Spicy Kimchi Jjigae
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Korean
Spicy Food

Spicy Kimchi Jjigae

by The BBQ Guy • @thebbqguy

Korean spicy food favorite — Spicy Kimchi Jjigae comes together with 5 ingredients in about 40 minutes.

Prep

10 min

Cook

30 min

Serves

5

Difficulty

Medium

Ingredients

  • 2 cupsaged kimchi
  • 1 lbpork belly, sliced
  • 14 oztofu, cubed
  • 2 tbspgochugaru
  • 3 stalksscallions

Instructions

  1. 1

    Brown the aged kimchi in a heavy pot over medium-high heat in batches, then set aside.

  2. 2

    Cook pork belly and tofu in the same pot until softened and fragrant.

  3. 3

    Return the aged kimchi, add the liquid, and scrape up every browned bit from the bottom.

  4. 4

    Simmer partly covered on low, 35-45 minutes, until everything is tender and the sauce has body.

  5. 5

    Taste and adjust salt and acid at the end — that's what makes Spicy Kimchi Jjigae taste finished.

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