Jjigae : Korean Hot-pot

 It is a very reach yet easy dish and ingredients can vary. Here we used some beef and fish as base but it can be also made with chicken meat& tofu or  as vegetables only variety

  Veg preparations and neat arrangement by Miss O

Recipe source 

Soondubu jjigae (hot and spicy soft tofu stew)

Ingredients:

• 12 dried anchovies
• 1/3 cup of kelp, half onion, 5 cloves of garlic, 3 shiitake mushrooms
• 100 grams of beef, 1 cup of mixed seafood, 3 shrimp
• 2 green onions, 1 green chili pepper
• 2-5 tbs of hot pepper flakes
• olive oil, sesame oil, 2 tubes of soon du bu
• 2 tbs of fish sauce, and 2 eggs

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.

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                                            And a simple chicken, kimchi and veg variety