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

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, simple korean army stew or budae jjigae. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Army stew or army base stew (Budae Jjigae) is Korean fusion stew that incorporates American style processed food such as spam, sausages, canned baked beans and sliced cheese. Budae (부대) is a general term for a military base in Korean and Jjigae (찌개) is a term for soup/stew. Budae jjigae - a Korean stew made with kimchi and American processed meats such as Spam, bacon and hot dogs.

Simple Korean Army Stew or Budae Jjigae is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Simple Korean Army Stew or Budae Jjigae is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

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

The ingredients needed to make Simple Korean Army Stew or Budae Jjigae:
  1. Prepare 6 cups chicken stock
  2. Prepare 200 g SPAM cut into cubes
  3. Get 200 g mushroom (enoki and or oyster mushrooms)
  4. Take 200 g shitake mushrooms
  5. Make ready 6 cocktail sausages cut thinly
  6. Prepare 3 instant ramen noodles
  7. Prepare Half a cup of cheese(cubed or 2 slices)
  8. Take 1 cup kimchi (bite-sized)
  9. Prepare 1 Napa cabbage (cut and sliced)
  10. Prepare 100 g Rice cakes (Tteokbokki) or replace with kikiam
  11. Get 100 g tofu (sliced or cubed)
  12. Prepare 4 cobs cooked corn or 1 can of sweet corn kernels
  13. Get 2 tablespoons Korean chili paste (Gochujang)
  14. Make ready 1/2 tablespoon sugar
  15. Get 1 tablespoon Korean chili flakes
  16. Get 1 tablespoon garlic (minced)
  17. Get 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  18. Make ready 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  19. Prepare Green onions
  20. Prepare 1 teaspoon cooking oil
  21. Make ready I added corn instead of baked beans
  22. Make ready I also removed kelp and anchovies because I don't like them

A staple dish that most of us here in Malaysia will order when we eat out at a Korean restaurant, the. 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! 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.

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 dish was created shortly after the armistice that ended the Korean War. 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.

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