Did I Hear Something About Fernbrake?!?!? (A Post for Aaron and Jensine!)

To start... This post is for Arron and Jensine Kinser.

First let me say that I went through many foster/group homes to get to my wonderful parents that I have today. (but, shhh... we don't tell who is bio and who isn't! You would be surprised at how some of us look more like our parents than others and we just so happened to be adopted! :D)
In my looong journey of life/many homes, I stayed with a Korean family for 9 months! And I absolutely LOVE Korean food. Although I didn't learn how to cook most of it... I sure enjoyed eating it! And this would be an awesome goal in life, to learn to cook Korean foods bc all of it is sooo delicious!

So for you Arron and Jensine!
Here are a few recipes you can make with you fernbrake! :]


1: Spicy Beef and Vegetable Soup (Yukgaejang)

Ingredients

1 Lb of beef brisket, half an onion, water, 12 green onions, 5 cups of bean sprouts, fern brakes (kosari),1 stalk of celery, garlic, hot pepper flakes, sesame oil, vegetable oil, salt, soy sauce, and black pepper

1. In a big pot, add beef brisket, 14-15 cups of water, and half an onion, then boil it for 40-50 minutes over high heat.
2. Cut the green onions, celery, and fern brakes (kosari) into pieces about 7 cm in length. Put them all into a big bowl.
3. Put 3 tbs hotpepper flakes, 1 tbs of sesame oil, 1 tbs of vegetable oil, 1 tbs soy sauce, 1 tbs of salt, and some grounded black pepper into a small bowl and mix it. This is your hotpepper oil sauce.
4. Put the hotpepper oil sauce into the vegetables mixture and mix them all up.
5. When the beef is well cooked, take it out and set it aside to cool down.
6. Add the mixture of vegetables and hotpepper oil sauce into the boiling beef stock. Boil it for 20-30 minutes.
7. Slice the beef thinly and add it into the boiling soup. Cook it about 5-10 minutes more.

Serve with rice. Enjoy it!

2: Japchae (Stir Fried Noodles With Vegetables)

Ingredients:

Starch noodles (dangmyun), 150 grams of beef, 1 bunch of spinach, 1 medium size carrot, 1 medium size onion, mushrooms (5 dried shiitake and 1 package of white mushrooms), 3 cloves of garlic, 7-8 green onions, soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar, pepper, and sesame seeds.

Makes 4 servings.

How to prepare your ingredients before stir frying:

1. Soak 5 dried shitake mushrooms in warm water for a few hours until they become soft. Squeeze the water out of them and slice thinly.
2. Slice a package of white mushrooms (2 cups’ worth).
3. Cut a carrot into thin matchstick-shaped pieces 5 cm long.
4. Cut 7 -8 green onions into 7 cm long pieces.
5. Slice one onion thinly.
6. Slice 150 grams of beef into thin strips.

Now let’s start!

1. Boil 2 bunches of noodles in boiling water in a big pot for about 3 minutes. When the noodles are soft, drain them and put in a large bowl.
2. Cut the noodles several times by using scissors and add 1 tbs of soy sauce and 1 tbs of sesame oil. Mix it up and set aside.
   *tip: Take one sample and taste it to see whether or not it’s cooked properly. If it feels soft, it’s finished.
3. In the boiling water, add a bunch of spinach and stir it gently for 1 minute. Then take it out and rinse it in cold water 3 times. Remove any grit or dead leaves thoroughly while rinsing. Squeeze it gently to get the water out, then cut it into 5 cm pieces.
4. Add ½ tbs soy sauce and ½ tbs sesame oil and mix it and place it onto the large bowl.
   *tip: When you drain the hot water from the pot, don’t discard the hot water. Put it back into the pot so you can cook your spinach quickly.
5. On a heated pan, put a few drops of olive oil and your carrot strips and stir it with a spatula for 30 seconds. Put it into the large bowl (don’t burn it!).
6. Place a few drops of olive oil on the pan and add your sliced onion. Stir it until the onion looks translucent. Put it into the large bowl with your carrots.
7. Place a few drops of olive oil on the pan and add the sliced white mushrooms. Stir it for a bit and then put it in the large bowl.
8. Place a few drops of olive oil on the pan and add your green onions. Stir for 1 minute and put it into the large bowl.
9. Place a few drops of olive oil on the pan and add your beef strips and your sliced shitake mushrooms. Stir it until it’s cooked well, then add 3 cloves of minced garlic, ½ tbs soy sauce and ½ tbs sugar. Stir for another 30 seconds and then put it into the large bowl.
10. Add 2 tbs of soy sauce, 3 tbs of sugar, 2 tbs of sesame oil, and 1 ts of ground pepper to the large bowl. Mix all ingredients, then sprinkle 1 tbs of toasted sesame seeds on the top.
11. Serve with rice and Kimchi, or as a side dish.

3: Bibimbap (Mixed Rice With Vegetables)

Ingredients:

Cooked rice, package of bean sprouts, a bunch of spinach, 2 small size of zucchinis, 5-7 shiitake mushrooms, fernbrakes (kosari), 200 grams of ground beef (about half a pound), 1 small carrot, eggs, soy sauce, hot pepper paste, garlic, sesame seeds, sesame oil, and vegetable oil.
For 4- 6 servings.

Recipe:
Arrange everything on a platter.

1. Cook rice. You can use a rice cooker or a stainless pot.
2. Next, you need to prepare a large platter to put all your ingredients on. Rinse your bean sprouts 3 times and put them in a pot with a cup of water. Add 1 ts of salt and cook for 20 minutes. Drain water and mix it with 1 clove of minced garlic, sesame oil and a pinch of salt.
   Put it on the platter.
3. Put your spinach in a pot of boiling water and stir it for a minute. Then rinse it in cold water a few times and squeeze it lightly. Mix it with a pinch of salt, 1 ts of soy sauce, 1 clove of minced garlic and sesame oil. Put it on the platter
4. Cut 2 small size zucchinis into thin strips, sprinkle them with a pinch of salt, and then mix them together. A few minutes later, sauté them in a pan over high heat. When it’s cooked, it will look a little translucent. Put it on the platter.
5. You can buy soaked and cooked “kosari” at a Korean grocery store. Prepare about 2 or 3 cups of kosari for this 4 servings of bibimbap. Cut it into pieces 5-7 cm long and sauté in a heated pan with 1 ts of vegetable oil. Stir and add 1 tbs of soy sauce, 1/2 tbs of sugar, and cook them for 1-2 minutes. Add sesame oil. Put it on the platter.
6. Slice shitake mushrooms thinly and sauté with 1 ts of vegetable oil. Add 2 ts of soy sauce and 1 or 2 ts of sugar and stir it for 2 minutes. Add some sesame oil, and put it on the platter.
7. On a heated pan, put some oil and 200 grams of ground beef and stir it. Add 4 cloves of minced garlic, 1 tbs of soy sauce, 1/2 tbs of sugar, a little grounded black pepper, and sesame oil.
   Put it on the platter.
8. Cut a carrot into strips, sauté it for 30 seconds and put it on the platter.
9. prepare eggs with sunny side up.
10. Put your rice In a big bowl, and attractively display all your vegetables and meat t. Place the sunny side up egg on the center.
11. Serve it with sesame oil and hot pepper paste.
12. Lastly, mix it up and eat!

*For those who can’t tolerate spicy sauce. : )

Green onion sauce:

Chop 4 green onions and put them in a small bowl. Pour half cup of soy sauce in there, and add 1 tbs of sesame seeds, 2 ts of sugar, 1 tbs of sesame oil and mix it up.

Egg soup:

1. Put a can of chicken broth in a pot, as well as 2 cans of water using the can from the chicken broth. Boil it.
2. Beat 2 eggs with a fork and pour it into the boiling stock while stirring slowly. Put some salt in it if you want.
3. Chop 2 green onions
4. Serve your soup in a small bowl and sprinkle some chopped green onion over the top.

I also kept the video so you can be sure your doing it right! Hope its helpful! I would LOVE to have you guys come do this with us one night!

Enjoy! :0)

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