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Budge Jigae (Army Stew) Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Main:
4 cups chicken stock
200 g SPAM, thinly sliced
4 cocktail Frankfurt sausages, thinly and diagonally sliced
250 g tofu, sliced
200 g and enoki mushrooms, base stem removed and stems separated
200 g king oyster mushrooms, thinly sliced lengthwise
100 g shiitake mushroom caps, thinly sliced
½ cup kimchee (ripened bite sized)
110 g instant Ramen noodles
50 g Korean rice cakes for soup, soaked in cold water for 15 minutes if it was frozen
32 g green onion, thinly and diagonally sliced
1 to 2 slices of cheese

Sauce:
2 tbsp. Korean chili flakes (Gochugaru)
2 tbsp. rice wine (mirin)
1 tbsp. soy sauce
1 tbsp. minced garlic
½ tbsp. of sugar
½ tbsp. Korean chili paste (Gochujang)
Few sprinkles of black ground pepper
Directions:
Directions:
1. Assemble the main ingredients (except for instant Ramen noodles, rice cakes, green onion and cheese) in a shallow pot. Add the sauce in the middle. Pour the stock in the corner of the pot. Close the lid and boil it on medium high heat until the stock starts to boil (about 8 minutes).

2. Add the remaining ingredients, instant Ramen noodles, rice cakes, green onion and cheese on top of the pot and boil uncovered until the noodles are cooked (about 2 to 3 minutes).

3. Start dishing out soup, protein and vegetables onto soup bowls. Serve with steamed rice.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
1 tbsp = 15 mL, 1 cup = 250 mL

I had this in February 2020 in Korea right before the pandemic started. It has become one of my favorite meals.

I always make the sauce as specified, but for the main ingredients I substitute depending on what I have on hand. I have added leftover meat, other kinds of noodles, any kind of mushroom, potatoes, carrots, hotdogs, chicken sausage and any kind of veggies. I always try to add kimchi.

Mirin, gochugaru, and gochujang are readily available on Amazon if you don't have a Korean grocery store near you.

 

 

 

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