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Best Korean Army Stew Recipe (Budae Jjigae)

Comforting Korean stew with sausage, tofu, mushrooms, ramen in a spicy broth.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Korean
Keyword: army base soup, budae jjigae, budae jjigae recipe, korean army base stew, korean army soup, korean army stew, korean stew
Servings: 4

Ingredients

  • 1/2 Can Spam I like to use Lite Spam
  • 8 Vienna sausages I don't use the canned sausages, I purchase these sausages from Asian markets: https://bit.ly/2Ux2atT
  • 8 oz Soft tofu
  • 1 handful Korean rice cake ovalettes
  • 5 oz Enoki mushrooms
  • 3.5 oz Shimeji mushrooms
  • 2 stalks Green onion
  • 1/3 White onion
  • 1/4 cup Kimchi
  • 4 cups Beef bone broth Sagol yuksu in Korean. I use this brand: https://amzn.to/35lv3z5
  • 1 pack Ramen

Korean Army Stew Sauce

  • 5 cloves Minced garlic
  • 1.5 tbsp Gochujang Korean red pepper paste
  • 1.5 tbsp Gochugaru
  • .5 tbsp Sugar
  • 2.5 tbsp Soy sauce

Instructions

  • Cut your SPAM, tofu, white onion, sausage and chop your green onion (separate white and green ends.) Wash your mushrooms and cut off the roots, separate. Put rice cakes in a small bowl and cover with water. Set aside
  • Mix all sauce ingredients in a small bowl, add white part of green onion and set aside.
  • Arrange SPAM, sausage, tofu, white onion, mushrooms, rice cakes in a shallow pot (you can make it neat, or just toss everything in.) Top with kimchi and 2/3 of sauce. Pour bone broth into the pot until ingredients are barely submerged.
  • Heat over medium high heat, dispersing sauce with a ladle. Bring to a boil and allow it to reduce slightly for about 3-4 minutes. Taste and add more sauce if necessary, add more broth if too much has evaporated. Add in your ramen and cook until noodles are done. Enjoy immediately with a bowl of rice, or by itself!