Pork and Kimchi Hot Pot

Name: Pork and Kimchi Hot Pot
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 300 to 350 grams Pork (thin-cut belly, sliced pieces, etc.); 1 tsp ●Sugar; 1 tbsp each ●Soy sauce, sake; 1 to 2 teaspoons Gochujang; 1 clove/piece Garlic, ginger (grated); 1 Onion; 250 to 300 grams Kimchi; 1 block Tofu; 300 to 400 grams Chinese cabbage; 1 packet Shimeji mushrooms; 3 to 4 Fresh shiitake mushrooms (if available); 1 bag Bean sprouts; 1/2 to 1 bunch Garlic Chives (or green onions); 1 Pizza cheese; 1000 ml ◎Hot water or water; 1 tbsp ◎Chicken soup stock granules; 1 tsp ◎Iriko (dried little fish) dashi (or bonito dashi); 1 to 2 tablespoons ◎Soy sauce; 1 as much (to taste) Korean chili pepper powder

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I thought about making a pork and kimchi stir-fry since I had some leftover kimchi, but decided instead to make it into a hot pot since it was a chilly day. I wrote this recipe down for my record since it turned out tasty.

I'm using a rather light and sweet tasting kimchi. Please adjust the amount of gochujang paste depending on its spiciness. The Chinese cabbage will be easier to be cooked through when it's separated into leaves and core (when the core is thick), the leaves chopped into pieces, the core cut into half and then sliced diagonally into strips.
As far as the other vegetables go, see what you have in your fridge and add the ones you like. Recipe by mimimine

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

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Ingredients

4 servings

Pork and kimchi stir-fry
300to 350 grams Pork (thin-cut belly, sliced pieces, etc.)
1 tsp●Sugar
1 tbspeach ●Soy sauce, sake
1to 2 teaspoons Gochujang
1clove/piece Garlic, ginger (grated)
1Onion
250to 300 grams Kimchi
Other ingredients
1 blockTofu
300to 400 grams Chinese cabbage
1packet Shimeji mushrooms
3to 4 Fresh shiitake mushrooms (if available)
1 bagBean sprouts
1/2to 1 bunch Garlic Chives (or green onions)
1Pizza cheese
Soup
1000 ml◎Hot water or water
1 tbsp◎Chicken soup stock granules
1 tsp◎Iriko (dried little fish) dashi (or bonito dashi)
1to 2 tablespoons ◎Soy sauce
to taste
1as much (to taste) Korean chili pepper powder

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Steps

1

Cut the pork into bite-size pieces, and season them by rubbing in the ● ingredients. Cut the onion lengthwise along the grain into about 1 cm thick slices.
2

Cut the cabbage into half, then chop into about 4 cm pieces. Slice the shiitake mushrooms diagonally into strips. Cut off the shimeji mushroom stems and shred.
3

In a frying pan, add about half a tablespoon of oil and minced garlic and ginger, and sauté well over medium to low heat. Once it starts to brown, add the gochujang paste and stir together.
4

Add the pork. Turn up the heat and once the coloring starts to change, add the onion slices and cook through. It's done once you add kimchi and stir them well together.
5

Transfer the stir-fried pork and kimchi from step 4 into a clay pot moistened with water. In the frying pan used for stir-frying, add the ◎ ingredients (without having washed the pan) and bring to a boil. Once the soup is ready, pour it into the clay pot.
6

Add other vegetables and tofu to the pot and heat. It's faster if you cover the pot.
7

Once the vegetables are cooked through, top with the chives to finish and bring to a quick boil. When it's ready, eat together with the hidden pork and kimchi stir-fry at the bottom.
8

You can also add some Korean chili pepper powder if you'd like.
9

It's yummy to add in Chinese style noodles, but toasted mochi (rice cake) can be added too.
10

Once you've consumed about half of the meal, it's also tasty to add some pizza cheese and eat it as it melts!
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Note I think it depends on the quality (material) of the clay pot and how you adjust the heat, but there may be a case in which it burns a little.
12

I didn't want to stir-fry in a clay pot, so I used a frying pan. If you're using a pot other than a clay pot, it's easy to make if you place the other ingredients over the stir-fry from step 4 and pour soup over it.
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Since the pork is flavored well and cooked through, it won't turn into wasted ground pieces but will stay delicious to be eaten.