Has anyone watched the Korean movie Parasite? I am sure many of you have. I was curious about this movie and got the chance to watch it during Chinese New Year at my brother's house.
It was only after watching this movie that my brother and I understood why Parasite won Best Picture at the Oscars. It was entertaining and thought provoking.
In the movie there was a scene where this lady makes a call to her housekeeper to cook jjapaguri with steak for her son. When the family reached home, somehow (I can't quite remember) the son didn't eat but instead the mom ate the instant noodles with steak.
I was quite curious of course and the recipe was all over the internet. Apparently, jjapaguri is a combination of two types of Korean instant noodles - Chapagetti and Neoguri. I found Neoguri at Jaya Grocer but not Chapagetti. So I just forgot about it since I don't eat instant noodles anyway.
But recently I was reminded of this noodles and steak combo because I had wanton mee and steaks in the freezer. So why use Korean instant noodles when I have wanton mee? So wanton mee and steak it is!
Of course this cannot taste like jjapaguri since I am not using the seasonings that come with the instant noodles. All I used is salt and pepper to season the steak (which were cut into cubes) and the sauce that came with the wanton mee.
This dish takes 3 minutes to cook and timing is important as not to overcook the beef and the noodles. I put the timer on for 3 minutes and made sure that a pot of water is already boiling.
1. Heat oil in cast iron pan until very hot.
2. Add steak cubes and stir fry for 2 minutes.
3. At the end of the 2 minutes add wanton mee into boiling water (boil for 1 minute).
4. Thirty seconds before the 3 minutes is up, pour sauce into the hot pan and add a tablespoon of butter.
5. Transfer cooked wanton mee into the pan and toss to coat in sauce.
Done!
Nyum!
It looked so bare without any veggies. So I added my favorite herb - coriander.
Spring onions would be great too but I didn't have any.
Wanton mee sure beats instant noodles. Anytime.
Your wanton mee looks like my dark sauce kampua mee...or my Bovril mee sua. That's meat with mee added, not mee with meat added. So much meat!!! I prefer it cut in thin slices.
ReplyDeleteOne more portion of wanton mee would have been more proportionate to the amount of meat. I should have made two portions.
DeleteThe beef sure looks good. Is it tender? I like both instant noodles and wanton noodles though I find instant noodles to be lighter than wanton noodles so I could not finish a portion of wanton noodles for 1 pax but I could finish the same portion for instant noodles.
ReplyDeleteTender and so juicy! heh..heh..
Deletethat's a strange story, why the mother eat the jjapaguri? where is the son? now I m curious about the 'Parasite' movie....lolx! yea, ur version of jjapaguri (wanton noodles) with steak looks appetizing! did u feed ah girl with this?
ReplyDeleteWatch the movie then you will find out. LOL!
DeleteYup, loved the movie...though I'm not like you to notice the 'food segment'...haha (I was concentrating on the movie). Coriander is my favourite herb too...I can eat it with just about anything. The beef looks good...is that from the same supplier you once wrote about? Only thing is that it looks a bit oily (from the photo of the dish in your cast iron pan) seeing that you have both oil+soya sauce (for the wantan mee) and butter for the beef. Another thing I'm wondering is how's the taste of a mix of soy and butter in wantan mee? Hmmmm.....I probably wouldn't dare put the two together! :D
ReplyDeleteYes, the beef is from the same supplier. Eh, the taste of soya sauce mixed with butter was surprisingly very good. Maybe it's because of the beefy juices that added some oomph to it. And yeah, it was kind of oily. I think one more portion of wanton mee would have balanced it out.
DeleteFuiyo!
ReplyDeletenom..nom..nom.. LOL!
DeleteWow. Chunky beef cubes. Must be satisfying meal.
ReplyDeleteI know the movie but have not watch it.
Very satisfying! Watch the movie, it is entertaining but there is a dark theme to it. Might not be suitable for young children.
Deleteheheh, this looks better than how i remember it looking in the movie. love that the beef isn't overwhelmed with a sauce! :D
ReplyDeleteI honestly can't remember how it looked in the movie hah..hah... The beef tasted pretty good with the sauce.
DeleteI thought this was normal dry wonton mee with steak only. Eventually you slightly cooked the noodles on the pan, did the noodles had that charred smokey flavour?
ReplyDeleteThe noodles was just tossed in the sauce, I already off the fire. No smokey taste and I loved it :)
DeleteYour wanton noodles not finished yet? Remember to put into freezer and not like me, just put them in the normal storage.. got moldy after two weeks... I agree with you, wanton noodles better than instant anytime, fry them with roasted pork and coriander leaves is also recommended.. Yummy!!
ReplyDeleteVery slow moving and yes, they are all in the freezer. I must try frying with roasted pork and coriander.
DeleteWanton mee with beef looks so delicious. I think I will also buy wanton mee to freeze so I can fry them whenever I feel like it.
ReplyDeleteYes, very convenient to keep in the freezer to cook anytime we want.
DeleteThe vegetables are to tone down the taste of the meat so it will not feel too meaty, smart move.
ReplyDeleteSomehow it feels incomplete without veggies.
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