Cooking for One – The First Two Weeks of Marchcreated: 2022.03.07. 16:16 · modified: 2022.03.15. 11:37 · license
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Tomato Spaghetti
Ingredients: rosé pasta sauce, spaghetti, frozen shrimp (optional: greens, Parmesan cheese)
1. Cook the spaghetti for the time indicated on the package.
2. Drain the pasta in a colander, then briefly sauté it with the sauce and shrimp.
(The shrimp took a while to cook, so next time I think I'll sauté them in olive oil first, then add the pasta and sauce.)
3. Plate it, then sprinkle the greens that just arrived from SSG Delivery and some Parmesan cheese on top. Done!
Kimchi and Pork Dumplings
See the dumpling recipe here.
Aglio e Olio
Ingredients: garlic (I didn't have any, so I used minced garlic), olive oil, peperoncino (I didn't have any, so I used Cheongyang chili peppers), salt, frozen shrimp (optional: peppercorns, Parmesan cheese, greens, parsley)
1. Cook and drain the pasta (save about half a cup of pasta water). In five tablespoons of olive oil, sauté the (minced) garlic, sliced Cheongyang chili peppers, and shrimp, taking care not to burn them.
2. Add the cooked pasta and keep sautéing, adding a little salted pasta water at a time. Taste the pasta as you go and season with salt.
3. Transfer to a plate and top with greens, whole or ground pepper, parsley, and, if you like, Parmesan cheese. Done!
Hayashi Rice
Ingredients: beef for stew, tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, hayashi rice roux blocks, butter, cooking oil
1. Roughly chop the onions and tomatoes.
2. Add the cooking oil and butter to a pressure cooker. Once the butter melts, sauté the beef.
3. In go the onions and tomatoes!
4. Lock the pressure cooker lid and heat for 10 minutes. Turn off the heat and wait for the pressure to release.
5. Surprisingly, there's liquid in the pot as though you'd added water. Add the hayashi rice roux blocks and stir gently.
(I didn't add water because I used so many onions, but you may need to add some.)
6. Pour it over rice and top with a fried egg. Done!
Tomato Beef Stew
Ingredients: 300 g beef for stew, 3 tomatoes, 1–2 onions, 2 carrots, olive oil, minced garlic, salt, pepper, maesil-cheong (I didn't have any, so I used honey), soy sauce (optional: parsley, potatoes)
1. Cut the carrots, onions, tomatoes (and potatoes, if using) into large chunks. First, remove the tomato stems, score an X on the bottoms, briefly blanch them in boiling water, and peel off the loosened skins.
2. Season the beef with one tablespoon of minced garlic and a little salt and pepper. Make a sauce by mixing half a cup of water with two tablespoons each of soy sauce and honey.
3. Add olive oil to a pressure cooker and sauté the seasoned beef.
4. In go the carrots, onions, potatoes, and sauce! Stir a little longer, until the sauce boils.
5. In go the tomatoes!
6. Somehow squeeze everything in, lock the lid, and heat for 10 minutes. Wait, then open it up. Done!
Chocolate
See the eventful chocolate recipe here.
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