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Dinner · 30 min · Amounts not specified

Kimchi stew

Sour kimchi wants a simmer and a little fat. Tofu at the end.

The sheet · 4 bowls · 30 min

easy

Why tonight. Sour kimchi wants a simmer and a little fat. Tofu at the end.

What it needs

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  • kimchi
  • pork
  • tofu
  • onion
  • stock

Good if you have them, fine if you do not: scallion, gochujang.

Method

  1. Use kimchi that is genuinely old and sour. Fresh kimchi makes a thin, flat stew and this is what old kimchi is for.
  2. Fry the kimchi and pork together in sesame oil first, until the kimchi darkens and the pork catches.
  3. Include the brine from the jar. That liquid is seasoned, sour and free.
  4. Stock in, tofu in gently, gochujang stirred through, then a hard simmer. This is one stew that likes a rolling boil.

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Published minimum internal temperaturesWhole cuts of beef, pork, lamb and veal: 63°C, 145°F, plus a 3 minute rest.Whole cuts of beef, pork, lamb and veal63°C / 145°F + 3 min rest40°C50°C60°C70°C80°C

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What the ingredients are actually doing

kimchi
Sour, spicy and funky, and older is better for cooking.
pork
The forgiving meat. Shoulder takes hours and rewards them, chops take minutes and punish you for one too many, and the fat is the flavor in both cases.
tofu
Texture is a decision, not a given.
onion
The base under most of this library.
stock
Body, not flavor — that is the part people get backwards.

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