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Save Time and Do Groceries Online Now. Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders! Budae-jjigae (부대찌개; literally "army base stew") or spicy sausage stew is a type of jjigae (stew), made with ham, sausage, spam, baked beans, kimchi and gochujang.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have budae jjigae using 24 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Budae jjigae:

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

Budae jjigae (부대찌개) is a fusion dish that incorporates American processed meats such as Spam, ham, bacon, and hot dogs into a Korean stew with kimchi. Budae is a general term for a military base in Korean, but budae jjigae is translated into "Army stew" or "Army base stew" because of its origin. This dish started after the Korean War when food was in short supply. Canned ham, hot dogs, and beans were taken from American military bases and mixed with traditional Korean kimchi, vegetables, noodles, and spicy seasonings to create a delicious spicy and hearty stew.

Steps 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.

I first had this dish in a Korean restaurant near my home. Budae-jjigae (부대찌개) simply translated means army base stew. As a dish it originated soon after the end of the Korean war. At a time when food was scarce in Korea people started to use surplus food from US army bases such as spam, hot dogs and sliced ham. Today I'm showing you the recipe for a much-requested dish: Budae-jjigae a.k.a "Army Base Stew." It's a spicy, savory, Korean-American fusion dish made from an umami-rich broth, Korean hot pepper paste, flakes, kimchi, and American Spam, beans, and sausage.

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