Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, budae-jjigae army base soup/ stew. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders Check Out Soup on eBay. Fill Your Cart With Color today! 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.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have budae-jjigae army base soup/ stew using 23 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Budae-Jjigae Army Base Soup/ Stew:
- Prepare Soup
- Take 12 ounces spam
- Get 5 ounce Vienna sausage
- Get 1 package ramen noodles
- Prepare 3 slices American cheese
- Take 1 cup kimchee
- Prepare 1/2 pound hotdogs
- Get 12 ounces tofu, extra firm
- Prepare 2 quarts chicken broth
- Prepare 1-1/2 cup pork and beans
- Make ready 1/4 pound bacon
- Get 1/4 cup sliced green onion optional
- Take 8 ounces mushrooms optional
- Get 1 rice cake optional
- Get Flavorings
- Take 2 tablespoons mirin
- Take 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- Make ready 1 tablespoons sugar
- Get 1 tablespoons soya sauce
- Make ready 1 teaspoon gochujang sauce
- Get To taste salt optional
- Make ready To taste oyster crackers
- Make ready 1 tablespoon minced garlic
Budae jjigae (army base stew) was created in Uijeongbu, an hour north of Seoul, soon after the Korean War when food scarcity led starving Koreans to concoct a meal using food that was discarded or handed out at US military bases. Reduce heat to medium and start stirring with a spoon to mix everything together. You can start eating by now and add ramen noodles when you are ready to eat. Enjoy with warm bowl of cooked rice!
Steps to make Budae-Jjigae Army Base Soup/ Stew:
- Slice the bacon and render the bacon keep the drippings. Slice the hotdogs on a bias.
- Break the ramen noodles up. You can use the flavorings ingredients, also add the flavor packet of the noodles, if you like. This soup is based with a lot of processed foods which can tend to be on the salty side.
- Cut the Vienna sausages into thirds. Add the juices to a pot, usually it's chicken broth. Add the chicken broth to the same pot. Heat the broths mixture.
- Cut the kimchee into manageable pieces.
- Add mushrooms and add everything to the pot with the hot broth, except the salt, tofu, and spam. Cube the tofu.
- In the bacon drippings fry the cubed tofu. Fry till a little colorful. Set tofu aside.
- Cube the spam and fry. When the spam is crisp add to the soup. When you fry the spam it gets a bit salty. Also the broth from the can of Vienna sausages is very salty along with the soya sauce. Add the tofu, and stir in. Simmer 30 minutes. Remove from heat. Add cheese on top.
- Taste to see saltiness, if too salty add a little more rice vinegar. If not salty enough add salt to taste. Serve with oyster crackers, I hope you enjoy!!
You can start eating by now and add ramen noodles when you are ready to eat. Enjoy with warm bowl of cooked rice! One of my favorite Korean soups is army stew (also known as army base stew, or budae jjigae.) This soup is by no means healthy, but it sure is comforting and perfect for serving up on those lazy weekday nights. Today I'll be sharing my much requested Korean Army Stew Recipe with you all! Today, budae jjigae is a popular Korean dish with lots of seasonal ingredients such as mushrooms, kimchi, tofu and minced beef.
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