Kimchi Stew (Kimchi Jjigae)

Name: Kimchi Stew (Kimchi Jjigae)
Total time: 30 min
Yield: For Two
Ingredients: 2 cups aged kimchi; 200 g pork belly, sliced; 200 g tofu; 1 tbsp gochugaru; 500 ml broth or water

A bubbling, spicy-sour kimchi stew with pork and tofu - deeply comforting Korean home cooking in one pot.

Korean Low-Carb Stovetop Dinner One-Pot Pork Tofu Kimchi

⏱ 30 min
📊 easy
🍽 For Two

Ingredients

2 cups aged kimchi
200 g pork belly, sliced
200 g tofu
1 tbsp gochugaru
500 ml broth or water

Instructions

Saute pork and kimchi together until fragrant.
Add gochugaru and broth; bring to a boil.
Simmer 15 minutes, then add cubed tofu.

Cook 5 more minutes and serve hot with rice.

💡 Chef's tip

Saute the kimchi and pork together first - browning them builds a savory base before the broth goes in.

Older, well-fermented kimchi is essential here; its developed sourness is what gives the stew its signature tangy backbone that fresh kimchi simply lacks.