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Some facts about Army Stew (Budae Jjigae) Army stew or army base stew (Budae Jjigae) is Korean fusion stew that incorporates American style processed food such as spam, sausages, canned baked beans and sliced cheese. Budae (부대) is a general term for a military base in Korean and Jjigae (찌개) is a term for soup/stew. This spicy budae jjigae stew is a traditional Korean army base dish made with sausage, ramen noodles, and kimchi that will please a crowd.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook budae jjigae using 24 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Budae jjigae:
- Take 200 g minced beef
- Prepare 100 g thin rice noodles
- Prepare 200 g can Spam, drained, cut into 5 mm-thick slices
- Get 2 American hot dogs, cut into thirds, scored widthwise
- Get 250 g firm tofu, drained, cut into 5 mm-thick slices
- Make ready 200 g small shiitake mushrooms, trimmed
- Get 220 g can baked beans
- Take 1 cup kimchi (see Note)
- Take 2 litres (8 cups) chicken stock
- Prepare 1 tbsp fish sauce
- Take 1 small leek, white part only, halved lengthwise, thinly sliced, soaked in cold water for 10 minutes
- Get 1 red onion, thinly sliced
- Prepare 120 g packet ramen instant noodles
- Get 2 pre-packaged cheese slices
- Prepare sliced spring onions, sliced chillies and bean sprouts, to serve
- Prepare gochujang sauce
- Take 70 g (1/4 cup) gochujang (see Note)
- Get 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- Prepare 3 cm piece ginger, finely grated
- Prepare 2 tbsp caster sugar
- Get 2 tbsp powdered fermented soybeans (see Note)
- Prepare 1 tbsp sesame oil
- Take 2 tsp chilli powder
- Make ready 1 tbsp rice vinegar
Budae jjigae (부대찌개) is a fusion dish that incorporates American processed meats such as Spam, ham, bacon, and hot dogs into a Korean stew with kimchi. Budae is a general term for a military base in Korean, but budae jjigae is translated into "Army stew" or "Army base stew" because of its origin. Popular since its creation after the Korean War. Cooked with sausages, spam and extra garlic.
Steps to make Budae jjigae:
- To make gochujang sauce, place all ingredients in a small bowl and stir to combine.
- Combine beef and 1 tbsp gochujang sauce in a small bowl and marinate for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, cook rice noodles according to packet instructions. Drain.
- In a large casserole pan, arrange Spam, hot dogs, tofu, mushrooms, baked beans, kimchi and beef.
- Place chicken stock in a large saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a rapid simmer. Stir in fish sauce and remaining gochujang sauce. Gently pour hot stock mixture over ingredients in casserole pan (taking care to keep arrangement intact), cover and simmer gently over medium heat for 15 minutes or until beef is just cooked.
- Add leek, onion and ramen noodles (without seasoning mixture from packet) and push gently to submerge in broth. Cook, uncovered, for 6 minutes or until noodles are cooked. Turn off heat, place cheese slices over the centre of the stew and stand for 5 minutes, or until melted. Scatter with spring onions, chillies and bean sprouts.
- To serve, divide rice noodles between bowls and top with stew ingredients and liquid. - - NOTES - - Resting time 5 minutes - Kimchi is from Korean food shops. - Gochujang is a Korean red pepper paste and is available from Korean food shops. - Powdered fermented soybeans are from Korean or Asian food shops. Substitute with tamari, a sweeter alternative to soy sauce, from supermarkets and health food shops.
Budae Jjigae is also called Korean army stew. Its rich spicy broth is made with aromatics, ground meat, and noodles, topped with sausage, veggies and runny egg yolks. It's an easy one-pot meal that requires very little prep and is fast to make. Earlier this March, my husband and I moved from Austin to New York. Budae Jjigae (Korean Army Stew) Getting reviews.
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