There are a variety of stew dishes that are soup-based in Korean food. Among them, kimchi jjigae is loved the most by people.
1. kimchi jjigae
Korean food basically consists of rice, soup (jjigae), and side dishes. There are many soup foods to eat these rice well, and among these soup foods, the most famous soup dish is kimchi jjigae.
Kimchi jjigae literally refers to a jjigae soup dish based on kimchi, Korea's representative dish. Kimchi jjigae can be made by boiling it with various ingredients, such as pork, fish (including tuna cans), sausage, yukjeon (Korean pancake), and bean sprouts, as well as kimchi.
For example, one of the ways to make a lot of kimchi jjigae is also a stew where you can enjoy a really delicious meal with pork kimchi jjigae, which is a way to put kimchi and pork together.
In addition, kimchi jjigae, depending on the condition of kimchi, kimchi, which is stored in winter, becomes too soft after spring and becomes difficult to eat because of the sour taste.
At this time, kimchi jjigae is the best dish to make sour kimchi Every family in Korea has kimchi, and based on such kimchi, you can eat kimchi jjigae at home, and among other foods, you can find many restaurants with kimchi jjigae as the main menu Like this.
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2. What are the ingredients of kimchi jjigae?
Kimchi jjigae's ingredients are really diverse.
basically contains various condiments such as garlic mince, green onions, onions, salt and sugar, sesame oil and perilla oil, and rice (MSG) based on kimchi.
In addition to this, Kimchi jjigae's ingredients can be added and added in a variety of ingredients, including pork, which is most commonly used, such as fish, bean sprouts, tofu, and sausage.
And depending on these added ingredients, you can enjoy the taste of kimchi jjigae more specially.
- Pork Kimchi jjigae : Kimchi jjigae that tastes better with the unique taste of pork by putting pork in a barrel or cutting it into edible sizes
- Mackerel Kimchi jjigae : Mackerel kimchi jjigae, made from kimchi jjigae with mackerel and moo, is a good kimchi jjigae for fish lovers by bringing out the unique taste of mackerel. As a sister product, there is mackerel kimchi jjigae that uses canned mackerel in Korea.
- Tuna Kimchi jjigae : In Korea, tuna kimchi jjigae, which is boiled in canned tuna, is very popular. It is kimchi jjigae, which adds a very delicious taste of tuna.
- Sauce (or ham) Kimchi jjigae : Sauce kimchi jjigae is literally a method of making kimchi jjigae with sausage in it, and spam, which is mostly canned ham, is often used. It is a way for you to add more salty flavors and enjoy the meat-rich spam. This method has also developed into a stew named Budaejigae, the Korean food.
In addition, you can meet several kimchi jjigae that make good use of their taste and ingredients. Kimchi itself is basically a little sour and seasoned, so you can see really delicious kimchi jjigae if you boil it and add various things like meat.
3. How to make kimchi jjigae?
The way to make kimchi jjigae is simple enough.
If you prepare the ingredients in advance, you can make it easy enough. If it's a little difficult, there are many videos introduced on YouTube these days, so you can easily follow them.
to prepare the ingredients for kimchi jjigae first
[Ingredients]
1 cup pork (pork neck) (130 g)
3 cups sour kimchi (390g)
3 cups of water (540 ml)
2 chili peppers (20g)
About 2/3 of green onions (70 g)
1 tablespoon of ground garlic (20g)
1 tablespoon of thick red pepper powder (8g)
Fine red pepper powder ½ spoons (3g)
1 tablespoon of soy sauce (10g)
1 tablespoon of salted shrimp (20g)
[How to make it]
1. Cut pork into 1.5cm thick pieces to make it easy to eat.
2. Put pork, purified water, and salted shrimp in a pot and boil them over high heat.
3. When the stew boils, reduce it to medium-low heat and boil it for at least 10 minutes until the meat is tender.
4. Cut green onions into 0.5cm thick pieces.
5. Cut the cheongyang red pepper at an angle of 0.5cm.
6. After 10 minutes, when the water boils down, replenish the amount of water that has been boiled down, then add sour kimchi, soy sauce, thick red pepper powder, fine red pepper powder, and ground garlic.
7. When the stew boils, add green onions and cheongyang red pepper.
8. Just before completion, sprinkle red pepper powder to complete it.
You can make kimchi jjigae in this simple way. If you don't have kimchi at home like Molon Korea, it can be a little difficult. Recently, however, many marts abroad are also selling kimchi, and you will be able to prepare as much as you can boil these kimchi for kimchi jjigae.
Personally, kimchi jjigae tastes better if you boil it for a long time. And adding ramen noodles and stuff like that is one of the ways to eat kimchi jjigae deliciously.
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4. Personally, I like kimchi jjigae
There are various Korean jjigae foods, but among them, kimchi jjigae is one of the most delicious foods.
Especially if you add pork or ham, it tastes amazing.
Meat can't be bad, but you will be able to taste kimchi jjigae, which will make a meal more special with its unique flavor as kimchi is added.
This time, while eating, I briefly summarized the personal parts and the things necessary for kimchi jjigae.
If you think of something different today, how about kimchi jjigae that Koreans eat and enjoy the most? Haha, I'll finish posting. Thank you
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