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Here's a good comfort food. My mom made this own version taking after the Army stew using processed meat (kielbasa & hot dogs)
My mom's gochujang-jigae (Korean chili pepper paste stew):

Ingredients (serves 8-10)
My mom's gochujang-jigae (Korean chili pepper paste stew):

Ingredients (serves 8-10)
- Gochujang (Korean chill paste)
- 2-3 Potatoes cubed
- 2-3pc of zucchini cut as half moon shapes, about 1/2" thick.
- 1 large onion, cut.
- 14 oz of kielbasa (the ones you can grab at supermarket - Hillshire farm, etc), cut them up thin.
- 1 pack of hotdogs, cut them up thin
- 1 pack of tofu, cubed.
- Short grain Korean/Japanese rice (not Chinese or SE Asian - huge diff in texture and moisture).
- Just like any stews, it's very easy - chop them all up then bring to boil.
- Get a big pot and fill it 1/4 with water, let's say about 8 fluid cups
- Put in a full cup of gochujang paste. You'll see that the paste is rather mild, sweet, and savory. Loosen up the paste and let it reach equilibrium. You'll get a nice red/orange bubbling base.
- Put in potatoes first as they take the longest.
- Then put in rest after the base has been brought to boil.
- Simmer for 20 minutes until potatoes are fully cooked & zucchini becomes translucent / bit beat up.
- Serve with white rice on the side.
