korean army stew (luxurious version)

feb 25, 2023 (sat).............make a luxurious version

inspired blog (my korean kitchen) : https://mykoreankitchen.com/army-stew-budae-jjigae/

introduction

- army stew is one of popular hot pots in korea

- wanna twist the original version with its war time background story to the opposite - a luxurious version ie adding seafood and beef

main ingredients

- beef

- frozen prawns

- frozen oyster

- scallop

- sausages

- luncheon meat

- green onion

- onion

- enoki mushroom

- chestnut mushroom

- tofu

- kimchi

sauce ingredients (base on 4 servings)

- 1 litre chicken stock (replaced by water coz literally i dun eat chicken and its by products)

- 2 tablespoon korean chili flakes (i use hot spicy powder inside the very spicy instant noodle)

- 2 tablespoon rice wine (i use mirin)

- 1 tablespoon soy sauce

- 1 tablespoon minced garlic

- 1/2 tablespoon korean chili paste

- 1/2 tablespoon sugar (i skip this coz my korean chili paste already includes sugar)

- sprinkle of ground black pepper

steps

1. defrost all frozen items

2. mix all sauce ingredients

3. cut all ingredients 

4. put in a pan (i use instant pot this time)...............except beef, seafood and green onion

5. add sauce in the centre..............pour water/ chicken stock from side

6. select pressure cook function............... 'soup' mode...............high pressure for 3 mins

7.  then add the remaining ingredients...........keep 'soup' mode but in low pressure (put the glass lid instead of the sealed lid)

8. done

taste

-because of seafood, adding oceanic flavor into soup base

-it turns out to be more 'hongkong' style hot pot rather than korean.............hahaha

areas of improvement

-add more spicy powder to bring up the heat

-have to add korean instant noodle in order make it feels korean style hot pot