Spicy soft tofu stew with seafood Haemul-sundubu-jjigae 해물순두부찌개

Ingredients

Serves 2-3

• 12 dried anchovies
• ⅓ cup of kelp, half onion, 5 cloves of garlic, 3 shiitake mushrooms
• 100 grams of beef, 1 cup of mixed seafood, 3 shrimp
• 2 green onions, 1 green chili pepper
• 2-5 tbs of hot pepper flakes
• olive oil, toasted sesame oil, 2 tubes of sundubu
• 2 tbs of fish sauce, and 2 eggs

Directions

Prepare stock to make tasty sundubu:

1. Pour 5 cups of water into a pot and add 12 dried anchovies after removing intestine part.
2. Add half onion, some dried kelp (about ⅓ cup), 3 dried shiitake mushrooms, 5 cloves of garlic and boil it over high heat.
3. Approximately 10 minutes later, lower the heat to low medium heat and boil it for another 20 minutes.
4. Set aside the stock and take out the mushrooms and chop them into small pieces.
5. Heat your earthen ware (or ceramic pot) on the stove and put 2 ts of olive oil.
6. Chop 100 grams of beef and put it into the pot and stir it.
7. Add the chopped shiitake mushroom and stir it.
8. Add 2 tbs – 5 tbs (¼ cup) of hot pepper flakes and keep stirring for 1 minute.
   *tip:
   2 tbs—mild
   3 tbs—medium
   4 tbs—hot
   5 tbs (¼ cup)—suicidal hot ! : )
9. Pour 2 cups of the stock you made. It will be sizzling. Don’t be afraid! It’s just TOFU stew! : )
10. Add 1 cup of mixed seafood and 3 shirimp.
11. Add 2 tbs of fish sauce.
12. Cut the 2 tubes of Soon du bu (soft Tofu) in half and squeeze it out into the pot and break the tofu with a spoon several times in the pot.
13. When it boils, add 2 chopped green onions and 1 green chili pepper.
14. Crack eggs and drizzle some toasted sesame oil before serving.

Enjoy it!