How to Prepare Eric Ripert Soondubu Jjigae (Korean Soft Tofu Stew) for 2

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Place a clay pot over medium-high heat. Scoop tofu into the pot using a spoon. With a rich, flavorful, spicyhot broth and the delicious complement of lots of light, healthful, and nutty tasting soft tofu, soondubu jjigae (pronounced SOONdooboo TCHIgeh), literally "soft tofu stew," is becoming an increasingly. Add the soft tofu in big chunks.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook soondubu jjigae (korean soft tofu stew) for 2 using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Soondubu Jjigae (Korean Soft Tofu Stew) for 2:

1. Take 1/2 a small onion, chopped
2. Prepare 2 cloves garlic, minced
3. Take 2 teaspoons gochugaru (Korean chili flakes) or 1 teaspoon crushed red chili flakes to start
4. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon sugar
5. Get 1/4 pound pork belly or shoulder, cut into small strips (about 1.5 inch x.5 inch)
6. Take 2 cups unsalted stock (chicken, pork, beef or seafood are all fine) or water if you don't have stock
7. Make ready 1 Tablespoon fish sauce
8. Prepare 1 pound soft tofu
9. Prepare 1-2 eggs
10. Take 1 small green onion, chopped
11. Prepare optional: 1 chopped fresh chili
12. Prepare optional: 1 teaspoon saewoo jut (Korean brined microshrimp)

Roughly chop kimchi and reserve kimchi. Soondubu Jjigae (순두부찌개), also known as Soondubu Jjigae or soft tofu stew, is a Korean stew made with silky soft (uncurdled) tofu coated in a spicy and flavorful broth, to be served alongside a bowl of steamed rice. Korean cuisine has various types of jjigae or stew. This one is a sundubu jjigae 순두부찌개, which literally translates to soft tofu (두 sun = soft, 두부 dubu = tofu) stew (찌개 jjigae).

Steps to make Soondubu Jjigae (Korean Soft Tofu Stew) for 2:

1. Put all ingredients except soft tofu, egg and green onion in a pot and bring to vigorous boil over medium high heat. Continue to let it boil for another 3 to 4 minutes.
2. Loosely crumble the tofu and distribute evenly over boiling stew mixture, cover partially, and continue to boil over medium high heat for another 3 or 4 minutes.
3. Gently stir to incorporate all ingredients and adjust seasoning if needed. At this point, you can just add kosher salt for added salt element. You may want to ratchet up the heat with more chili flakes, too.
4. Bring the stew up to a vigorous boil again for 2 or 3 minutes.
5. Remove from heat, crack raw egg(s) into center, sprinkle green onions top, and serve with steamed rice on the side. Don't forget to spoon some of the boiling hot stew broth (enough to cover) over the top of the raw egg and leave it undisturbed for 3 to 4 minutes to cook the whites through.
6. Enjoy with a bowl of steamed rice and kimchi, too, if you've got it! :) My kimchi recipe: https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/1567994-kimchi-easier-than-you-think

Korean cuisine has various types of jjigae or stew. This one is a sundubu jjigae 순두부찌개, which literally translates to soft tofu (두 sun = soft, 두부 dubu = tofu) stew (찌개 jjigae). Its broth gets its distinct orange/red hue from the use of gochugaru or Korean red pepper flakes/powder. It's hot, spicy, filling, comforting, delicious, soft tofu stew and has many reasons to be one of the most popular items in Korean restaurants. I made a video and recipe for sundubu-jjigae seven years ago (!) and it's been watched over a million times on YouTube (!!).

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