Budae Jjigae

Ingredients

• 340 g SPAM, thinly sliced
• 3 pcs Frankfurters, thinly sliced
• 150 g champagne ham
• 250 g tofu, sliced
• 200 g button mushrooms, thinly sliced
• 4 pcs dried shiitake mushrooms
• 1/2 cup kimchi, roughly chopped
• 120 g instant ramen noodles
• 50 g Korean rice cakes
• 2 slices processed cheese slices
• 3 stalks spring onion, thinly sliced
• 4 cups dashi stock
• 2 tbsp gochugaru
• 2 tbsp mirin
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tsp sugar
• 1 tbsp gochujang
• freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

1. 1

   Combine all stock ingredients and mix well to combine. Set is aside.

2. 2

   Place all the main ingredients apart from the instant ramen, rice cakes, spring onions and cheese in a shallow pot over a table top stove in the middle of the dining table.

3. 3

   Pour the stock into the shallow pot then close the lid, put heat to medium high heat then let it boil

4. 4

   Add the instant ramen, rice cakes, spring onions and cheese on top then continue to boil uncovered, cook for 2 minutes.

5. 5

   Reduce heat to very low then share the meal with your family and friends, dishing out the ingredients from the pot to individual soup bowl. Serve with rice.