Haemul Jeongol ( Spicy Seafood Hot Pot )
Cold winter days call for warm comforting soups or stews. This
seafood hot pot (haemul jeongol, 해물전골) is a family favorite. It’s hearty, spicy, packed with savory
and briny flavors, bubbling hot, and visually appealing! I make this dish every
time my children come home. I cook it at the table over a portable grill which
adds fun to the ordinary dinner table. Everyone gathers around the table,
patiently watching the hot pot cooking with watering mouths, and then takes his
or her own portion in a small bowl directly from the pot .
Jeongol is a type of
Korean stew (jjigae, 찌게). The difference between jeongol and jjigae is subtle in some
cases, but jeongol tends to be more elaborate. The ingredients are typically
arranged nicely in a wide, shallow pot for an eye-catching visual appearance,
and the pot is usually cooked at or by the table. This is the way the dish was
prepared for wealthy and royal families in the past .
The prepared pot will
initially look very full, but the ingredients will cook down significantly.
Also, you don’t have to load up all the ingredients at once. You can add more
as you cook or take some out to eat. Most ingredients in this recipe don’t take
long to cook.
Ingredients
·
8 little neck clams and/or mussels
·
2 blue crabs or kkotge, 꽃게
·
8 ounces squid and/or octopus
·
8 ounces white flesh fish snapper, tilapia, or
monkfish
·
8 large shrimp preferably shell-on
·
6 ounces soybean sprouts kongnamul, 콩나물
·
8 ounces napa cabbage inner tender part
·
3 ounces of Korean radish mu, 무
·
1 medium carrot
·
1/2 medium onion
·
2 to 3 mushroom caps
· 2 to 3 scallions
·
2 to 3 ounces of watercress or crown daisy ssukgat,
쑥갓
Seasoning
(see note)
·
2 tablespoons gochugaru use more if you like it
spicier
·
1 tablespoon soup soy sauce or fish sauce
·
1 teaspoon salt
·
1/8 teaspoon pepper
·
1 teaspoon gochujang
·
1 teaspoon doenjang
·
1 tablespoon minced garlic
·
1 teaspoon grated ginger
Broth
·
1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice - optional
Instructions
1.
Scrub and place the clams in salted water (1 tablespoon of salt
in 2 to 3 cups of water) for 30 minutes or longer to get the clams to spit out
the sand. Separate the top shell from the crab and remove the gills. Clean the
shell part thoroughly, with a kitchen brush or a toothbrush, under running water.
Break (or cut) the body in half (or quarters). Clean the squid and fish, and
cut into bite size pieces. Clean the shrimp.
2.
Cut the cabbage, radish, carrot into thin, bite size pieces.
Thinly slice the onion and mushrooms. Cut the scallion in similar lengths.
3.
Mix the seasoning ingredients well with 2 to 3 tablespoons of
the broth or water.
4.
Using a wide, shallow pot, neatly arrange the vegetables in
clusters, with the exception of the watercress (or crown daisy).
5.
Scatter the seafood pieces on top of vegetables, placing the
clams/mussels closer to the bottom of the pan. Add 3 cups of broth and the
seasoning paste, reserving 1 tablespoon to add as necessary to your liking. Top
it with the watercress (or crown daisy), and cook over medium high heat until the
clams/mussels are open, the fish is cooked through and the vegetables are
softened. Drizzle the optional lemon juice over. Stir occasionally.
6.
You can add more broth and any remaining ingredients while
eating if you’re cooking at the table.
Recipe Notes
This seasoning paste will be great for any Korean spicy stew or
soup. Double the recipe and save one half for later use. Keep it in an air
tight container.
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