Dinner · 25 min · Amounts not specified
Kimchi tofu stew
The jar is already halfway there.
The sheet · 4 bowls · 25 min
easyWhy tonight. The jar is already halfway there.
What it needs
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- kimchi
- tofu
- stock
- scallion
- sesame oil
Good if you have them, fine if you do not: eggs.
Method
- Fry the kimchi in sesame oil first until it darkens and loses its raw edge. Three minutes, and it changes the whole pot.
- Include the brine from the jar. That liquid is seasoned, sour and free, and it is most of what makes this taste right.
- Stock in, tofu in gently, and a simmer rather than a boil so the tofu stays whole.
- Crack eggs into the surface at the end if you want them, lid on for two minutes. Scallion raw over the top.
Technique coach
What the method is trying to make happen
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The technique underneath this
- StockPulling gelatin and flavor out of bones and aromatics without pulling out the things that make it cloudy and bitter.thin and watery · cloudy · bitter · greasy
- Pan sauceTurning what stuck to the pan into a sauce. Two minutes of work at the end of something you already cooked.watery · too salty · greasy · broken · bitter
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- Eggs and custardEggs Part 2 | Basics with BabishBinging with BabishOmelets and poaching, with the failure modes shown rather than described.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Eggs and custardScrambled Egg Omelet - Food WishesFood WishesScramble against omelet on the same stove, which makes the heat-and-stirring tradeoff visible.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Eggs and custardTruly Foolproof Poached EggsJ. Kenji López-AltPoaching without the wispy strands. The trick is what happens before the egg reaches the water.Link checked 2026-09-08
Why each of these is on the list
What the ingredients are actually doing
- kimchi
- Sour, spicy and funky, and older is better for cooking.
- tofu
- Texture is a decision, not a given.
- stock
- Body, not flavor — that is the part people get backwards.
- scallion
- Two ingredients on one stalk.
- sesame oil
- A seasoning, not a cooking oil.
Missing one of them? The substitutions are written against those jobs rather than against a chart, so they say what each replacement costs this dish in particular.
Cooks from the same box
If you bought for this, you can already make these
Shares tofu, kimchi, sesame oil
Tofu kimchi skillet
Crisp the tofu first and take it out, then fry the kimchi until it darkens. Raw kimchi in a pan is a cold sour crunch, not a flavor.
Shares tofu, scallion, stock
Miso soup with tofu
Don't boil the miso. Dissolve it off the heat so it stays round.
Shares kimchi, scallion, sesame oil
Kimchi fried rice
The leftover-rice reason kimchi exists in the fridge.
Shares stock, scallion, sesame oil
Steamed savory eggs
Eggs and a little stock, lid on, gentle. It should set like custard, not scramble.
Next
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