February

happy birthday month! :)

every birthday, a Korean person is served with a steaming hot bowl of miyeokguk with rice. It's because this seaweed soup is often given to women during their postpartum period as they recover, since it's packed with iodine and nutrients that they need for the body and the newborn baby. So on someone's birthday, it's a reminder to thank our mothers for giving us birth. Traditionally, love and respect for our parents is so deeply rooted and emphasized in korean culture, although those conservative values have faded over the years.

So happy birthday, with this recipe would like to celebrate your existence :) hope you are nourished all month with this recipe:

read more about February here

Ingredients

• palm size piece of dried seaweed

• 3 cup water

• 1 piece of beef short rib, cut in strips

• 2 Tbsp sesame oil

• 1 Tbsp gook soysauce* (or 2 Tbsp or reg soysauce)

• salt

• 1 fat clove garlic, minced

• salt

1. soak the seaweed in 3 cup water until they're smooth and bright green

2. cut beef into strips

3. cut up the seaweed into bite-size pieces and drain the water (save this seaweed water for later)

4. add 1 Tbsp sesame oil to the seaweed, and massage it until evenly coated.

5. in a pot, add 1 Tbsp of sesame oil and stir fry the beef for 3 minutes. add 1 Tbsp of gook soysauce (or 2 Tbsp regular soysauce)

6. add the seaweed, and sir fry another 4-5 minutes on medium heat.

7. it's going to start smelling really good. add the seaweed water from #3.

8. boil for 5 minutes, season with salt to taste, and add minced garlic.

9. let it simmer for a few more minutes.

10. serve with rice, enjoy.

soak the seaweed in 3 cup water until they're smooth and bright green

cut beef into strips

cut up the seaweed into bite-size pieces and drain the water (save this seaweed water for later)

add 1 Tbsp sesame oil to the seaweed, and massage it until evenly coated.

in a pot, add 1 Tbsp of sesame oil and stir fry the beef for 3 minutes. add 1 Tbsp of gook soysauce (or 2 Tbsp regular soysauce)

add the seaweed, and sir fry another 4-5 minutes on medium heat.

it's going to start smelling really good. add the seaweed water from #3.

boil for 5 minutes, season with salt to taste,

add minced garlic, boil another 5 min.

enjoy :)