Baek Jong-won's Budae Jjigae

Recipe 🍳

Cooking tips 💡

• Slicing the ham and sausage as thinly as possible allows their meaty and fatty flavor components to infuse into the broth deeply and quickly.
• Adding a small amount of traditional doenjang acts as a kick to cleanly cut through the characteristically oily and rich flavor of budae jjigae.
• If you don't have baked beans, you can substitute with half a tablespoon of tomato ketchup to achieve a similar unique sweet and savory umami flavor.
• Do not taste the broth immediately after it starts boiling. Wait until the ingredients' flavors have fully steeped into the broth before tasting and adjusting the seasoning to avoid failure.