Main ingredients 🥩
PorkOilOnionZucchiniJajang powderOyster sauceChicken stock
Ttukdak Hyung's Fiery Gan-jjajang
A recipe that transforms instant jajang powder into a fiery gan-jjajang style by dissolving it with vegetable juice and meat drippings, instead of drenching it in water.
🙋 Recommended for
- ⭐ Those who want to enjoy a rich, smoky gan-jjajang at home without going to a Chinese restaurant.
- ⭐ Those who want to create a much higher quality Chinese dish using commercially available jajang powder.
- ⭐ Those who want to serve a delicious jajangmyeon or jajangbap on noodles or rice in just 20 minutes.
Ingredients needed 🛒1 servings
- Pork belly or pork jowl, appropriate amount
- Plenty of cooking oil
- 1 onion
- Zucchini, appropriate amount
- 1 small pack of Chungjungone Stir-fried Jajang powder
- Very little water
- Oyster sauce, a little
- Chicken stock, a little
Recipe 🍳
- Cut the fatty pork (pork belly or pork jowl) into bite-sized pieces.
- Cut the onion in half, then into thirds horizontally and vertically to create large cubes. Cut the zucchini into similar-sized pieces.
- Generously coat a pan with cooking oil, add the pork belly, and stir-fry until golden brown to render the meat drippings.
- Once the pork is golden brown, add the prepared onion and zucchini to the pan and stir-fry together.
- When the onions start to turn slightly translucent, add the entire pack of stir-fried jajang powder.
- At this point, do not add a lot of water. Add only a very small amount of water to the clumps of powder and dissolve them as if you are loosening them.
- Stir-fry over medium heat, allowing it to reduce, by mixing well so that the jajang powder is evenly coated with the moisture from the vegetables and oil.
- Taste and adjust the seasoning. If needed, add a little oyster sauce or chicken stock to taste for flavor and finish.
- Chop pork belly or pork jowl, onion, and zucchini into large pieces.
- Generously oil a pan, stir-fry the pork until golden, then add onion and zucchini and stir-fry together.
- Once the onions are translucent, add the jajang powder and stir-fry in oil with only a very small amount of water added to complete.
Cooking tips 💡
- Zucchini is recommended over regular zucchini because regular zucchini releases too much moisture during cooking, which can prevent the characteristic dry texture of gan-jjajang.
- If you add all the water at once after adding the jajang powder, it will become regular jajang sauce. You must add only a very small amount of water at a time and stir-fry it as if deep-frying in oil to achieve the taste of gan-jjajang.
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