Kimchi Stew
Kimchi-jjigae is a stew made of well-fermented Kimchi and pork. Along with doenjang-jjigae, it is a typical stew that may be cooked with pork, beef and/or seafood to provide a variety of flavors. Kimchi is always served on the table as a side dish, but it may also be cooked in other dishes, such as kimchi-bap and kimchi-jjim.

Ingredients

- 280 g (¼ head) Cabbage Kimchi
- 150 g pork (neck fillet)
- seasoning
     16 g (1 tbsp) minced garlic
     16 g (1 tbsp) ginger juice
     15 g (1 tbsp) refined rice wine
- 13 g (1 tbsp) sesame oil
- 2.2 g (1 tsp) ground red pepper
- 1.2 ㎏ (6 cups) stew water
     1.6 ㎏ (8 cups) water
     100 g radish
     100 g (⅔ heads) onion
     20 g kelps
- 2 g (½ tsp) salt
- 150 g (⅓ cake) tofu
- 20 g green onion
- 0.3 g (⅛ tsp) ground black pepper

Preparation

1. Remove the inside stuffs of the cabbage Kimchi, and cut the Kimchi into 2 cm-long (250 g).

2. Clean blood of the pork with cotton cloths, cut it into 2.5 cm-square and 0.2 cm-thick, and season.

3. Trim & clean the radish, skin, and cut it into 5 cm-square and 2 cm-thick (95 g). Shred the onion at intervals of 1 cm-wide (95 g). 

4. Clean the kelps with damp cotton cloths.

5. Cut the tofu into 2.5 cm-wide, 3 cm-long and 0.8 cm-thick (130 g).

6. Trim & clean the green onion, and cut it into 2 cm-long diagonally (18 g).

recipe

1. Put water, radish and onion in the pot, heat it up for 8 min. on high heat. When it boils, reduce the heat to medium and boil it for 20 min. Add the kelps, turn off the heat and let it sit for 1 min. Filter it for stew soup. 【Photo 2】

2. Preheat the pot and oil. Put the pork and stir-fry it for 2 min. on medium heat. Add the cabbage Kimchi and stir-fry together for another 2 min. 【Photo 3】

3. Pour the stew soup and ground red pepper over the fried pork and Kimchi, boil it for 5 min. on high heat. Then reduce the heat to medium and boil it for 30 min.

4. Season it with salt, add tofu, green onion, ground black pepper, bring it to a boil. 【Photos 4】

*Tip

1. Well-fermented Kimchi may make better taste.
2. Salted anchovy juice may be used for seasonings.·Do not squeeze Kimchi juice out too much.