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Kimchi Chigae Or Fermented Chili Pepper Cabbage Soup Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Lunasea / All my dishes 1 month ago The first time I had this delicious soup was about a month ago at a Korean restaurant called Seoul Garden in Maitland - see My Places and expand the pictures - great place! This Kimchi Chigae is loaded with flavor thanks to the pork belly and kimchi... More Prep:5m Cook:35m Servings:6	Lunasea
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Ingredients

16 oz pork belly*, sliced into 1/4" or a bit larger pieces (uncooked bacon can be used in a pinch, but if you can get pork belly - please use it. )

2 tbsp. of oil

4 tbsp kochujang (Korean chili paste)

3-4 tbsp minced garlic

2 cups kimchi (sometimes I add a little bit more because I adore kimchi)

5 cups broth (use your favorite - I tend to use homemade chicken or veggie broth for this recipe)

4 green onions, slice in a bias (save some for garnish)

4 kochu (hot green chili), thinly sliced (save some for garnish)

2 heaping tbsp kochukaru (Korean pepper powder)

1 tbsp soy sauce

salt and pepper to taste

1 pack dooboo (tofu) - I use the soft variety, cut into 1-inch cubes

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Optional:

Sticky Rice (I like to serve this soup with it)

* At my Asian Supermarket, Woo Sung, this is in the frozen meat section and it is sliced in packages like thick cut bacon. Pork belly is not a smoked meat (like bacon) - and is really delicious. Like I said, you could use bacon - or I think Pancetta would work well here, too.

Directions

Place a Dutch oven (or large soup pot) on the stove, set heat to medium high. When pan gets hot, add 2 tbsp. of oil to the hot pan and swirl around to cover cooking surface.

Add pork belly (or bacon) and saute for about 8-10 minutes, until meat is fully cooked and starts getting a slight browned effect

**NOTE: Despite the visible fat content in pork belly, it does not render much fat, so even with the added oil the pieces have a tendency to stick to the pan - so stir often

Add chili paste and garlic and stir well into pork, scraping those delicious browned pork bits from the bottom of the pan; cook 1 additional minute over medium high heat, stirring once.

Add kimchi, broth, green onions, green chiles, Korean chili paste, Korean pepper powder and soy sauce. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to simmer for 30-35 minutes.

Remove from heat.

Place some tofu in each serving bowl and ladle soup over the tofu. Garnish with green onion and green chili slices.

Serve with rice.

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elgab89 1 month ago said:
Awesome recipe! Saved it!

trigger 1 month ago said:
Lucky for me we have Korean restaurants too. Thank you for bringing this Kimchi Chigae or Fermented Chili Pepper Cabbage Soup to me so I can make my it on my own. I love the heat and the fermented cabbage in your recipe.
High Five Vickie
Michael

jimrug1 1 month ago said:
Very Nice Vickie. The heat from the different types of chiles in this recipe should hit all corners of your mouth. I can't wait to try this.
Great Post....;-)~

shine 1 month ago said:
Baby, you got it goin' on here! Hubba hubba! High 6 baby! Love You - Ray

bluewaterandsand 1 month ago said:
Hey Vickie, this be some hot stuff but sounds so darn good!

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