Easiest Way to Prepare Ultimate Budae jjigae

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook budae jjigae using 24 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Budae jjigae:

1. Get 200 g minced beef
2. Make ready 100 g thin rice noodles
3. Prepare 200 g can Spam, drained, cut into 5 mm-thick slices
4. Get 2 American hot dogs, cut into thirds, scored widthwise
5. Make ready 250 g firm tofu, drained, cut into 5 mm-thick slices
6. Prepare 200 g small shiitake mushrooms, trimmed
7. Get 220 g can baked beans
8. Prepare 1 cup kimchi (see Note)
9. Prepare 2 litres (8 cups) chicken stock
10. Make ready 1 tbsp fish sauce
11. Get 1 small leek, white part only, halved lengthwise, thinly sliced, soaked in cold water for 10 minutes
12. Take 1 red onion, thinly sliced
13. Prepare 120 g packet ramen instant noodles
14. Prepare 2 pre-packaged cheese slices
15. Get sliced spring onions, sliced chillies and bean sprouts, to serve
16. Get gochujang sauce
17. Get 70 g (1/4 cup) gochujang (see Note)
18. Make ready 3 garlic cloves, crushed
19. Make ready 3 cm piece ginger, finely grated
20. Take 2 tbsp caster sugar
21. Make ready 2 tbsp powdered fermented soybeans (see Note)
22. Prepare 1 tbsp sesame oil
23. Prepare 2 tsp chilli powder
24. Take 1 tbsp rice vinegar

Instructions to make Budae jjigae:

1. To make gochujang sauce, place all ingredients in a small bowl and stir to combine.
2. Combine beef and 1 tbsp gochujang sauce in a small bowl and marinate for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, cook rice noodles according to packet instructions. Drain.
3. In a large casserole pan, arrange Spam, hot dogs, tofu, mushrooms, baked beans, kimchi and beef.
4. Place chicken stock in a large saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a rapid simmer. Stir in fish sauce and remaining gochujang sauce. Gently pour hot stock mixture over ingredients in casserole pan (taking care to keep arrangement intact), cover and simmer gently over medium heat for 15 minutes or until beef is just cooked.
5. Add leek, onion and ramen noodles (without seasoning mixture from packet) and push gently to submerge in broth. Cook, uncovered, for 6 minutes or until noodles are cooked. Turn off heat, place cheese slices over the centre of the stew and stand for 5 minutes, or until melted. Scatter with spring onions, chillies and bean sprouts.
6. To serve, divide rice noodles between bowls and top with stew ingredients and liquid. - - NOTES - - Resting time 5 minutes - Kimchi is from Korean food shops. - Gochujang is a Korean red pepper paste and is available from Korean food shops. - Powdered fermented soybeans are from Korean or Asian food shops. Substitute with tamari, a sweeter alternative to soy sauce, from supermarkets and health food shops.

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