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Budae jjigae – Army base stew

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    • February 18, 2011 at 4:27 pm #49988
      JamieF
      Member

      Hi Maangchi – I was reading about this and it sounds very curious (it includes tinned spam among other things). If it is something you have made I think it would be an interesting addition to the recipes and I would try it (even though I wouldn’t normally eat meat in a can!)

    • February 19, 2011 at 11:34 am #54613
      powerplantop
      Participant

      There is a lot of history this dish spam and hot dogs were introduced to Korea during and after the Korean War. Korean cooks learned how to use the American ingredients in a Korean jjige. For a long time this was considered poor people food but is now becoming popular as just plain good food. Be sure to try it with a few friends and a bottle of soju.

      Some names for this dish are:

      Pudae-jjige

      army base stew

      Johnson tang

      pudaejjige

      Bu dae chigae

      Korean

      Budaechigae

      부대찌게

      I love the dish and it is flexible in that you add what you want. Some versions call for cheese but I have not tried that that.

    • February 19, 2011 at 6:53 pm #54614
      JamieF
      Member

      Thanks for the info powerplantop – I don’t think I would add cheese either but I will definitely give the stew a try at some point :)

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