Soondubu Jjigae Soft Tofu Stew Recipes

KIMCHI SOONDUBU JJIGAE

Steps:

• Cut the meat and kimchi into small thin strips. Add the kimchi, meat, red chili pepper flakes, garlic and sesame oil to a small pot, and place it over medium heat.
• Stir-fry until the meat is almost cooked, 3 - 4 minutes.
• Pour in water (or broth) and the juice from the kimchi. Bring it to a boil, and continue to boil for 3 - 4 minutes. Skim off the scum.
• Add the soft tofu in big chunks. Stir in the salted shrimp or salt to taste (start with 1/4 teaspoon) and black pepper. Cook for 4 -5 minutes. Add the chopped scallion just before removing the pot from the heat. If desired, crack an egg into the stew to serve while it's still boiling hot.

KOREAN SOFT TOFU STEW (SOON DU BU JIGAE)

Steps:

• Heat the vegetable oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the Korean chile powder and ground beef. Cook and stir until the beef is crumbly, evenly browned, and no longer pink. Stir in the soy bean paste, coating the beef. Pour in the water and bring to a boil. Season with salt and pepper. Gently drop tofu into the soup and continue cooking until the tofu is heated through, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat and quickly add the egg into the soup, stirring gently to break it up. Garnish with sesame seeds and green onion.

WHITE SOONDUBU JJIGAE (MILD TOFU STEW)

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven, combine kelp, radish, dried shiitakes and 5 cups of water, and bring to a simmer over high heat. Cover, reduce heat to medium and simmer for 5 minutes. Transfer kelp and mushrooms to a cutting board, and transfer broth with radish pieces to a bowl and reserve. Chop kelp into 1-inch pieces, very thinly slice the mushrooms and add both to reserved broth.
• In the empty Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high. Add all but ¼ cup of the scallions, season with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 2 minutes. Add garlic, sesame seeds and ginger, and stir until well combined and fragrant, about 30 seconds. Then add the reserved broth and vegetables, the zucchini and soy sauce, and bring to a boil over high. Reduce heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, until zucchini and radish are tender, about 15 minutes.
• Stir in tofu and sesame oil, and cook until tofu is warmed through, 2 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Divide jjigae in 4 bowls and garnish each with some of the reserved scallions. Serve hot with rice on the side.

SOONDUBU JJIGAE (SOFT TOFU STEW)

Steps:

• Pour 5 cups of water into a pot and add 12 dried anchovies(heads and tails only).
• Add half onion, some dried kelp (about 1/3 cup), 3 dried shiitake mushrooms, 5 cloves of garlic and boil it over high heat.
• Approximately 10 minutes later, lower the heat to low medium heat and boil it for another 20 minutes.
• Set aside the stock and take out the mushrooms and chop them into small pieces.
• Heat your earthen ware (or ceramic pot, or regular pot) on the stove and put 2 tsp of olive oil.
• Chop 100 grams of beef and put it into the pot and stir it.
• Add the chopped shiitake mushroom and stir it.
• 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 !
• Pour 2 cups of the stock you made. It will be sizzling. Don't be afraid! It's just TOFU stew!
• Add 2 tbs of fish sauce.
• 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.
• When it boils, add 2 chopped green onions.
• Crack eggs and drizzle some sesame oil before serving.