Budae jjigae (Korean pronunciation: [pudɛ tɕ͈iɡɛ]; literally "army (military) base stew" or "troop stew") is a type of jjigae (a thick Korean soup similar to a Western stew). Soon after the Korean War, food was scarce in Seoul, South Korea. Some people made use of surplus foods from U.S. military bases around the Uijeongbu area, Pyeongtaek area (also called Songtan)[1] or Munsan area, such as hot dogs, Spam, or ham, and incorporated them into a traditional spicy soup flavored with gochujang (red chili paste) and kimchi.
Budae jjigae is still popular in South Korea. The dish often incorporates such modern ingredients as instant noodles and sliced American cheese. Other ingredients may include ground beef, sliced sausages, baked beans, minari, onions, green onions, tteok, tofu, chili peppers, macaroni, garlic, mushrooms, and other vegetables in season.
This year Christmas time in Vancouver, we had couple of snow fall and weather is relatively cold throughout these couple of weeks. We always love to ask friends to come for hotpot dinner in the weekend. We did so many times and we will need some special kind of hotpot to make the dinner more fun! We want to try this Korean Trooper Pot for so long. It is an expensive pot that can serve over 8 adult guests. Beside this pot, we also had seafood steam pot. We had 2 crabs, 2 lbs of Clams and 2 lbs of mussels. Other than that is this Korean HotPot. We served 5 noodles with cheese on every noodle that we put into the pot. There are veggies at the bottom so we have veggies and meat to serve with the noodle. And the soup base is so strong and good. Tips: Remember to add the Noodle Soup Powder that comes with the noodle to to pot. It enhances the flavour. As for the soup base, I use Beef stock + Kimchi+Red Pepper Paste.
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