Recipe: Spicy Korean Hot Tofu Pot (Stew)
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon sesame oil
A couple tablespoons of garlic
2 tablespoons Hot Pepper Paste (Gochujang)
2 tablespoons Hot Pepper Powder
1 bunch of enoki mushrooms
1 egg
about 7 oz of beef, chicken or veggie stock
1 package of tofu
Directions:
Pour about 1 tablespoon of sesame oil into pot. Add garlic and sautee. Then drain the tofu and place into pot w/ 2 heaping tablespoons of hot pepper paste. Mix tofu up breaking it into bits and mixing w/ hot pepper paste. Add just enough beef stock to cover the tofu. Add 2 tablespoons of hot pepper powder for a more spicy flavor. Allow mixture to boil. Wash enoki mushrooms and cut off the ends. Add enoki mushrooms just at the end. Make sure to cover them in the stew. Then just before serving crack a egg into the mix. Serve over white rice.
I love this dish. It's not exactly authentic since I don't own a claypot and improvised with the recipes I have found. :) I think it's pretty tasty though. It is a nice spicy stew. I'm in love w/ the Gochujang flavor. I could eat w/ a spoon. :D The key is this hot pepper paste and powder. You can change the amounts of pepper paste/powder to add depending on your likes. My hubbub loves this dish as well. My friend told me about the key ingredients and the basic steps to make it in a conversation through instant messanger. I have since looked up different recipes and improved upon it. She compared it to making instant noodles! It's that easy but so much more tasty. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do. We've eaten it many times since I first learned how to cook it.
