My sundubu-jjigae recipes:
Spicy soft tofu stew with beef
Gogi sundubu-jjigae
고기 순두부찌개Spicy soft tofu stew with kimchi and pork belly
Kimchi-sundubu-jjigae
김치순두부찌개Spicy soft tofu stew with seafood
Haemul-sundubu-jjigae
해물순두부찌개
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Kimchi
Essential Korean dish
Side dishes
Banchan makes the meal
Rice
Our most important grain
Pancakes
Savory & simple
Rice cakes
Tteok for every occasion
Stews
Jjigae is our comfort food
Noodles
Long noodles = long life!
Soups
Guk at every meal
Sundubu-jjigae
Soft tofu stew
Gimbap
Seaweed paper rolls
Desserts
Special sweet stuff
Main dishes
Consider these mains
Mandu
Korean dumplings
Anju
Drinking food
BBQ
The Korean way to grill
Fried chicken
Double-deliciousness
One bowl meals
Nutritious & convenient
Street food
Quick & fun
Easy
Anyone can make these!
Lunchboxes
Dosirak made with love
Appetizers
These could be first
Fermented
Taste of centuries
Staple ingredients
Korean cuisine basics
Mitbanchan
Preserved side dishes
Pickles
Quick-brined
Spicy
I love spicy food :)
Nonspicy
There are plenty!
Beef
For meat lovers
Seafood
Surrounded by the sea
Pork
Some new dishes to try
Chicken
Our most delicious
Vegetarian
No fish, meat or chicken
Vegan
No animal products at all
Temple cuisine
From Buddhist temples
Korean Chinese
Chinese style Korean
Snacks
Quick dishes on the run
Korean bakery
Breads & pastries
Porridges
Good for your health!
Cold dishes
Icy, cold, or just chilled
Drinks
Fruits, grains & herbs
Not Korean
Fusion and western food
My most popular Korean recipes
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Kimchi
Traditional-style spicy fermented whole-leaf cabbage kimchi
김치 -
Easy Kimchi
A traditional, simpler, & faster way to make kimchi
막김치 -
Japchae
Stir fried noodles with vegetables
잡채 -
Kkwabaegi
Twisted Korean doughnuts
꽈배기 -
Sundubu-jjigae
Soft tofu stew
순두부찌개 -
Yachaejeon
Vegetable pancake
야채전 -
Jjajangmyeon
Noodles with blackbean sauce
짜장면 -
Tteokbokki
Hot and spicy rice cakes
떡볶이 -
Dakgangjeong
Crispy and crunchy chicken
닭강정 -
Gimbap (aka Kimbap)
Seaweed rice rolls
김밥 -
Kimchi-jjigae
Kimchi stew
김치찌개 -
Kimchi-bokkeumbap
Kimchi fried rice
김치볶음밥 -
Bibimbap
Rice mixed with meat, vegetables, an egg, and chili pepper paste
비빔밥 -
Garaetteok
Long, cylinder-shaped rice cake
가래떡 -
Kimchijeon
Kimchi pancake
김치전
My most recent recipes
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Jun 3rd
Spicy cod fillets
Apr 20th
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Mar 23rd
Knife-cut noodle soup with perilla seeds
Mar 9th
Hello! So excited to make this :) what size pot did you use for this recipe? Thank you!
Once I found this recipe, it took me over 3 months to find all the ingredients I needed to make it. It was certainly worth all the effort. I have made it twice in the last week and can’t wait to eat it again!! Thank you for such an amazing recipe!!
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Maangchi – when I lived in South Korea my husband and I used to go to a restaurant in Jinju where our favourite meal was Soondubu-jjigae, but it was always served it as plain soft tofu soup and then brought out different accompaniments that we could add to our soup for flavour. However when I search the internet, all recipes for soondubu-jjigae are spicy! Is this how it is normally served in restaurants? Perhaps Jinju makes their soup differently!
Hi, I’m so glad my niece introduced me to your channel. A couple of weeks ago, for my first ever experience at cooking a Korean dish, I made this spicy soft tofu stew. It was fantastic! I also made your bok choy seasoned with fermented soybean paste.
I’m now excited to try cooking more Korean meals. Thanks Maangchi!
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Hi Maangchi,
Tried my hand at your sundubu jjigae recipe! It was delicious!!
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It looks fantastic!
I’ve been sick and my best friend was so worried about me. When I was recovered enough I made him this soup which he likes very much in our watershed modeling lab at KSU with portable burner. I gave him your recipe and website as well. He took a picture of his meal and sent it to me. And now it is here :-)
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It looks amazing! What a colorful and delicious Korean table setting it is! Impressed!
First time cooking sundubu-jjigae! Me and my husband loved the recipe! It was delicious and I loved cooking in the earthenware bowls!
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Congratulations! Your tofu stew looks so delicious. Fresh egg on top and sprinkled chopped green onion are laid like artwork! Happy cooking!
Maangchi, thank you for the video and recipe. I made this last night and it was a hit for the whole family. Here in the DC area there is a tofu soup restaurant called “Lighthouse” (actually there are a few locations), and I was trying to make what i get there at home. Your recipe and method were spot on. Thanks again, i really like this and will make it again. -Doug
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Hi Doug, It’s 5:00 am here in New York. Your tofu stew photo makes my mouth water! : )
Thank you Maangchi for this delicious and addictive Korean Sundubu-Jjigae recipe!
I was traveling over an hour every week to a restaurant to get my Sundubu fix. I went the the local H-Mart, stocked up on my goodies and now I can make it at home. I varied my recipe by one ingredient and used beef this time instead of pork. My next challenge is Korean Fried Chicken, another of my addictions!
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Your sundubu-jjigae looks very tasty! I love the clean presentation in the photo, too!
Thank you.
I love this recipe. Sometimes I make it with minced pork, other times with clams. And I usually add some shiitake mushroom because it makes the stew so savoury. The egg is the best part – I even put in 2 eggs for myself sometimes! Haha…
Hi Maangchi! I love sundubu and often go out of my way to have some!
Is there a vegetarian version of your Sundubu recipe that you can recommend?
I tried making this with your recipe several months ago and loved it so much! It has become one of my favourite Korean dishes and I’m going to cook it again and again. Thank you <3
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Just like the name of the dish spicy and soft tofu stew, yours looks so soft and spicy! All we need is some rice!
Yippee!! I get the taste of kimchi sundubu jjigae better than restaurant… Woohoo!… WHO I LEARN FROM? Is Maangchi! Maangchi!
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Gorgeous! Yum! : )
I substituted the pork for mushrooms and used beef stock instead (because I didn’t have anchovies or kelp on hand) and it was delicious! I used to always have to go out for really good sundubujjigae but now I can stay home and enjoy it!
Thank you maangchi! My husband is Korean and always says that soondooboo is only good at restaurants but today I proved him wrong! He loved your recipe and we are happy to have it since we live hours away from Korean restaurants. Thank you! He doesn’t like egg so here’s an eggless soondooboo. :)
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Wow I’m so happy to hear that and your sundubu-jjiage looks good. No wonder he loved it!