Korean
Doenjang Soybean Paste Stew
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Doenjang Soybean Paste Stew is Korean home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Bring the vegetable broth to a simmer and whisk in the doenjang and soy sauce until dissolved.
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Add the diced potato and onion and cook 8 minutes.
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Stir in the zucchini, mushrooms, garlic, and gochugaru and simmer until the potato is tender, about 8 minutes.
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Add the cubed tofu and warm through, about 3 minutes.
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Finish with sesame oil and scallions and ladle into bowls while it still bubbles.
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Serve it with
A Korean dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Doenjang Soybean Paste Stew, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Doenjang Soybean Paste Stew carries gluten, soy, and sesame. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Godeungeo-gui (Salt-Grilled Mackerel) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Godeungeo-gui (Salt-Grilled Mackerel) |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | Yes | Bossam (Boiled Pork Belly Wraps) |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 230 kcal
- Protein
- 14 g
- Carbs
- 20 g
- Fat
- 10 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 780 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Doenjang Soybean Paste Stew takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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