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How to cook: Kimchi-jjigae (김치찌개)

Updated: Apr 26, 2022

Kimchi stew or Kimchi-jjigae (김치찌개) is one of the Korean cuisine's most popular soups. It's a comforting, hearty, spicy, tasty, and delectable dish that everyone enjoys, especially when it is cold outside or you drink. We don't know expats who don't like kimchi-jjigae as long as they can handle the spiciness.


Korean kimchi jjigae 김치찌개 recipe

Ingredients for the jjigae (4 portions)

  • 1 kg of kimchi, sliced into bite-sized pieces

  • A quarter cup of kimchi sauce

  • Pork shoulder, 500 grams (or pork belly)

  • Half package of tofu, sliced into 2 cm thick bite-size slices (optional)

  • 3 onions (green)

  • 1 medium chopped onion (1 cup)

  • 1 tsp. salt (kosher)

  • Sugar (two tsp.)

  • 2 tbsp. gochugaru  (Korean hot pepper flakes)

  • 1 tbsp. gochujang (Korean chili paste)

  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil

  • 2 cups anchovy broth (or chicken or beef broth) - made or bought


Ingredients to make the stock (about 2 and a half cups) - if you want to make it yourself

  • Heads and guts removed from 7 big dried anchovies

  • 1/3 cup thinly sliced Korean radish (or daikon radish) 

  • 10 cm dried kelp

  • 3 green onions

  • Four cups of water

*1 Tbsp = 15ml, 1 Cup = 250ml

 

To make anchovy stock (멸치국물)


In a saucepan, add anchovies, daikon, green onion roots, and dried kelp.

Boil for 20 minutes over medium-high heat after adding the water.

Reduce the heat to low for an additional 5 minutes.

Strain.


Kimchi stew (김치찌개)


Place the kimchi and kimchi sauce in a pot to make the kimchi stew

Put in the meat and onion

2 green onions (just the white part), sliced lengthwise then added to the pot

Combine the salt, sugar, hot pepper flakes, and hot pepper paste in a mixing bowl

Add the anchovy stock and a drizzle of sesame oil on top

Cook for 10 minutes, covered, over medium-high heat.

With a spoon, mix the ingredients and put the tofu on top

Cook for another 10 to 15 minutes over medium heat, covered

1 green onion, chopped, should be placed on top of the stew

Remove from the heat and immediately serve with rice


This is one of our favorite dishes! What is yours?

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