How to make Tonkatsu

Hi everyone :)

My bf was craving for tonkatsu today so we decided to make our own instead of just eating out. Tonkatsu is japanese style fried pork cutlet. So we headed to grocery store and got some thin cut pork slices. And lets get started!

Tonkatsu

All we need is thin cut pork slices, eggs, flour, bread crumbs, salt and pepper for seasoning.

Ingredients

Slit the side of the pork to prevent the meat from curling while frying.

Seasoned the pork slices with salt and pepper

Lightly coat the pork slices with flour, then beaten eggs and lastly the bread crumbs. Set them aside.

Coat pork slices with flour, eggs and bread crumbs.

Put the coated pork slices into frying pan with hot oil. Fried it with medium-high heat until golden brown both sides. Place it on paper towel or let it rest on metal rack to remove excess oil. 

Fried until golden brown

Ta-dah, tonkatsu is ready to serve!

Thanks for reading :)

Kimchi Jjigae 김치찌개

TGIF!!

I can't believe it's March already, so spring is almost here YAY!!

Weather is still cold outside and a bowl of my favorite kimchi jjigae (korean spicy cabbage stew) will definitely keep me warm. I decided to cook on the last minute so I didn't get to thaw any meats because it took me forever gahhh :( This is the veggie version of kimchi jjigae.

What you need

1 bowl cut kimchi

1 tbsp sugar

1 tbsp pepper paste (gochujang)

1 tsp pepper powder

1 onion

5 cloves garlic (chopped)

green onion

dried shrimp

anchovies

kelp

sesame oil

Kimchi

Clockwise: garlic, kelp, anchovies, dried shrimps

Pepper paste and powder

1) Fill water in pot and put dried shrimp, anchovies and kelp to cook the soup base. Drain out the dried shrimp, anchovies and kelp.

2) Quick fried kimchi, sugar, pepper paste, pepper powder, onion, garlic and green onion on a pan. Pour into the pot with flavored soup base.

3) Close the lid and boil it for 10 minutes with high heat. Then, turn to medium heat for 20 minutes.

4) Add sesame oil before serving.

Kimchi jjigae 김치찌개
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Valentine's Day Dessert: Tiramisu

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Heart-shaped for V-day ♥

For those who are in a relationship, I hope you guys can stay sweet and happy forever. And those who are single, I wish you can find your true valentine very soon :) Don't forget you can also celebrate with family!

I love desserts very much, and that is why I love to bake because it is hard to find a good bakery here in West Lafayette. I always bake my own dessert on holidays because a lot of places raise their price on holidays like Valentine's Day or Christmas Day. And most importantly, the person who eats your bakery will feel special because that is the thing specially made for them.

Last year, I made red velvet macaroons and Derek loved it! It is a very good valentine's day dessert. And this year, I wanna make something I haven't made before, which is Tiramisu. Tiramisu is an Italian dessert and has a meaning of 'pick me up'. I love tiramisu so much. It is one of my favorite cake. It has a mix flavor of coffee and chocolate also some liquor taste. The mascarpone cheese is so smooth and melt instantly in your mouth. I always thought it is very hard to make and the ingredients are hard to find. I found some recipes online and improvised them. Tiramisu is a no bake cheesecake unless you make the lady fingers from scratch.

**This is an eggless tiramisu recipe.

♥ Tiramisu ♥ 

Ingredients:
30 lady fingers (soft and hard)
1 cup espresso
2 tbsp coffee liqueur (optional)
2oz dark chocolate
1 cup whipping cream
1/4 cup sugar
8oz mascarpone cheese
cocoa powder (sprinkle on top)

Happy Valentines Day

1) Mix espresso and coffee liqueur in a bowl. Then soak the hard lady fingers with the espresso mixture.
2) Put the soaked lady fingers as a base in a mold.
3) Melt chocolate with half cup of whipping cream and let it cool.
4) Beat the remaining whipping cream until stiff.
5) Beat sugar, mascarpone cheese and rum. Then fold in whipping cream.
6) Spread 1/3 of chocolate mixture followed by 1/3 of mascarpone cheese mixture in mold.
7) Layer with soft lady fingers and brush espresso mixture on top. Repeat step 6) and 7).
8) Sieve a layer of cocoa powder on top. Serve chill.

Ta-dahh

Waffle Stick Maker

Happy MLK day everyone :)

When I went for grocery shopping at Walmart last week, I saw a really cute waffle maker and it was on clearance! Guess what I got it for less than $5.

So I decided to use my mini waffle maker to make waffle stick for brunch and it tastes really good!

Honey and chocolate dip :)

Recipe for batter:

2 eggs

1 1/2 cup milk

1/3 cup butter

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 cups all purpose flour

3 tbsp sugar

4 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

Beat eggs, milk, butter and vanilla. Beat in flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.

Weekend Baking Fun: Chocolate Lava

Hi everyone.
I hope everyone has a fun 3 days weekend. I was bored at home so I made Chocolate Lava!!!! It was much easier than I thought and it tastes amazingly good.
I topped it with my favorite Haagen Dazs green tea ice cream. It felt like heaven in my mouth hehee.

Recipe:
4oz/113g semi sweet chocolate bar
4oz/113g butter
2 eggs
1/3 cup sugar
3 tbsp all purpose flour
1 tsp cocoa powder
1. Preheat oven to 375F.
2. Melt chocolate bar and butter in a pan, set aside.
3. In a large bowl, beat eggs and sugar until fluffy. Beat in chocolate mixture.
4. Add in flour and mix well but not for too long.
5. Prepare 3 small rameskin. Brush with butter and sprinkle cocoa powder.
6. Pour in mixture and bake for 10 minutes.