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Korean Army Stew 부대찌개 (bu-dae jji-gae)

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Equipment

  • Shallow Pot

Ingredients

  • 2 Hot Dogs
  • 1/2 can Spam
  • 1/2 Onion
  • 4 oz Tofu
  • 3 Shitake Mushrooms sub Baby Bella Mushrooms
  • 1 Spicy Pepper 청양고주
  • 1/4 cup Rice Cake oval rice cake
  • 1/4 cup Sour Kimchi
  • 2 Green Onion 파
  • 3 cups Anchovy Seaweed Broth
  • 1 pack Pre-Cooked Plain Ramen Noodles Optional
  • small handful Radish Sprouts Optional
  • 1 slice American Cheese Optional
  • extra Green Onion Optional for Look

Sauce

  • 1 1/2 tbsp Red Pepper Flakes (Coarse) 고추가루
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Soy Sauce 진간장
  • 1 tbsp Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Anchovy Broth
  • 1/2 tsp Red Pepper Paste 고추장

Instructions

Ingredient Prep

  • Slice mushroom, onion, pepper, green onion, and hot dog.
  • Dice spam and cut kimchi into medium dice roughly.
  • Soak frozen rice cakes for 20-30 minutes in cold water then drain.
  • Use a wide, shallow pot to arrange each prepped ingredient into groups in the pot.

Sauce

  • Mix all sauce ingredients together into a seperate bowl.
  • Dollop the sauce onto the ingredients in the shallow pot.

Cooking

  • Pour the broth onto the ingredients and sauce and bring to a boil then lower immediately to a simmer.
  • Let the ingredients simmer until tender; do not let too much broth dissolve.
  • Top with any optional ingredients like ramen, cheese, or sprouts, and enjoy immediately.