Kimchi Army Stew (Budae Jjigae)

Name: Kimchi Army Stew (Budae Jjigae)
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 6-8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 bag enoki; 1 box tofu; 1/2 cup rice cakes; 1 can spam; 12 pc sausages; 1 cup fish cakes; 1 cup kimchi; 1 stalk green onions; 2 pack ramen; 2 slices American cheese (optional); 3 tbsp gochujang; 2 tbsp Korean chili flakes; 2 tbsp mirin; 2 tbsp sake; 1/2 tbsp sugar; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 5 cloves garlic (minced); 1 cup kimchi juice; 6 cups chicken broth

jc.eeats @jceeats

Bay Area

This dish was once considered peasant food because it was made from surplus ingredients during the war such as spam, hot dogs, and canned goods.

But now people love eating this as a comfort food for its rich and savory broth! In fact, if you order it at a restaurant, it’ll probably be over $35 after tip and tax. Army Stew is definitely more worth it to make it at home!

The ingredients listed below, you can adjust to your taste preference and honestly add anything you like!

This dish was once considered peasant food because it was made from surplus ingredients during the war such as spam, hot dogs, and canned goods.

The ingredients listed below, you can adjust to your taste preference and honestly add anything you like!

jc.eeats @jceeats

Bay Area

This dish was once considered peasant food because it was made from surplus ingredients during the war such as spam, hot dogs, and canned goods.

The ingredients listed below, you can adjust to your taste preference and honestly add anything you like!

This dish was once considered peasant food because it was made from surplus ingredients during the war such as spam, hot dogs, and canned goods.

The ingredients listed below, you can adjust to your taste preference and honestly add anything you like!

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Ingredients

20-30 mins

6-8 servings

1 bagenoki
1 boxtofu
1/2 cuprice cakes
1 canspam
12 pcsausages
1 cupfish cakes
1 cupkimchi
1 stalkgreen onions
2 packramen
2 slicesAmerican cheese (optional)
3 tbspgochujang
2 tbspKorean chili flakes
2 tbspmirin
2 tbspsake
1/2 tbspsugar
2 tbspsoy sauce
5 clovesgarlic (minced)
1 cupkimchi juice
6 cupschicken broth

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Steps

20-30 mins

1

Wash and cut ingredients.
2

In a pan, arrange the ingredients (enoki, tofu, spam, sausages, fish cakes, rice cakes, kimchi, and whites of green onions).
3

Prepare broth by mixing gochujang, Korean chili flakes, mirin, sake, sugar, soy sauce, minced garlic, and chicken broth).
4

Pour broth in pan and bring that to boil.
5

Once it boils, add in ramen noodles and cheese (optional) and let it cook until ramen is al dente or soft (choice preference).
6

Turn off heat and garnish with green onions.