Dwenjang Chigae Recipes

Steps:

• Put the dashi in a stockpot or other large pot set over medium-high heat and bring to a simmer. Whisk in the doenjang and cook for 10 minutes to bring out its natural sweetness. Add the gochujang and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the gochugaru, garlic, and soy sauce and simmer for another 10 minutes.
• Add the onions and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the zucchini and simmer for 5 minutes. (Adding the vegetables at different times will ensure that they will all be fully cooked at the end.) Add the chili peppers, beef, and tofu and simmer for 5 minutes. Taste and adjust the seasoning with more soy sauce if necessary.
• Remove the pot from the heat, add the scallions, put on the lid, and let the stew rest for at least 30 minutes, and up to 2 hours, before serving. Serve with steamed rice and your favorite banchan, as any and all pair well with this stew.

Steps:

• Bring vegetable stock and water to a boil in a saucepan over high heat. Stir in garlic and soy bean paste, stirring until the paste dissolves. Stir in the green onion, zucchini, tofu, and jalapeno. Allow soup to return to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes.

Steps:

• In a large pot, heat sesame oil over medium heat. Add beef and saute until cooked through, about 4 minutes.
• Add water and bring to a boil. Once boiling, add the pastes and chili powder and stir until dissolved.
• Add the garlic and potato, and cook on medium high heat for 5 minutes.
• Add the rest of the vegetable and tofu, and simmer for 10-15 minutes. Stir gently to avoid crumbling the tofu.
• Serve with rice and kim chee.

Steps:

• To a medium pot, add the doenjang, garlic, onion, zucchini, radish, mushrooms, dasima, anchovies, soy sauce and 3 cups cold tap water, and season lightly with salt. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to gently boil, stirring once or twice, until the vegetables start to soften and the broth tastes intensely savory and as salty as the sea, about 10 minutes. Adjust seasoning with more doenjang or salt as desired; the stew should be assertively seasoned.
• Stir in the steak and continue gently boiling the jjigae, stirring once or twice, until the meat is just cooked through, about 5 minutes. Serve with bowls of fresh white rice.