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3 Tasty Korean Side Dishes Made with Multi-Purpose Soy Sauce

August 18, 2015 by Holly Ford 3 Comments

Korean Side Dishes

It is always thrilling to see a load of side dishes on my Korean meal table.  More choices? Double the pleasure! That is for sure to everyone who likes to enjoy Korean meal.

However, making several side dishes for just one meal can be time consuming. Here are 3 tasty Korean side dishes recipes that can be prepared within 5-10 minutes from start to finish per each. They all use the same sauce, Mr. Baek’s multi-pupose soy sauce, that I mentioned in my previous post. It creates three different flavors; easy braised tofu, steamed Perilla leaves, and stir-fried mung bean sprouts.

So here are what you can do with this sauce. I won’t make the printable recipes for these dishes. They are not the rocket science recipe that you have to follow the exact amount on each ingredient. Just use however much amount your heart tells you. They will turn our just fine. I will give you the instructions and you can easily follow along.

Easy Braised Tofu

For the easy braised tofu; You will need…

  • 1 block tofu (about 1 lb)
  • 1 tablespoon of Korean chili flakes
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 2 chopped green onion
  • 3-4 tablespoons multi-purpose soy sauce
  • 4 tablespoon water

Slice tofu and place them in a pan. Sprinkle Korean chili flakes and minced garlic. Add green onions and multi purpose soy sauce. Add water and bring to a gentle boil first. Then simmer over low heat for 3-5 minutes covered with a lid. Moisten the tofu with the pan juice.

Easy Braised Tofu

Serve the tofu with rice. I can have a bowl of rice with just this quick braised tofu dish. Simply good~!

Easy Steamed Perilla Leaves

For the steamed Perilla leaves;

  • 1 tablespoon multi-purpose soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon Korean soy sauce for soup
  • 1 tablespoon Korean chili flakes
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 1 chopped green onion
  • 2-3 tablespoons water

Combine all the ingredients in a small bowl.  Just spread a tiny amount of sauce over every 2-3 Perilla leaves. (I used about 40-45 leaves for this recipe) Don’t try to cover entire leaf.  Add water to the sauce bowl and pour over the leaves. Cover and microwave for 2 minutes. Done!

This steamed Perilla leaves can be stored in the fridge for 2-3 weeks.

Stir-Fried Mung Bean Sprouts

Now my favorite, the stir-fried mung bean sprouts~!

  • 2 chopped green onion
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • two big handfuls of mung bean sprouts
  • 2 tablespoons multi-purpose sauce

Stir-fry chopped green onion and garlic in a little amount of oil for 30 seconds. Add mung bean sprouts and the multi-purpose sauce. Stir-fry quickly over high heat for 30-60 seconds. You want to keep the sprouts crisp yet heated with the flavor. Serve immediately. I don’t think you will find any better tasting stir-fried mung bean sprouts than this.

One sauce to make three dishes! Don’t you want to try them all?

~ Holly

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Filed Under: Archives, Easy and Simple, Korean Recipes, Recipes, Side Dishes Tagged With: Mung Bean Sprouts, Perilla Leaves, Tofu

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Comments

  1. Caroline Foo says

    August 18, 2015 at 8:29 pm

    Thank you, Holly for sharing these recipes.

    Caroline

    Reply
  2. Mary Frances says

    August 19, 2015 at 10:56 am

    These all look so yummy!! I’ve never tried Perilla leaves before–I’m sure they go great with the tofu!

    Reply
  3. Joshua says

    October 31, 2018 at 2:49 pm

    Each side dish pretty much all use the same ingredients so the recipes are fool proof their impossible to mess up because they all use the same guide lines.

    Reply

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