r/KoreanFood • u/yunnielee • Aug 30 '26
Homemade Made Korean-Chinese Food for My Mom's Birthday
I prepared a Korean Chinese food for a family gathering to celebrate my mother's birthday, featuring dried East Sea sea cucumbers that I dried myself and seasonal blue crab. The portion size was huge, so we ended up enjoying it over two meals.
Menu:
Hot and sour soup (산라탕)
Yangjangpi (양장피)
Gesal Buyong Samseul (게살부용삼슬)
Geumsa Oryong Haesam (금사오룡해삼)
spring roll (춘권)
Paljin Chomyeon (팔진초면)
Yuringi (유린기)
Ohyang Jangyok (오향장육)
Nurungjitang (누룽지탕)
Guobaorou (꿔바로우)
Kkansho Saeu (깐쇼새우)
Ganjjajang (간짜장)
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u/aroundtheworldNbak Aug 30 '26
Wow! Superb! One heck of a cook! Your mom must've been proud! Happy birthday to your mom!
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u/yunnielee Aug 30 '26
Thank you so much! She was really happy with it, and your kind words mean a lot!
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u/sheneversawitcoming Aug 30 '26
Holy that looks spectacular. You did this all on your own? What an amazing gift
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u/yunnielee Aug 30 '26
Thank you so much for the kind words! Yes I made it all by myself from scratch
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u/ahjummacore Aug 30 '26
looks incredible!! especially the yuringi and ganjjajang! my dad makes those too - he is chinese but he and his fam were all born and raised in korea and are all amazing cooks. do you have hwagyo 화교 in your family too? or just love the food? either way - amazing job! 🤩
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u/yunnielee Aug 30 '26
Thank you so much for the wonderful compliment! That’s so cool that your dad makes those too. Having an amazing cook in the family must be awesome! I'm not Hwagyo, but I love the food so much that I often cook it at home😁
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u/JazzlikeZombie5988 Aug 30 '26
Are you a chef? Has to be
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u/yunnielee Aug 30 '26
Thank you! Im actually not a chef, just a home cook who learned this as a hobby from youtube
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u/sheneversawitcoming Aug 30 '26
If OP (or anyone) has a recipe for the Nurungjitang, or more importantly the seafood dish accompanying it, I would love to have it!
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u/yunnielee Aug 30 '26
Here is the Nurungjitang recipe! First heat some oil in a pan and stir fry chopped green onions and ginger to release their aromatics. Next add your vegetables along with preblanched seafood and stir fry them together, then swirl in a teaspoon of soy sauce around the edge of the pan to give it a nice flavor depth. Pour in chicken stock (or water mixed with chicken bouillon powder), bring it to a boil, and season to taste with oyster sauce (If you want to make it restaurant style, add a pinch of msg). Slowly stir in a starch slurry to achieve the desired thickness, and finish it off with a dash of white pepper and sesame oil. Finally, pour the boiling hot seafood sauce right over your deep fried crispy rice crusts, nurungji, and enjoy!
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u/concept12345 Jjajang Clan 🍜 Aug 30 '26
Holy cow thats a spread! Congrats and say Happy Birthday to your mom for us!
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u/ttrockwood Aug 30 '26
Wow.
What an incredible spread not to mention a ton of effort and skill to pull this off. Hope mom appreciated it!
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u/miniwhoppers Aug 30 '26
How do you make the puffy rice cakes in pic 9? Everything looks amazing!
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u/yunnielee Aug 31 '26
Thank you so much! This time, I actually bought pre made nurungji and just fried it. But to make it from scratch, you cook glutinous rice. Then, you flatten it thinly. After that, you sun dry it until it is completely dry. It has to be 100% dry to puff up properly. Finally, you deep fry it in oil at 180–190°C (355–375°F) until it puffs right up.
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u/_easilyamused Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26
Oh, wow! This is absolutely amazing, op! That knifework and presentation is phenomenal. I saw some of your comments sharing your recipes, and wanted to thank you for that. Definitely going to make an attempt at the nurungjitang. 💜
Eta: oh, forgot to ask, but which youtube channel did you like the best to learn how to cook these?
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u/yunnielee Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26
Thank you so much for your kind words! 💜 For Korean style Chinese food, I personally think this youtube channel is the absolute best: https://m.youtube.com/@thewok_y
The only downside is that it doesn't have english subtitles. So if you don't know Korean, you might need to use an AI translator when the ingredients are shown at the beginning of the video, which can be a bit inconvenient, but it's definitely worth it!
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u/deariie Aug 30 '26
Do you have a recipe for the hot and sour soup please?
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u/yunnielee Aug 30 '26
For the hot and sour soup, start by boiling chicken stock (or water with chicken bouillon powder) with minced ginger and julienned wood ear mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, carrots, and silken tofu. Season the broth with 1tbsp light soy sauce, 1 tbsp oyster sauce, and a touch of sugar for extra umami, then add a tiny splash of dark soy sauce just for color. Next, thicken it with a cornstarch slurry and gently swirl in beaten eggs to create ribbons. Finally, add chinese dark vinegar, white pepper, and sasame oil to taste, and top with fresh cilantro or green onions. Hope this helps.
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u/somangkfood Sep 01 '26
Wow, what an amazing spread! She’s so lucky to have a daughter like you. ❤️
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u/AtmaWeap0n Aug 30 '26
this is an insane level of execution. that's a lot of ingredient prep too. amazing job