Korean Sesame Seed Cookies Food

KOREAN SESAME CHICKEN AND POTATOES

Steps:

• Place a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add chicken and cook until browned, about 10 minutes. Drain and discard fat.
• Mix soy sauce, water, garlic, sesame oil, and sesame seeds together in a large bowl. Add sugar to taste, remembering you can always add more, but you can't take away. Stir to mix well and dissolve sugar. Fold in potatoes, carrots, and onion. Season with pepper.
• Pour vegetables into the Dutch oven to cover chicken. Cover with a lid and bring to a boil, about 5 minutes. Stir and reduce heat to medium for about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low and simmer 40 minutes more, stirring occasionally.
• Serve chicken and vegetables over hot cooked rice.

SESAME SEED COOKIES I

Steps:

• Combine flour and sugar in a bowl. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender-or work with your hands - until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Add anise oil (optional) small amount for it is very strong, to 1/2 cup of the milk and add to flour mixture. Gradually add more of the milk mixing until dough holds together.
• Pull off small portions of dough and roll between palms of the hands into a roll about finger size. Roll in sesame seeds. Seeds stick better if put in sugared water and taken out and put on a clean lintless cloth. Roll on cloth with seeds, then flatten out too about 1/4-inch thickness. Cut into 2 inch strips, place on ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) for 20 to 25 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove, cool completely, then store in an airtight container.

MIKA'S KOREAN SESAME SEED COOKIES (GGAE GWA JA)

Steps:

• Cream butter with brown and white sugars. Add eggs and beat well. Add baking soda, hot water and vanilla extract. Mix well.
• Stir in flour and sesame seeds to make a stiff dough. Cover and chill until dough is firm.
• Roll heaping teaspoonfuls into balls; place on greased baking sheet, about 2" apart. Flatten slightly. Bake at 325 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

KOREAN SESAME SEED COOKIES

Steps:

• Roast white and black sesame seeds seperately in dry pans until they start to pop.
• Remove from pan onto plates.
• Slowly heat sugar and syrup in a pan, stirring constantly, until sugar dissolves.
• Divide the sugar and syrup mixture, mix one half with the white and the other with the black sesame seeds.
• Spread both mixes onto seperate parchment or non stick baking paper sheets, cover with another sheet and flatten, then remove top sheets and lay the black sesame layer on top of the white one and remove the sheet from the black layer.
• With the help of the underlying sheet roll the black and white layers tightly into a roll, so that the white layer encloses the black one.
• Let the roll cool, then slice into about 1/4 to 1/3 inch slices.

KOREAN SESAME PORK STIR-FRY

Steps:

• Mix together 1 tbsp oil, the sesame seeds, soy sauce, mirin, chilli sauce and ginger. Pour over the pork and mix it all together. Heat the remaining oil in a large non-stick frying pan or wok. Add the pork and fry for 5 mins until browned. Add the peppers and spring onions, and cook for 5-10 mins more until the vegetables have softened and the pork is cooked through. Serve with cooked rice.