Layout toppings such as SPAM, rice
cakes, kimchi, beef on a pot
Add 4 cups of water to the toppings
Add gochujang, soy sauce, brown
sugar, minced garlic and sesame oil
to toppings
Boil the ingredients on medium heat
and add ramyun after 8 minutesIngredients ( 2 servings):
2 spoon of gochujang
1 spoon of soy sauce
1 spoon of brown sugar
1 spoon of minced garlic
1 spoon of sesame oil
1 cup of rice cakes
1 bowl of kimchi
100 g of beef or pork
100 g of SPAM thinly sliced
1 Ramyun
Include other toppings to own liking
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RECIPE
Army stew, pronounced as budae-
jjigae in Korean, is a Korean stew
with American influences to tackle
the years of food scarcity following
the Korean War ( 1950 - 53 ).The Korean war was a proxy war
between North Korea supported by
the Soviet Union, and South Korea
supported by the United States
(US). The brutal and violent war left
millions of innocent citizens injured,
displaced, separated and
despondent. At that time, food and
water became more crucial than
ever for survival.The assumed founder of the dish
Heo Gi-Suk found ways to
transform leftover meat and
canned foods from the US Army
base to a spicy soup with rice. In an
interview with the BBC in 2013 , Heo
said that “We had to deal with
whatever the soldiers had left over.
We’d make a stew with whatever
came out of the base, and my recipe
was copied and spread throughout
Korea.” The dish gradually became
popular because stews could be
made in large quantities to feed
families. This caused canned and
dried foods such as spam and
sausage to become a major source
of nutrition.Due to the popularity of the dish,
South Koreans produce and
consume even more Spam than the
US. The dish became a nation-wide
comfort food while it carries the
indelible experiences of citizens
who witnessed the Korean War.