Mapo topu / Mr. Baek's Recipe (Korean style!)

Mapo Tofu  - Chef Baek

While searching for Home Food Rescue recipe, i stumble upon this youtube video by R Cook. After viewing it, I know that I have to try it and it taste great! 

One thing I like about the recipes by Chef Baek is that he will repeatedly use the same basic ingredients to create different variation of dishes! Thus my initial splurge in buying Korean ingredients doesn't go to waste for example Hot pepper paste (Gochujang), Hot Pepper flakes (Gochugaru), soy sauce (particularly Jin Ganjang) and soy bean paste.

I would recommend going to Phill Mart (Dae Won Food (M) Sdn Bhd)  at Ampang, Selangor to look for the Korean ingredients. If the ingredients you were looking for is not at Phil Mart, fret not as there are similar korean grocery shops near Phil Mart and you could also compare prices. At the shop, you could look for fresh ingredients, condiments, utensils and instant noodles. I notice that the shop sells refillable Gochujang and you could save a few ringgit. You could also locate Korean ingredients at selected supermarket like Mercato (Pavillion)  however choices will be limited and the price may be higher.

Now, back to the Mapo Tofu, i sprang into action since i have all the ingredients at hand!

Ingredients
A)
- Spring Onion: 1 root - Chop

B)
- Onions: 1 - Chop

C)
- Minced Pork: 250g

D)
- Chilli powder: 3 tablespoons
- Soy bean paste: 1 tablespoon
- Chopped garlic: 2 tablespoons
- Pepper Paste: 1/2 tablespoon
- soy sauce : 1/4 cup
- Water: 2 cups

E)
- tofu: 1 - cut into cube

F)
- Starch water

1. First put some oil in wok and stir fry A) till fried. Only switch on the fire after the spring onion is added.  
2. Add in B) and cook till its white
3. Add in C) till its cook
4. Add in D) - seasoning first, stir and followed by water, stir. 
5. Add E) when the mixture boil. followed by F) till its thicken. 

Episode S2E15 home food rescue / mr baek the homemade food master - steak recipe

Episode S2E15 home food rescue / home made food master - steak recipe

I love this show and I have tried a few of the show recipe with great results. Thus I tried to document recipes while watching the show.
Some parts may be estimate and I will create a separate post with pictures should I try them out.

According to chef baek, he uses beef's shoulder to prepare the steak. There is 3  type of thickness shown. The common one are thin and thick. Thin one is available in supermarket while thick (he show 4 time more thick than the thin steak) steak is sold by the butcher. From the show it look like thin one are easier to prepare. The third type shown in the show are bulgolgi meat - to me it look like those fatty meat seen in steam boat.

3 things that r important when cooking steak is
1) Seasoning
2)Sauce
3)Side dish

Seasoning
Salt front and back
Black pepper front and back
Tap the seasoning in a bit

For thick stick need to season for two,  hours - for thin will take lesser time but he didn't specify

To avoid shrinking, cut the meat a bit here n there normally around the pork got slit n in middle

Use normal flour. Coat the meat both side thoroughly
( The above seasoning technic is use throughout the show)

Steak recipe 1 - garlic steak recipe
6-7 garlic, skin removed but no need cut small

Put oil in non steak, 1 layer. Put more oil if it is for thick steak.
Cook slowly, medium fire.put 6-7 garlic surrounding the stick. Don't cook until golden brown.
Flip the meat and it is still white. Turn the non stick sideway to cook side of meat if thick.
When ready the meat is still whitish in colour.
Drain the oil and take out garlic. Put the meat back into the pan, cut a small piece of butter put in n cook. The meat is slightly brown at this stage and serve

Recipe 2- garlic Steak with tomato sauce
Cook steak again with garlic at side 7 pcs and 1 slice meat, drain oil n take out garlic,  then put butter n cook meat. Take out meat and set aside

Make sauce
With the leftover butter, continue with
1 tb sugar. Use normal spoon
2 tb tomato sauce
1 tb soy sauce
1tb vinegar. Stir all and cook till no sour taste then add aboutHalf a cup water  bit by bit. Then put in steak n garlic. It will absorb the water.
Put some black pepper season to taste and serve.

Recipe 3 - Steak with 2nd sauce
Cook the steak, drain oil, put in butter. Cook steak.take out steak.
Cut onion into slice n cook till soften, put in two spoon sugar, 4 spoon tomato sauce, 2 spoon soy sauce,2 spoon vinegar. Pour in about half cup water bit by bit n stir.consistency a bit thick.pour on top of steak

But if pour too much water n it become watery then put the steak in n cook together.

Cook sunny side egg seperately n serve together


Recipe 4 - Steak with 3rd sauce
Prepare the side-
Salad recipe.
Some Cut carrot slice
SomeCut cucumber slice
Some Salad
Cut half onion semi ring

Salad sauce recipe.
All 1:1 ratio. Sugar 0.5
1/3 soy sauce thick Korean
1/3 cup water
1/3cup white sesame seed
1/6 cup sugar
1/3 mayonnaise
(This sauce can also use with soft tofu)

Prepare steak
1-2 steak
Half onion cut semicircle
Some White mushroom cut slice (same as the type make mushroom soup)

When almost cook the steak put in onion n mushroom.
Take out steak.
Drain out put aside onion mix.

Make sauce
Put some oil and some flour together 1:1 ratio - sauce demi glace
Cook and stir till yellow
Put in milk about 1 cup bit by bit and stir
A bit salt
Put back onion mix
Put some water till a bit watery
Put in steak.
And season with black pepper.let it cook a while n serve.


Seperately put in the salad and sauce together.

Take out steak and serve together with sauce

Recipe 5 - Steak using bulgolgi meat. It look like steam boat meat with fat
Season steak with salt n pepper. After a while dip into flour

Side recipe
Mash potato recipe
4 Steam potato - mash
1 cup milk (For four potato medium use 1 cup milk n stir. Potato will absorb the milk)
Salt a bit
Sugar a bit
Krim putar 1/3 cup. Could b wip cream
Mix everything together

Cut cucumber
Mushroom
Red capsicum

Put oil n cook steak.once cook take out
Put in vege mix
Stir fry n take out

Put butter 3 small piece n flour . Cook till coklat. 1 spoon sugar ,4 spoon tomato sauce, 2 spoon soy sauce, 2 cuka. 1 cup water. Stir bit by bit. Or up to 2 cup water
. Put in vege mix
Some black pepper
Put in steak n cook.
Serve with mash potato n steak

Home Food Rescue / Mr. Baek The Homemade Food Master -1) Cooking Pancake, Ham and Scramble Egg Recipe 2) Breakfast B s2e13

Pancake, Ham and Scramble Egg Recipe 

 Pancake, Ham and Scramble Egg Recipe 

Or you can eat it in a burger style just like in the Home Food Rescue show

Inspired from the show, I have decided to make Pancake today. As I do not have the Pancake Mix and I could not be sure of the Scramble Egg Recipe, I have modified the steps accordingly.

The recipe below are intended for 2 servings:-

As maple syrup is expensive, you can substitute with the following steps

Make own syrup
Sugar and water ratio is 1:1. As the ratio is 1 to 1,  you may modify the quantity as you wish.
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup sugar brown
Pour both into pan
Cook till it bubble and remove. It look almost like maple syrup color. The syrup look watery when remove from pot but will thicken a bit when it cool down.
(Obtain from Home Food Rescue)

Made from scratch Pancake recipe - Make about 5 pieces of pancake. You may double it if there are more people.

A)
70 gram all purpose flour
1 tsp bake powder
A pinch salt
1 tbsp sugar

B)
96g milk
30g egg
15g butter - melted
a bit of vanilla essence


Prepare A by sifting. Followed by stir in B. Don't over mix. Rest for 10 min.

When serve cut a square butter put at center, put maple syrup
(Obtain from http://www.chocolatesandchai.com/fluffy-fluffy-pancakes/)

Scramble Egg Recipe:

3 eggs
3 tablespoon milk

Assemble:
1. The sequence is prepare the syrup, pancake, scrambled egg and fried the 4 ham.
2. When serve, layer with 1 pancake, syrup, followed by cheese, ham, scrambled egg, syrup pour on the 2nd pancake - poke with fork to quicken the syrup absorbtion.

Breakfast B recipe - 2 person portion

Home Food Rescue / Episode 13 / Breakfast B consist of Stir fry potato with bacon, hotdog, sunny side up and beans

This recipe is versatile and you may modify the ingredient to your preference. It taste great and its highly recommend to try.

Recipe:
2 medium size - I use Australian washed potato. Cut medium slice with skin intact
1 onion - chop small
2-3 slice bacon - slice small
1 large hotdog (or use 2 small hotdog) - cut almost half
2 sunny side up or poach egg
Some green beans or any suitable vegetable

Steps.
1. Put some oil n fry the potato evenly. Flip the potato until each side brown. Season with salt
2. Put in bacon and onion n stir fry. Season with black pepper. Scope out
3. Cook hot dog and green bean and scope out
4. Cook egg and serve.

For shortcut after point 1, I move the potato aside and cook the hotdog. Followed by point 2 and cook the green bean all in 1 pan which can be a bit messy and you will need a large pan to do so. Scope out and either fry egg separately or prepare a pot of boiling water and vinegar to make poach  eggs concurrently.

Both the outcome is yummy and you should try the recipes too!

Home Food Rescue / Mr. Baek The Homemade Food Master S213 - Breakfast Recipe

I love watching this show and decided to document or cook some of the food shown in the cooking show. Some of the amount are an estimate if the measurement was not mention. Other times I may modify the steps.


1) Breakfast A
2 -3 medium size potato - cut with skin still intact. Wash the skin before cutting.
Half to 1 yellow onion - cut small
2 pieces Bacon - cut small
Sunny side egg

Steps-
1. Put oil in the frying pan
2. Cook potato first for few min till colour change to slightly yellow
3. Put in onion, a pinch of salt
4. Followed by bacon shorthly and stir fry. Turn and cook potato at all side. The bacon and onion will be small and hard to see.
5.Put some black pepper. Take out and put on plate.

6. Pour oil and cook sunny side up next. Ready to serve.

Breakfast B
2-3 Potato - cut with skin intact
1 yellow Onion
2 Hotdog - slice vertically but they r still joint together
Scrambled egg

Like breakfast A, cook potato, onion, a pinch salt, then push aside and put in hot dog and black pepper. Take out

Put in 3 egg in fry pan, pinch of salt, stir fast while cooking to get scrambled using chop stick

Above are the original steps. Alternatively if you would like to add milk, then the scrambled egg recipe are
3 eggs
3 tbsp milk
A pinch of salt and sugar. Mix everything and cook. During cooking, keep stirring.

Frittata recipe - everything cook in 1 pan
A)
1-2 small Potato direbus cut
2 big PCs Mushroom cut - not sure what mushroom but its white and long - cube
About 2 slices Bacon cut
1 Hotdog cut thin
1 or less Onion cut cube

The idea is that you can use any ingredient in fridge

Bayam a small handful- cut

Fry pan with a bit oil
Put in A)
Put a pinch of salt and black pepper
When almost cook, put Bayam
Take out everything and filter out the soft Bayam

3 egg- the amount of egg is determine whether the egg volume can cover the food mix above
Milk half volume of egg
Salt
Black pepper
Bread skin - cut a few pieces and mix into egg
Mix in the food into egg

Rightfully we should bake it and the heat will surround it, but we use fry pan whereby heat come from bottom so use aluminium foil cover

Put in oil n test heat by dripping some egg, if sizzle then it's hot enough.Put in egg mixture stir
Put in cheese slices. Cover with aluminium foil

What we are afraid of is the risk of burning. Thus in order to avoid burning, you need to stir and cook till halfway before putting cheese and aluminium foil. after that you just need to wait around 3 min.

Use small fry pan that curve like a bowl a bit

Recipe 4: Pancake recipe A
2 cup pancake mix Korean
1 cup water
1egg
Mix and stir to let air in
Take ladle scope one and put in pan slowly
Small fire
2 drop oil..then use tisu spread oil. No need heat oil and put in pancake
Bubble appear flip
Then flip again

Above are the shows original version however since I do not have pancake mix, I have make the mix from scratch

Made from scratch Pancake recipe
A)
70gram all purpose flour
1tsp bake powder
A pinch salt
1 tbsp sugar

B)
96g milk
30g egg
15g butter - melted
a bit of vanilla essence
(Obtain from http://www.chocolatesandchai.com/fluffy-fluffy-pancakes/)
Prepare A by sifting. Followed by stir in B. Don't over mix. Rest for 10 min.

When serve cut a square butter put at center, put maple syrup

To serve 1
As maple syrup is expensive, you can substitute with the following steps

Make own syrup
Sugar and water is 1:1
Half cup water
Half cup sugar brown
Pour both into pan
Cook till it bubble and remove. It look almost like maple syrup colour. The syrup look watery when remove from pot but will thicken a bit when it cool down.

To serve 2
Sieve icing sugar on pancake
Put butter on top
Put blueberry

Recipe: Pancake Reciple B (I have tried this!)
Pancake at bottom
Slice cheese on top
Cook egg, 2 ham and put on top.. ham first followed by egg.
Drizzle syrup on egg and top bread and prick with hole, cover the top
Cut into half and serve