Tuna pancake / / Chamchijeon

Ingredients (for 2-3 servings): 1 can of tuna (5 oz: 142 grams), onion, garlic, salt, ground black pepper, sesame oil, egg, flour, and canola oil. Directions: 1. Strain out the liquid from a can of tuna and place it in a bowl. *tip: You can use cheesecloth, paper towel, or just squeeze with your hands to get the excess liquid out 2. Add cup chopped onion, 1 minced garlic, 1ts salt, ts ground black pepper, 1 egg, 1 ts sesame oil, and 1 tbs flour to the tuna and mix it well.

3. Heat up a non-stick pan and spread 1-2 tbs canola oil.

4. Scoop a spoonful of the tuna mixture with a spoon and place it on the heated pan.

5. Press slightly and round the edges with the spoon. 6. Make 6 small size pancakes with the tuna mixture.

7. When the bottom is cooked golden brown, turn it over and cook until both sides of the pancakes are golden brown. Total cooking time is 3-5 minutes.

8. Transfer the cooked pancakes to a serving plate and serve with rice.

Mung bean sprout side dish / / Sukjunamul (or sookjoo namul)

Ingredients (for 2-4 servings): Mung bean sprouts, salt, garlic, green onion, cucumber, sesame seeds, and sesame oil Directions: 1. Wash and drain 12 oz (340 grams: about 3 cups worth) of mung bean sprouts in cold water a couple of times until theyre clean. Pick out any brownish rotten beans.

2. Put them in a pot and add cup water and ts salt. 3. Cover the pot and bring to a boil over high heat for 5 mins.

4. Rinse in cold water, strain, and set aside. 5. Cut about 1 cups worth of seedless cucumbers into matchsticks and put into a bowl. 6. Add ts salt to the cucumbers. Mix and set aside for a few minutes.

7. Squeeze any excess water out of the cooked mung bean sprouts and put them into a mixing bowl. 8. Squeeze any excess water out of the cucumber strips and add them to the sprouts in the mixing bowl. 9. Add 1 clove of minced garlic, 1 chopped green onion, ts salt, 1 ts sesame oil, and 1 ts sesame seeds to the mixing bowl.

10. Mix well by hand.

11. Transfer to a serving bowl and serve with rice.