jja-jang bap (black bean sauce with rice)

Jja-jang is Korean-style Chinese food. When I eat this I think of Korea and the delivery boys who carry around metal tins to deliver the bowls of these noodles or rice on their motorcycles.

Ingredients:

1 minced onion
1 minced zucchini
1/2 pound of cooked cubed steak/pork
2-3 tsps of jja-jang sauce (sold in Asian food stores)
1/4 cup of water

Stir fry onions, zucchini and add cooked cubed meat to the pan. Add the sauce and water and mix well. Serve with rice or noodles. Add daikon as a side dish.

bean sprouts - side dish

This is a simple side dish that is nutritious and yum.

Ingredients:

bean sprouts (sold in asian food stores in a clear bag)
salt to taste
garlic powder to taste (optional)
water (level of water is below covering the bean sprouts in a saucepan)
sprinkling of red pepper flakes and finely sliced spring onions (optional)
2 TSP sesame seed oil or olive oil

Rinse sprouts in cold running water really well and discard browned sprouts. Add to saucepan and add water. Cover tightly and heat on medium heat for a couple of minutes until you smell a nutty aroma (vs. fishy). Discard water (or set aside as a bean sprout soup base). Add salt to taste and the oil - mix well. Optional add in red pepper flakes and sliced spring onions.