Hello everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, Nakji Bokkeum (Korean Spicy Octopus Stirfry). It is one of my favorites food. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really deliciou

The Ingredients need to make Nakji Bokkeum (Korean Spicy Octopus Stirfry):

1. Prepare 1 pound of baby octopus, body part cut in halves, tentacles cut into groupings of 2 or 3 (make sure theyve been cleaned!)
2. Prepare 3-4 Tablespoons of gochugaru, depending on how hot you like your food
3. It’s 2-3 Tablespoons of sugar, depending on how sweet you like your food
4. It’s 2 Tablespoons of fish sauce
5. You need 1 Tablespoon of soy sauce
6. It’s 2 Tablespoons of minced garlic
7. It’s 1 Tablespoon of minced ginger
8. You need 1 of onion, peeled and cut into 1/4 slices on the vertically
9. You need 1 of medium carrot cut into 1/8 slices
10. You need 2 of medium stems celery, cut into 1/8 slices diagonally
11. Prepare 1/4 of of a small head of cabbage, cut into 1/4 strips horizontally
12. It’s 2 of king oyster mushrooms, cut into 1/4 pieces diagonally (you can sub with other kinds of mushrooms - about 1 cup total)
13. You need of oil
14. You need 1/4 cup of water

Step to make Nakji Bokkeum (Korean Spicy Octopus Stirfry):

1. In a bowl, mix gochugaru, sugar, fish sauce, soy sauce, garlic, and ginger until its a well incorporated paste.
2. Mise en place is really important for stir fry because the cooking goes fast, and you want all your ingredients handy.
3. In a large wok or saute pan, bring 2 teaspoons of oil up to high heat, then stir fry the octopus just until all the pieces turn opaque. Set aside in a large dish or platter. No need to salt the octopus if it hasnt been rinsed of the salt from the ocean
4. Keeping the heat on high, preheat 1 Tablespoon of oil in your wok/saute pan, and stir fry half your veg, just until they all get a bit of sear. (If this is the batch with your onions, onions just starting to turn translucent is a good indication of when theyre ready.)

Season with just a pinch of salt and set aside with the octopu

1. Repeat Step 4 with the rest of your
2. Keeping the heat on high, put 2 Tablespoons oil in your wok/saute pan, and add your paste right after. Give it a good stir so the oil will lightly cook the garlic and ginger and caramelize the sugar in the paste. This should only take 15 to 20 second
3. Keeping the heat on high, add the octopus and veg back into the wok/saute pan along with 1/4 cup water, and toss thoroughly until all the paste/sauce is well integrated with the octopus and

Thats it! Enjoy with a bowl of steamed rice. )

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