Korean Food: Seasoned Filefish Bokkeum ( )
Instructions
Prepare about 2 cups of seasoned filefish. You can buy them precut in small round shapes, or you can buy big pieces and cut them into bite-sized pieces.
Rinse the fish in cold water once and drain the water. This helps to reduce the strong fish smell and clean them.
I like to add some ground onion to the sauce, so grind the onion until you get 1 Tbsp of ground onion.
In a heated pan, fry the fish for about 5 minutes on medium-high until it gets lightly golden brown. Occasionally stir it so that it will not burn.
After 5 minutes, push the fish to the end of the pan to make space to cook the sauce. Quickly add 1 Tbsp of cooking oil, Tbsp of red pepper powder, and Tbsp of minced garlic. Fry for 10 seconds to get good flavor from the pepper oil and garlic. The pepper powder burns easily, so prepare your ingredients ahead of time.
Add the rest of the ingredients, except the sesame seeds: 1 Tbsp of red pepper paste, 1 Tbsp of corn syrup, 1 Tbsp of grind onion, 1 Tbsp of cooking wine (or water), Tbsp of sugar, Tbsp of minced garlic, and tsp of soy sauce. Mix everything together. You can adjust the amount of sweetness or spiciness depending on your tastes.
Mix the sauce with the fish. Fry it for about 5 minutes on medium-high.
Turn off the heat. Sprinkle 1 tsp of sesame seeds on top and mix.
