Korean recipes:

Soondubu jjigae (soft tofu stew)

Ingredients:

Prepare stock to make tasty Soon du bu:

  1. Pour 5 cups of water into a pot and add 12 dried anchovies after removing intestine part.
  2. Add half onion, some dried kelp (about 1/3 cup), 3 dried shiitake mushrooms, 5 cloves of garlic and boil it over high heat.
  3. Approximately 10 minutes later, lower the heat to low medium heat and boil it for another 20 minutes.
  4. Set aside the stock and take out the mushrooms and chop them into small pieces.
  5. Heat your earthen ware (or ceramic pot) on the stove and put 2 ts of olive oil.
  6. Chop 100 grams of beef and put it into the pot and stir it.
  7. Add the chopped shiitake mushroom and stir it.
  8. Add 2 tbs – 5 tbs (1/4 cup) of hot pepper flakes and keep stirring for 1 minute.
    *tip:
    2 tbs—mild
    3 tbs—medium
    4 tbs—hot
    5 tbs (1/4 cup)—suicidal hot ! : )
  9. Pour 2 cups of the stock you made. It will be sizzling. Don’t be afraid! It’s just TOFU stew! : )
  10. Add 1 cup of mixed seafood and 3 shirimp.
  11. Add 2 tbs of fish sauce.
  12. Cut the 2 tubes of Soon du bu (soft Tofu) in half and squeeze it out into the pot and break the tofu with a spoon several times in the pot.
  13. When it boils, add 2 chopped green onions and 1 green chili pepper.
  14. Crack eggs and drizzle some sesame oil before serving.

Enjoy it!

275 Comments:

  1. Kina Thailand

    Hi Maangchi,
    Soondubu Jjigae is my most favourite Korean dish(so far). After I tried it for the first time, I could not wait to get hungry again so I could have some more.
    I am so glad I found a receipe here. You make it look so easy and after wathcing the clip. I am dying for another pot of Soondubu Jjigae!!
    I cannot wait to try it out.

    Thx a lot!!
    Kina

    • Maangchi New York City

      “I could not wait to get hungry again so I could have some more” haha! you are very funny! Thank you, Kina! Please email me the photo of soondubu jjigae that you make. I like to see it. : )

  2. Dwaeji Toronto

    Hi Maangchi! You are my hero. I tried this for the first time and it turned out sooooooooooo good. It wasn’t perfect but I know better for the next time. I have always stayed away from Korean food because it is too complicated but you made it so easy. I will be the envy among my friends now…hehehe. I will post pictures for the next one. I was too busy eating this one!

  3. uihye Singapore

    can i use gochujang instead of hot pepper flakes? cause i only have gochujang. if yes, how much do i need to put?

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