Soondubu Jjigae Korean Soft Tofu Stew Recipes

Steps:

• Heat the vegetable oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the Korean chile powder and ground beef. Cook and stir until the beef is crumbly, evenly browned, and no longer pink. Stir in the soy bean paste, coating the beef. Pour in the water and bring to a boil. Season with salt and pepper. Gently drop tofu into the soup and continue cooking until the tofu is heated through, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat and quickly add the egg into the soup, stirring gently to break it up. Garnish with sesame seeds and green onion.

Steps:

• Pour 5 cups of water into a pot and add 12 dried anchovies(heads and tails only).
• Add half onion, some dried kelp (about 1/3 cup), 3 dried shiitake mushrooms, 5 cloves of garlic and boil it over high heat.
• Approximately 10 minutes later, lower the heat to low medium heat and boil it for another 20 minutes.
• Set aside the stock and take out the mushrooms and chop them into small pieces.
• Heat your earthen ware (or ceramic pot, or regular pot) on the stove and put 2 tsp of olive oil.
• Chop 100 grams of beef and put it into the pot and stir it.
• Add the chopped shiitake mushroom and stir it.
• Add 2 tbs - 5 tbs (1/4 cup) of hot pepper flakes and keep stirring for 1 minute.
• *tip: 2 tbs-mild,3 tbs-medium,4 tbs-hot,5 tbs (1/4 cup)-suicidal hot !
• Pour 2 cups of the stock you made. It will be sizzling. Don't be afraid! It's just TOFU stew!
• Add 2 tbs of fish sauce.
• Cut the 2 tubes of Soon du bu (soft Tofu) in half and squeeze it out into the pot and break the tofu with a spoon several times in the pot.
• When it boils, add 2 chopped green onions.
• Crack eggs and drizzle some sesame oil before serving.