Karens Korean Kooking Recipes and Karens Chicken Rice Casserole !

Ed bought these books when we were in Seoul, SK. He bought about 8 books from the Hospital that was up the street from where we were staying.

So we looked through them and decided to do the easiest Korean Recipes we could find !

The Watermelon Punch ( Subak-hwachae) was actually easy to make. I went to the market and got the biggest Watermelon I could find. I had to make the punch twice over the weekend, so I might as well. It turned out great. You don't have to make it with brandy in it- !

Ingredients : 1 large watermelon, 1 bottle of soda pop , 1/2 cup brandy, 1tsp pine nuts, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup water

Method: 1. Cut the the melon in 1/2 and add a sawtooth design ( we didn't ). Scoop out the watermelon balls with a melon baller. ( I got one at the dollar store and it worked great )
2. Boil 1 cup water with 1 cup sugar to make the syrup.
3. Soak the watermelon balls in the syrup in a bowl. Scoop out all the watermelon and Wrap pieces of the watermelon in a cloth ( tea towel works great ) and squeeze out the juice into the shell.
4. Place the watermelon balls, syrup, soda pop, brandy and all the watemelon juice in the shell and float ice pieces on top.
5. Serve the watermelon punch sprinkled with pine nuts. Place the watermelon in a large punch bowl surround it with ice cubes.

This is the picture of the table on Dedication Day-June 19th, 2011 ! A full table !

Barbecued Beef- (Bulgogi)

Ingredients: 1 1/3 top round or tenderloin of beef, 3 tbsp sugar, 2 tbsp . rice wine ( its a vinegar) , 5 tbsp chopped green onion, 2 tbsp chopped garlic, 6 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp sesame salt ( Ed could not find this, we used small sesame seeds instead ) 2 tbsp sesame oil, black pepper, lettuce , garland chrysanthemun, sesame leaves, garlic , small green onions

Method: 1. Slice the beef thinly and score lightly to make the meat more tender. Cut them into bite size pieces and marinate it in the sugar and rice wine. ( you can do this for 24 hours later if you remember and if you have the time )

2. Mix the marinated beef with the soy sauce, chopped garlic, sesame salt, and sesame oil.

3. Broil over the BBQ grill or frying pan. Serve it with lettuce leaves, sesame leaves, garland and garlic.

It turned out great for us 2 times. I added some red wine too a bit and threw in whatever the book forgot to mention in the steps ! Im sure it would be great to add a bit of BBQ sauce to it at well !

Karens Chicken Rice Casserol ! Crock Pot Recipe ! YUM

I decided also to make a simple crock pot recipe with some rice. I have a great Crock Pot book called, " Fix It and Forget It cook book" It has simple and easy and yummy recipes for your crock pot. It's really called "Wanda's Chicken and Rice Casserole" by Wanda Roth--page 173 ---But for yesterday, Im calling it "Karens Chicken Cassserol"

Makes 6-8 servings

( i put this together before church, turned on my crock pot and it was done when we got back ! )

1 cup long grain rice, uncooked

3 cups water

2tsp chicken bouillon granules

1 soup can of cream of chicken soup

1 bag of frozen broccoli

2 cups, chopped, cooked chicken

1/4 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp onion salt

1 cup grated cheddar cheese

1. Combine all ingredients in slow cooker-crock pot.

2. Cook on High 3-4 hours.

If the casserole is too runny, remove the lid and cook high for 15 minutes.

Enjoy !!!!!!

Karen