Soondubu jjigae (hot and spicy soft tofu stew)

Full recipe: http://www.maangchi.com/recipes/soondubu-jjigae

This is a really delicious and popular dish in Korea. It's a hot hot stew made with soft tofu. You will love it!


Ingredients:
1. 12 dried anchovies
2. 1/3 cup of kelp, half onion, 5 cloves of garlic, 3 shiitake mushrooms
3. 100 grams of beef, 1 cup of mixed seafood, 3 shrimp
4. 2 green onions, 1 green chili pepper
5. 2-5 tbs of hot pepper flakes
6. olive oil, sesame oil, 2 tubes of soon du bu
7. 2 tbs of fish sauce, and 2 eggs

Prepare stock to make tasty Soon du bu:
1. Pour 5 cups of water into a pot and add 12 dried anchovies after removing intestine part.
2. Add half onion, some dried kelp (about 1/3 cup), 3 dried shiitake mushrooms, 5 cloves of garlic and boil it over high heat.
3. Approximately 10 minutes later, lower the heat to low medium heat and boil it for another 20 minutes.
4. Set aside the stock and take out the mushrooms and chop them into small pieces.
5. Heat your earthen ware (or ceramic pot) on the stove and put 2 ts of olive oil.
6. Chop 100 grams of beef and put it into the pot and stir it.
7. Add the chopped shiitake mushroom and stir it.
8. 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 ! : )
9. Pour 2 cups of the stock you made. It will be sizzling. Don't be afraid! It's just TOFU stew! : )
10. Add 1 cup of mixed seafood and 3 shirimp.
11. Add 2 tbs of fish sauce.
12. 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.
13. When it boils, add 2 chopped green onions and 1 green chili pepper.
14. Crack eggs and drizzle some sesame oil before serving.
Enjoy it!

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[island755]

Your recipies are very simple to learn! Few basic ingredients and the outcome is awesome! Love your videos! Keep up good work!

Regards from Canada!!!

[Maangchi]

@island755 Thank you very much for your nice words! Happy cooking!

[tnl963]

Can I add hot pepper paste ?

[Maangchi]

@tnl963 yes, you can.

[sukhyunnam]

i love your cooking you cook really well and make me want eat these korea food lol

[Maangchi]

@sukhyunnam yay! thanks a lot for your nice words! Cheers! ; )

[AlexYoung08]

I have two question. That really nice black bowl you have, where can I get one? What it's called? Also, can you use it on a electric stove? or is it only mean for gas

[Maangchi]

@coffeefully yes,as long as you use delicious stock, it will be tasty! Good luck!

[Jgewelz]

Omg. Mom knows how to make this. ITS SOOO YUMMY one of my FAV soups ever.

[NagiChrome]

넘친다!!!! XD

육수가다시다랑멸치였내~ >w<''''''''''

[Christiexs14]

Ohh!

I can smell it, you make me soo hungry :-)

Can i book a time on your little restaurant :-D

I can't cook..-.-

[ssohmq]

Can i substitute the hot pepper flakes with hot pepper paste? Will the taste be very different?

[reigningnemesis1]

A huge korean supermart is opening soon in my neighbourhood and i'm so excited that I can finally try all my favourite recipes you've been posting >_<

[wannamlwithu]

mmm...will try to make this sometimes for my family..

ps: try turn on the caption! Youtube really messed up.