Main ingredients 🥩
pork bellysquashoniongochujanggarlicred pepper powdershrimp paste
Solo Cooking God's Pork and Squash Stew
Sauté thick pork belly to extract pork fat, then add generous amounts of sweet and mild squash and onion, seasoned with shrimp paste for a rich yet clean-tasting stew.
🙋 Recommended for
- ⭐ Those who love a rich stew combining sweet squash and thick pork
- ⭐ Fans of Jeolla-style squash stew with a clean, refreshing finish from shrimp paste
Ingredients needed 🛒2 servings
- pork belly 200g
- squash 1 piece
- onion 1 piece
- vegetable oil 2~3 tablespoons
- gochujang 1 tablespoon
- minced garlic 1 tablespoon
- red pepper powder 1 tablespoon
- water 2 cups
- shrimp paste to taste
Recipe 🍳
- Cut 200g of thick pork belly into long, bite-sized pieces.
- Prepare 1 squash and 1 onion, then cut them into long, coarse strips.
- Heat 2–3 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a pan or pot, then sauté the pork belly until the surface turns golden brown.
- Once the pork develops a brown hue, add 1 tablespoon of gochujang, 1 tablespoon of minced garlic, and 1 tablespoon of red pepper powder directly onto the pork fat.
- Stir gently to blend the seasonings with the oil without burning, creating a rich chili oil while mixing it into the pork.
- Once the chili oil forms, pour in 2 cups of water (measured by a standard paper cup), then add the prepared squash and onion generously.
- Adjust seasoning carefully by adding shrimp paste gradually according to taste, tasting as you go.
- Simmer thoroughly until the broth is rich with flavor from the vegetables and meat, and the seasonings are well absorbed.
- Cut pork, squash, and onion into long strips.
- Sear the pork in a pot, then add gochujang, garlic, and red pepper powder to make chili oil.
- Add water and vegetables, bring to a boil, then adjust seasoning with shrimp paste and simmer until fully cooked.
Cooking tips 💡
- Squash and onion release natural sweetness as they cook, so the more you add, the deeper and richer the broth becomes.
- Shrimp paste varies in saltiness across brands—add it gradually rather than all at once to avoid over-salting. If unavailable, substitute with fish sauce.
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