Just in case you were wondering, one bottle of Soju contains 540 calories. That's like 4 beers. So to put it in perspective, you would need to walk about two hours to exercise it off. (Walking two hours with a soju hangover is not an easy task.) Soju originally was made from rice but whenever there were rice shortages, people were forbidden to make Soju. Alcohol producers the started to use sweet potatoes and tapioca to make an ethanol based alcohol. Overtime they doctored up the taste so it has a smooth, crisp taste that goes great with raw seafood and grilled meats. The world drinks a lot of Soju. 61.38 Million cases of soju were produced in 2012 with Korea consuming about 2.75 billion bottles of Soju a year. You would think that everyone would be falling over drunk in Korea, but this is not the case. The alcohol is only about 17-19% so a bottle won't wreck you (but two or more might.) Koreans judge how good of a drinker you are by the number of bottles o
First fry up some bacon in sesame oil.
Then sauteed your kimchi. This step is very important because it releases the flavors.
Boil and strain the spaghetti, but DO NOT cool it in water. Add a pat of butter.
Add the still not spaghetti to a whipped egg. The steam from the spaghetti will cook the egg and make a wonderful egg, butter sauce.
Serve the kimchi on top and add dried seaweed as a garnish. There you go: Kimchi Carbonara.
