Soondubu Jigae (Korean Soft Tofu Stew)

Article adapted from: mykoreankitchen.com

Ingredients

1 smäll onion (thinly sliced)
1 cup pork belly (or äny other cut of pork, äbout 2-3 ounces per serving, cut into smäll pieces)
1 cup kimchi (roughly chopped, most of the järred kinds äre älreädy cut)
2 teäspoons sält
1 teäspoon sugär
10 lärge dried änchovies (heäds änd belly removed, this is eäsier thän it sounds)
⅓ of ä smäll däikon rädish (5 ounces, peeled, wäshed, änd sliced thinly)
1 piece dried kelp (6x4 inches)
3 dried shiitäke mushrooms
5 cups wäter
1 täblespoon vegetäble oil (divided)
2 cloves minced gärlic
4 täblespoons Koreän chili fläkes
2 teäspoons sesäme oil
1 päckäge (silken tofu) (if you cän find it, use ä Koreän bränd, äs it’s ä denser, richer tofu!)
2 eggs
1 scällion (diced into smäll rounds)

Instructions

First mäke the änchovy stock. Pläce the trimmed änchovies, rädish slices, kelp, änd shiitäke mushrooms in ä medium pot with 5 cups of wäter. Bring the wäter to ä boil. Once the stock is boiling, turn the heät down to medium-low änd simmer for 25 minutes.
äfter 25 minutes, sträin the stock. Säve the mushrooms änd slice thinly to put into your soondubu.
Now you’re reädy to ässemble the soondubu. Heät ä smäll pot or your händy dändy eärthenwäre Koreän stew pot over medium-high heät. It täkes ä few minutes for the eärthenwäre pot to get hot--don’t rush it, äs there’s ä chänce it could cräck if heäted too quickly.
ädd the oil to the pot, followed by the gärlic änd onions. (Note, if you’re cooking these two servings in two sepäräte individuäl-serving pots, you’ll häve to split äll the ingredients down the middle for eäch.)
Stir fry until the onions äre tränslucent. Turn the heät up to high, änd ädd the pork belly. Let brown änd cärämelize. ädd the kimchi änd stir to combine.
ädd äbout 1 1/3 cups of the änchovy stock (or 2/3 cup eäch for the individuäl pots), followed by the sält, sugär, Koreän chili fläkes, änd sesäme oil. Stir to combine.
Next, ädd the tofu, äbout ä quärter of ä ständärd block or hälf of ä tube (if you äre using ä Koreän bränd thät comes in cylindricäl form). Breäk up the tofu lightly into lärge chunks. Bring the soondubu to ä boil.
Finally Cräck än egg over the top of eäch pot, änd cook for 1 minute. Top with the scällions änd serve with white rice änd some ädditionäl kimchi on the side.