Recipe: Tasty Sundubu Jjigae (Spicy Tofu Stew)

Sundubu Jjigae (Spicy Tofu Stew). What is Sundubu Jjigae (Korean spicy soft tofu stew, 해물 순두부 찌개)? Sundubu Jjigae is Korean stew made with soft (uncurdled) tofu. As you can imagine, the tofu texture is silky soft and because of that, this tofu is also a popular choice as a baby food.

I would have never imagined that Sundubu Jjigae would become so popular with non-Koreans. I always thought that it was unfortunate how Tofu got such a bad wrap for being a healthy but bad tasting food. This warming and comforting jjigae (Korean stew) is made with extra soft tofu (soondubu), thinly sliced meat, kimchi and anchovy broth. You can have Sundubu Jjigae (Spicy Tofu Stew) using 12 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Sundubu Jjigae (Spicy Tofu Stew)

1. You need 1 pack of soft tofu.
2. It's 100 g of meats / 100 g seafood (clams, prawns, mussels, crab, squid, etc), you can choose what your favorite item.
3. It's of Green onions.
4. Prepare 1 of Onion, minced.
5. It's 3-4 cloves of garlic, minced.
6. You need 1 of Chili, minced.
7. You need 1 tsp of soy sauce/fish sauce.
8. It's 4 tsp of chili powder.
9. You need 2 tsp of sesame oil.
10. Prepare 2 slices of kombu/ dashi for stock.
11. You need 250 ml of water.
12. It's 1 of egg.

As for the spicy component of the soup, we used gochugaru, which Korean red pepper powder. It's also sold at Korean supermarkets and local supermarkets. Although the main ingredient in this Spicy Korean Silken Soft Tofu Stew is the soft tofu, what you want to put in the stew is pretty much up to you. I know that my original recipe may taste a bit bland to some people and if that's the case for you, you really have to try this version with kimchi and beef.

Sundubu Jjigae (Spicy Tofu Stew) instructions

1. Make the kombu stock, just boil water with kombu/dashi for 5 minutes..
2. Heat the hot pot and put sesame oil, minced garlics, minced onions, and chili powder, stir for 5 minutes until mix well..
3. Put the stock and soy sauce, mix well..
4. When the stock boils, put the remaining ingredients like green onions, meats/seafood, and tofu, cooking for 5 minutes and the lastly put egg on the top..

Sundubu jjigae is a korean stew that's made with soft tofu. In Korean, sundubu is soft tofu and jjigae is stew, thus soft tofu stew! I kind of think of it more as soup then stew but I guess that's a question of what one considers a soup versus a stew. Anyway, the soft tofu that's used in this stew is the kind that comes in a tube, not the. My quick and easy Sundubu Jjigae (Soft Tofu Stew) recipe.