Asian PIckles and Sukiyaki beef recipes

These are two of our favorite recipes:

ASAIN CUCUMBER PICKLES

1 cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced

1 teaspoon sea salt

2 tablespoons rice vinegar

1 tablespoon mirin (Japanese rice wine)

1 teaspoon sugar

• In a large bowl, sprinkle salt over cucumbers and let sit for 20 minutes.
• Drain and cover with remaining ingredients.
• Refrigerate for at least 1 hour, or as long as overnight.

SUKIYAKI UDON

Ingredients (for sukiyaki beef)

• 3/4lb sliced beef
• 1/2 onion (sliced)

Spices (for sukiyaki beef)

• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp sake
• 1 tbsp mirin
• 2 tbsp sugar

Ingredients (for udon soup)

• 2 pack of frozen udon
• 4 slice of soft tofu
• 1/4 cup green onion (chopped)

Spices (for udon soup)

• 3 cup dashi soup (or 2 tsp hondashi and 3 cup of water)
• 3 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp mirin
• 1 tbsp sake
• 1 tbsp sugar

Preparation

1. Pour hot water on Udon to defrost
2. Mix spices for sukiyaki beef in a small bowl (soy sauce, sake, mirin and sugar)
3. Heat oil in a frying pan and stir onion for 4 minutes
4. Add beef, stir for 2 minutes, then add spices. Stir until the liquid evaporates, then set it aside
5. Boil dashi soup then add spices for udon (soy sauce, sale, mirin and sugar)
6. Add Udon and cook until it starts to boil
7. Put udon and soup in a bowl, then add tofu, and put sukiyaki beef on top
8. Sprinkle green onions on top

NOTE: We also make teh sukiyaki meat and just top it over rice.