I decided last year at some point that I was going to learn to cook Korean food after having gimbap and tteokbokki and needing more. And buldak, not the main reason, but I do love it. It took me a minute to gather all the pantry basics because we live an hour away from the city and my grocery store has half an international section with sometimes gochujang sauce, not even just gochujang.
Anyways. I’ve made a lot since then. Tteokbokki, bibimbap, dakgalbi, bulgogi, gimbap, japchae, jjajangmyeon, others I’m definitely not thinking of. I made a big ssam feast for our thanksgiving with galbijjim and Korean brisket I just made korean style and many homemade banchans such as gamja jorim, my favorite, oi muchim, a couple namuls. Basically. A lot.
I was too intimidated to do stews. It’s pretty rare where I am for us to have short ribs or oxtail or so many other good meats. No pork belly for sure. So I never got around to it. I’m sick, and my partner was going through the city and stopped to get me kimchi jjigae.
Holy. Crap. It’s so good! I’m not even hungry anymore I just want to get another bowl to keep eating it! I would have made this so many times. I even have dolsots to keep it hot, I have Korean spoons and chopsticks.
Y’all. If you are learning. Go make kimchi jjigae now. Stop talking. Or reading. Go do it. You will regret not making it sooner when you do. That is some magic. I love hot and sour soup, and I make that myself too so it’s pretty good, but honestly I think this might be better. I have a big migraine and it didn’t fix it I just don’t care now because I need to talk about this.
What other magical things have I maybe been skipping that are this delicious? And not too obscure so there’s a chance I can get the ingredients when I go to the Asian market this weekend because I’m making kimchi jjigae.
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