Korean
Dubu-jorim (Braised Tofu)
Print or share this recipe
Dubu-jorim (Braised Tofu) 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
-
Slice the tofu into half-inch slabs and pat dry.
-
Heat the oil in a skillet and pan-fry the tofu until golden on both sides, about 3 minutes per side, then push to one side.
-
Whisk the soy sauce, gochugaru, sugar, minced garlic, and water into a sauce and pour it over the tofu with the diced onion.
-
Simmer 8 minutes, spooning the sauce over the tofu occasionally, until it reduces to a glaze.
-
Finish with sesame oil, scatter with scallions and sesame seeds, and serve warm.
Watch how to cook Dubu-jorim (Braised Tofu)
Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.
Serve it with
A Korean dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Dubu-jorim (Braised Tofu), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
-
Something to sip
-
What it is eaten with
-
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. Dubu-jorim (Braised Tofu) 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
- 260 kcal
- Protein
- 16 g
- Carbs
- 10 g
- Fat
- 17 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 720 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Dubu-jorim (Braised Tofu) takes about 25 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.
Cooked this? Show everyone.
Comments
Sign in to leave a note for the next cook.
No comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
Meal suggestions support your goals. They are not medical advice. Please ask your doctor about your family's health needs.