
BOIL some beef ribs in water. A kilo and a half of beef is a good amount. When oil starts collecting above the water, take it out. If you don't care about it, leave it. It adds a lot of flavor and well, a lot of heart disease too. :-) Careful. On the side, soak some dried shiitake mushrooms in very hot water for 30 minutes. Cube some carrots, slice thinly some leeks, crush garlic, cut onions, toast sesame seeds.

Ok, in between putting in the ingredients, give it about 5-1o minutes for each flavor to cook into the meat and the broth:
Add some peppercorns and the garlic.
Pour about a a fourth of a cup soy sauce, use the real, premium kind. Add about 2 tablespoonful of oyster sauce, and a third of a cup of mirin.

Throw in the onions, the sliced shiitake and the water it's soaked in, and the carrots. I add some young corns too.

Wait till the carrots and corns are soft. Turn off the heat, sprinkle a little sesame oil (or not, if there's too much oil already.). Add the leeks on top when serving.
I wonder what the Koreans will say about what I did to their stew? O well, it tastes good to me.