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Korean Soft Tofu Seafood Stew

Korean Soft Tofu Seafood Stew - Soondubu Jjigae

By: Cindy Lam Lorimer
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 6
Soondubu Jjigae with seafood is a spicy, rich Korean stew with silky tofu, shrimp, mussels, and clams, simmered in a deep, flavorful broth.

Ingredients

  • 2 Tbsp avocado oil, or any cooking oil
  • ½ onion, chopped
  • 2 Tbsp garlic, chopped
  • 2 green onions, chopped, separate white and green
  • 2 cups oyster mushroom, rough chopped
  • ¼ cup gochugaru , chili flakes/powder 
  • 2 Tbsp sesame oil
  • 2 32 oz low sodium chicken broth or low sodium or vegetable broth
  • 1 cup daikon, sliced into half moon shapes, ¼ inch thick slices
  • 2 packages extra soft or silken tofu
  • ¼ cup fish sauce
  • ½ tsp kosher salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp rock sugar
  • ¼ cup mushroom powder, plus 2 tbsp 
  • ½ lb mussels
  • ½ lb clams
  • ½ lb shrimp, preferably with head and shell on
  • 5 eggs

Instructions

  • In a pot on medium heat, add cooking oil and sauté onions, garlic and white part of green onions. Cook for a couple of minutes until it’s fragrant and onions have softened. Add oyster mushroom and cook for another minute. Add gochugaru with sesame oil and quickly mix it through and cook for 30 seconds. The chili burns easily so take extra care of this step.
  • Pour broth into pot and add daikon, fish sauce, salt, pepper, sugar and mushroom powder. Then gently immerse whole tofu block. Bring to a boil then turn down heat a medium low and let it simmer, light bubbling, for 5 minutes.
  • The tofu will break up naturally so you do not need to break up the tofu blocks.
  • Bring back to boil, add seafood and cover pot with lid. Reduce heat to medium low and cook for another 5 minutes. Remove lid, skim the foam, and right before serving, bring it to a boil and then add eggs. Or do individual serving bowls and while it’s still piping hot, add an egg to each bowl. The broth needs to be piping hot or it won’t be able to poach the egg.
  • Serve immediately.

Nutrition

Serving: 1portion | Calories: 290kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 204mg | Sodium: 612mg | Potassium: 871mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 3225IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 114mg | Iron: 5mg