365 days of food: Korean BBQ: Kalbi

Kalbi

 One of my favorite foods ever!!!!! I love korean bbq, I wish I could find a legit korean bbq restaurant here but too bad so I just make my own at home and tastes so much better! I usually marinate it in the morning and bbq it for dinner.

365 days of food: LOCO MOCO!

LOCO MOCO!

My favorite way of eating a hamburger patty! Its so easy to make, I just shaped ground beef into a patty and grill it  (you can fry it to if you're lazy). for the ground beef mixture I threw in some minced onions, soy sauce and some garlic powder and black pepper. After the patty is done, just top it with some gravy and an egg, however you like your egg, over easy, sunny side up, whatever, I like my egg without the yolk so thats how i made mine. Lol! and y'all know me, having rice ain't even a question anymore!
 

Easy Japanese dish of the week: Chicken Cutlet

 Chicken Cutlet

Ingredients
Chicken Breast (thin sliced)
Panko Breadcrumbs (can be found in the asian section)
Flour
2 eggs beaten
Bulldog brand tonkatsu sauce (asian store)

 Coat chicken breast in flour, dip in egg, then coat with breadcrumbs. Set aside on a plate. Repeat process until you've done it to the chicken breasts. Heat up a pan with some oil in it, fry the damn thing, flip it once or twice til it is a nice golden brown. Make sure it is cooked inside but do not overcook it because the chicken will become dry. You want it nice and moist. Place on top of hot white rice and place some bulldog sauce over it. YUM!

Filipino Dish of The Week: Kare-Kare (Peanut Butter Beef Oxtail Stew)

Kare-Kare
Peanut Butter Beef Oxtail Stew
(pronounced Kah-reh Kah-reh)

I learned how to make this from my mom back home. It's so good, you won't even know its peanut butter! This dish may seem odd to all you non-filipino people, but I love it!

Ingredients
-Beef Oxtail
-String Beans (substitute with Green Beans if none available)
-Asian Eggplant (substitute with the big round one if none available)
-Onion
-Garlic
-Bokchoy
-Peanut Butter
-Beef broth

The traditional Kare-Kare recipe has beef tripe in it but I didn't put it since I cannot find it here where I'm at and a lot of vegetables we have back in Guam aren't available here in South Dakota but it tastes pretty much the same.
I boiled the beef for about 2-3 hours or until its soft. (Pressure cooker=faster!) Dissolve the peanut butter with water and set aside. After beef is soft, i boiled beef broth in a pot, added the garlic and onions and meat. Then added eggplant and green beans. I let those cook for a bit. Then stirred in the peanut butter and bokchoy. I let it simmer for a little bit. It's good to eat on top of hot white rice! YUM!

Busy Bee

Lately I've been really caught up with taking care of Aundrea, our new puppy, chores, and HOMEWORK. Stacks of homework. My eye bags are so ugly. I've noticed I never had the time to take off old nail polish from my toe nails and they were on my toe nails for like about 2 months and not til a few days ago I removed it, I haven't shaved my legs in a month which is like disgusting, haven't gone to the hair salon for a trim in monthsss and haven't been to the gym for a total of two weeks. I soooo cannot wait til we leave for our vacation to Guam, at least we'll have reliable babysitters around such as my mom and mother-in-law. I seriously need some wine or jager bombs and dancing in my system! I have never felt so overwhelmed and tired in my life! Whoever knew motherhood + married life was so hard..... did I mention I married young? Lol! aaahhh...my life is bittersweet, I love it!

It's almost Aundrea's 2nd birthday!

Soo... this is Aundrea's birthday invitation I made for her 2nd birthday party, although I do need to some final touches like the place, time, & etc... (don't mind the ching running across the invite)

She is having a Yo Gabba Gabba theme this year, last year she had a Hello Kitty theme :)

 

A New Member of The Ching Family

Raizo Ching

Nope, not another child but another DOG in our house. He is a purebred Shihtzu and is about 9-10 weeks old. We bought him for a very good price from a nice lady that lives right off of base. I was so excited the past week because I've been in the doggie market for the past months and I really wanted a small fluffy dog for Aundrea and I. I have to say this is like my first real puppy, (as in the kind of dog I would want) my parents never got me any pets when I was a kid lol. So far since Raizo's been home, he sleeps A LOT, he is almost fully housebroken, he whines to go outside to poop but its just peeing that we are working on. He is a bit smarter than I thought because our other dog is really dumb sometimes and stubborn. Aundrea loves Raizo, she always like to hug him and carry him but sometimes I think she gets too excited and squeezes him so I've got my eagle eyes on with her LOL. I have yet to take him for his haircut and all that stuff. :)

Crockpot Time: A family favorite :)

Kalua Pig

Ingredients
Pork shoulder
Cabbage, chopped
Onions,chopped (optional)
Soy Sauce
Liquid Smoke


1. Rub the pork with liquid smoke & place in the crockpot. Put on high and cook for about 6 hours or until pork can be shredded easily.

2. After shredding the pork, place it in a big pan over medium-high heat, throw in cabbage and onions and also add a little bit of the pork juice from the crockpot and stirfry everything together.

3. While frying, sprinkle some soy sauce over everything to add some taste (however much you like, probably the more the better )

4. Place it back in crockpot to keep it warm & eat with hot white rice :)