Kimchi Hotpot!

Yesterday's dinner was so good!

And I made this

This was intended to be only eaten by me. hehe. If I had known I would've added tons more toppings!

Ingredients included a lot of noodles, kimchi, kale, enoki mushrooms, crimini mushrooms, carrots, shrimps, onions and hotdogs. Hurray!

With the broth, I had it to three components. 

•  The first was the base, I sauteed garlic and minced kimchi (which was also drained) in sesame oil. Then I mixed in the unused packet of chili sauce from an instant mie goreng. A beef stock and grated ginger followed and it was simmered for about 30 minutes!
• I boiled down a mixture of soy sauce, shaoxing and sugar.
• The drained kimchi juice was used and mixed with miso paste!

When the base had finished simmering, the soy sauce mixture was blended in. After the arrangement and cooking of the toppings, the kimchi miso was added (as seen above).

This was intended to be eaten straight after cooking, but it was left for an hour. When eating time approached, the noodles had absorbed the broth's flavour! They became really tasty noodles.

Simmering the toppings I think made the dish a lot better, each and every one became a tasty part in the meal. The hotpot was eaten with soft-boiled eggs (which turned out well! Kudos to this).

We had homemade fried chicken too, which was amazing! The meat was very tender and juicy, and the coating was crispy and crunchy. Not kidding, it was perfect. An up-close and personal look at that chicken guarantees you that moist, seducing white meat and a golden brown, crunchy temptation. Its awesomeness still resonates with me...

Oh, and before we end this post, let me share you this. It might give you ideas to make something similar and tastier: https://en.cookpad.com/categories/jjigae