부대찌개Budae-jjigae

• 100 gSpam or ham, sliced 스팸·햄
• 3frankfurters, sliced 소시지
• 150 gsour kimchi, chopped 신김치
• 150 gtofu, sliced 두부
• 100 grice cakes (optional) 떡
• 1packet instant ramyeon (noodles only) 라면 사리
• 1slice American cheese 슬라이스 치즈
• 2 tbspgochugaru 고춧가루
• 1 tbspgochujang 고추장
• 1 tbspsoy sauce 간장
• 1 tbspminced garlic 다진 마늘
• 1 tspsugar 설탕
• 700 mlanchovy stock, beef stock or water 육수
• 1onion, sliced, and 1 spring onion 양파·대파

Method

1. Mix the gochugaru, gochujang, soy sauce, garlic and sugar into a sauce.
2. Arrange everything except the noodles and cheese in a wide shallow pot, keeping each ingredient in its own section. Put the sauce in the middle.
3. Pour the stock around the side, bring to the boil at the table or on the stove and cook for 8 minutes.
4. Add the ramyeon noodles and cook 3 minutes, then lay the cheese on top.
5. Eat straight from the pot, adding more stock as it reduces.

Cook's note

It is born from US army surplus food after the Korean War, so processed meat is the point, not a shortcut.