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Serve it Hot!

I am not supposed to blog about this now... but because I owe you guys one more post - here is another blog about my attempt in cooking.

For the past two weeks, it was my brother who cooked our meals at the studio. Like me, he's a beginner when it comes to cooking! And just like me, we both have "beginners' luck" at this game! Anyway, this isn't my first time though to cook boiled pork with vegetables or "nilagang baboy" for dinner... but I felt so glad to create this delicious meal without looking or checking the recipe online! 

This meal is surprisingly easy to cook, all you have to do is to boil the pork and put all the other ingredients one after the other. Make sure though to put first those that will take time to cook (e.g. potatoes). I didn't measure how many "patis" (fish sauce) nor vinegar did I pour, but I am pretty sure that I put only one tiny pinch of salt. Oh by the way, I always like my soup a bit spicy - so, here I used a "sinamak" (spiced vinegar). The spicy taste reduces that "err" feeling when you're too full already.

...and yeah, best served with Coca-cola. haha. no - they didn't pay me to write that :))

How about... cooking?

I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO COOK, but! I tried cooking when my Dad went to Norway and I had to help myself for 3 months! It's good to know that there are a lot of kind people out there who spend their time to teach people how to cook certain stuffs one at a time ;) I believe I am one of those people who benefitted from their blogs. Anyway...

I am supposed to be reading/studying 6 chapters of my Psychology book in preparation of our midterm exam this coming Tuesday. However, my attention got distracted when I suddenly got hungry. The afternoon was a little hot and that made me crave for some milk tea with pearls but of course, I don't have the leisure to go to the mall just to buy one. And so, I decided to google how to make milk teas at home. I found several recipes online! But then again, I checked our fridge and realized that I don't have the complete ingredients. How disappointing! Nonetheless, I saw the frozen chicken and boom! Why don't I try to cook Korean Style Fried Chicken? Brilliant!

When I was in Korea, chicken and pizza were our comfort food! 치킨 집 (pronounced as Chikin-jip) are found almost in every corner! A gathering or drinking session will never be complete without chicken. And unlike in the Philippines, Koreans don't eat chicken with rice (so they really find it weird, i suppose, when we sneak in a Chikin jip with take-out 밥 (bap/rice) from another store. Also, when hunger strikes at midnight - Koreans rarely call Mcdonalds for delivery! Instead, they would call and ask for 배달 (bae-dar/delivery). When we order a box of chicken, we usually receive it with Pepsi, 무 (mu/raddish), and two kinds of sauce - 얀념 (yang-nyeom/sweet and spicy) and 무스타드 (mu-seu-ta-deu/mustard). Most Chikin jips have gimmicks like collecting 10 coupons to receive one free chicken and etc! Anyway, my favorite Chikin jips are 멕시칸치킨 (mek-shi-kan chi-kin/mexican chicken) for garlic flavored chicken and 맘스터치 (mam-seu teo-chi/mom's touch) for some awesome teriyaki chicken!

Okay, back to what I did.

So I saw the frozen chicken inside the fridge... I searched in the cupboards whether I have the right ingredients mentioned online. Well, I found some cornstarch and egg and voila! I think that's just it! Hahaha :))

Anyway, the photo above is a step-by-step procedure of how I made my very own Korean Style Fried Chicken. To guide you though, here first are the ingredients I used (I bet you have this too, haha):

• cornstarch
• egg
• pepper
• onion
• garlic
• Coke (my alternative to rice wine --- what? haha)

I won't be writing how I did it because - err, it's too redundant with my photo collage! However, here are a few tips (wow! haha) - this is TOTALLY not a new tip, just so you know, tissue papers are very helpful in reducing the amount of oil in whatever food you fry and... that's it. Hahaha :))

By the way, for these kind of fried chicken - I believe that mustard is the best option for sauce ;) It takes time though to get used to it. So, there! If you have extra time or just procrastinating like I did, how about... cooking some Korean Style Fried Chickin Chicken ^^