.

6. Pour the sauce over the tofu slices.  Garnish with chopped green onions.

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Ochazuke with Spicy Cod Roe

Napa Cabbage Soup (배추국)

Ingredients

6 leaves of napa cabbage, chopped into bite size pieces

10 dry anchovies

1 small piece of kelp

2 1/2 tablespoon dwenjang (or miso)

2 red peppers, sliced

Directions

1) Add kelp, anchovies, and 4 cups of water to a medium pot.

2) Bring it to a boil.  Take out the kelp and anchovies.

3) Add cabbage and dwenjang.  Cook over medium-high heat for 15 minutes.

4) Add hot peppers.  Serve with rice.