Month: July 2026

  🥢Simple mushroom (& seafood) Sundubu Jjigae

Ingredients & Prep

• Preparing mushrooms: Soak dried shiitake mushrooms in water; wash and slice, or fresh mushrooms.
• (Option) shrimp, clams or oysters
• Dried kelp (Dashima)
• Soft tofu (Silken tofu, Sundubu)
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon soup soy sauce
• A pinch of pepper
• 2 tablespoons ground perilla seeds
• 1 to 2 tablespoons chopped scallions

Cooking Process

1. Add the mushrooms, dried kelp, (shrimp, clams, or oysters), and water to a pot. 
2. Bring it to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium. 
3. Add the soft tofu, minced garlic, soup soy sauce, and pepper, then cook for 5 minutes. 
4. Stir in the ground perilla seeds (or perilla oil) and cook for another 3 minutes. 
5. Add the chopped scallions right before turning off the heat