Simple Korean Army Stew or Budae Jjigae
Simple Korean Army Stew or Budae Jjigae

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Budae jjigae - a Korean stew made with kimchi and American processed meats such as Spam, bacon and hot dogs. Budae jjigae (Army stew) is easy to make. As long as it has kimchi and some American processed meats, it's a budae jjigae.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook simple korean army stew or budae jjigae using 22 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Simple Korean Army Stew or Budae Jjigae:
  1. Prepare chicken stock
  2. Take SPAM cut into cubes
  3. Prepare mushroom (enoki and or oyster mushrooms)
  4. Take shitake mushrooms
  5. Prepare cocktail sausages cut thinly
  6. Prepare instant ramen noodles
  7. Prepare a cup of cheese(cubed or 2 slices)
  8. Take kimchi (bite-sized)
  9. Prepare Napa cabbage (cut and sliced)
  10. Make ready Rice cakes (Tteokbokki) or replace with kikiam
  11. Make ready tofu (sliced or cubed)
  12. Take cobs cooked corn or 1 can of sweet corn kernels
  13. Take Korean chili paste (Gochujang)
  14. Take sugar
  15. Take Korean chili flakes
  16. Take garlic (minced)
  17. Make ready soy sauce
  18. Make ready fish sauce
  19. Take Green onions
  20. Get cooking oil
  21. Take I added corn instead of baked beans
  22. Prepare I also removed kelp and anchovies because I don't like them

Budae-jjigae (부대찌개; literally "army base stew") or spicy sausage stew is a type of jjigae (stew), made with ham, sausage, spam, baked beans, kimchi and gochujang. Baked beans, cabbage, dried anchovies, dried kelp, garlic, green onion, hot pepper flakes, hot pepper paste, kimchi, onion, polish sausage, pork, pork belly, pork shoulder, radish sprouts, ramyeon, salt, shiitake mushrooms, sliced rice cake, soy sauce, spam, spinach, starch noodles. Korean Army Stew transforms simple everyday ingredients like noodles, kimchi and veggies into a mouth-watering spicy stew. Budae Jjigae is perfect for sharing and entertaining too - if you have a table top cooker, why not cook it all together with friends!

Steps to make Simple Korean Army Stew or Budae Jjigae:
  1. Cook garlic in oil until golden brown. Set aside so it doesn't burn.
  2. Assemble the ingredients (except for the ramen noodles, rice cakes, green onions, napa cabbage, corn and cheese) in a pot. Mix the Korean paste with soy sauce, chili flakes, sugar, and fish sauce and add the mixture to the pot. Pour the stock and bring to boil on medium heat (about 10 mins). Reduce heat and let simmer for another 10 minutes.
  3. Add the remaining ingredients – garlic, instant ramen noodles, rice cakes, green onions, napa cabbage (I like my napa cabbage crunchy), corn and add cheese on top of the pot and boil uncovered until the noodles are cooked (about 2 to 3 mins).
  4. Serve with steamed rice (& with other Korean side dishes). Or if doing hot pot, reduce the heat to low (using a portable burner) and share the food at the dinning table.

The word Budae means Army Base in Korean and by now you know Jjigae means stew. That's why it is translated as Korean Army Stew or Korean Army Base Stew. This dish is still very popular today and most Koreans say the area for the best Budae Jjigae is actually 의정부 (Uijeongbu) -the place of. Budae Jjigae is also called Korean army stew. Its rich spicy broth is made with aromatics, ground meat, and noodles, topped with sausage, veggies During that time, I was cooking extremely simple dishes all the time.

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