Main ingredients 🥩
TofuPork shoulderFresh kimchiGreen onionGochujangGochugaruMinced garlicSesame oil
Lim Sung-geun's Universal Seasoning Sauce Tofu Kimchi
A delicious, spicy-sweet, deeply flavorful tofu kimchi recipe that doubles as a rice thief, made with a golden ratio universal seasoning sauce.
🙋 Recommended for
- ⭐ Those looking to quickly prepare spicy-sweet alcoholic appetizers or hearty evening side dishes
- ⭐ Home cooks who want to master multiple stir-fried dishes using just one versatile seasoning sauce
Ingredients needed 🛒3 servings
- Tofu 1 block
- Pork shoulder 300g
- Fresh kimchi 3 cups
- Green onion 1 stalk
- Vegetable oil 4 tablespoons
- Sesame oil 2 tablespoons
- Seasoning sauce: honey 70g, mirin 25g, soju 50g, gochujang 90g, gochugaru 40g, minced garlic 30g, sugar 30g, vegetable oil 15g, chili oil 10g, sesame oil 5g, beef dashi 7g, monosodium glutamate 2g, black pepper 1g, fresh ginger 2g
Recipe 🍳
- Combine all seasoning sauce ingredients in a bowl in any order and mix thoroughly to make the universal seasoning sauce.
- Heat a pan and add 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil. Add 300g of cubed pork shoulder and stir-fry until the juices are fully absorbed.
- Once the pork is partially cooked, add 3 cups of drained fresh kimchi and stir-fry together with the meat.
- When the kimchi becomes about half translucent, add sliced green onion and continue stir-frying for approximately 5 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and add an appropriate amount of the prepared universal seasoning sauce to taste, mixing well to ensure even distribution.
- Turn off the heat and drizzle 2 tablespoons of sesame oil around the dish, gently tossing to finish the stir-fried kimchi pork.
- Place the whole tofu block directly into boiling water and blanch for 5 minutes. Remove, drain thoroughly, then cut into bite-sized pieces. Serve alongside the stir-fried kimchi pork.
- Mix all seasoning sauce ingredients to prepare the universal seasoning sauce.
- Heat oil in a pan, stir-fry pork until cooked, then add fresh kimchi and green onion and cook together.
- Adjust seasoning with the universal sauce and finish with sesame oil.
- Blanch the whole tofu for 5 minutes, slice it, and serve alongside the stir-fried kimchi pork.
Cooking tips 💡
- Do not cut the tofu before blanching—keeping it whole helps maintain a soft, moist texture; cutting it beforehand makes it tough.
- Always drain as much liquid as possible from fresh kimchi before stir-frying to avoid a heavy, greasy taste and achieve a cleaner flavor.
- The finished universal seasoning sauce can be stored in the refrigerator for over 6 months without spoiling, so make a large batch for convenience.
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