This Korean Potato and Spam Stew – Gamja Jjageuli is a delicious, wholesome dish made with potatoes, veggies, and classic Korean flavors like gochugaru, gochujang, and dwenjang soybean paste. When cooking this dish, the longer it cooks, the more the ingredient flavors will come together.
To make this delicious stew, start by prepping the vegetables. Layer the vegetables in a medium sized pot, placing the potatoes down first, then top with onions and peppers. Smash up the spam and layer it on top of the onions and peppers in the pot. Add the chopped green onion and all the sauce ingredients. Fill with water, until all the ingredients are immersed. Bring to a boil and simmer. Once cooked, enjoy with a bowl of white rice.
To make Korean Potato and Spam Stew – Gamja Jjageuli, you will need the following ingredients:
Cut 2-3 potatoes into large matchbox sticks. Slice ½ an onion and chop 3 spicy peppers and 1 green onion.
In a medium sized pot, layer the potatoes at the bottom, then top with onions and peppers.
Take the spam and smash it in a bag with your hand or using the back of a spoon.
Add the spam on top of the onions and peppers in the pot. Scatter in the chopped green onion.
Add 1 tablespoon of minced garlic, 2 ½ tablespoons of soy sauce, 2 tablespoons of gochugaru Korean red pepper flakes, 1 tablespoon of gochujang Korean red pepper paste, ½ a tablespoon of sugar, and ½ a tablespoon of dwenjang soybean paste to the pot.
Add 2 cups of water, or just enough until all the ingredients are immersed.
Bring to a boil and simmer for at least 10 minutes.
Serve with white rice.
This Korean Potato and Spam Stew - Gamja Jjageuli is a simple versatile side dish. Try it out soon and please come back and leave a review below with your thoughts.
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