Korean Army Base Soup
Called “boo-deh ji-geh,” this stew is perfect for cold days when you want something hot but quick. It’s essentially a “leftovers soup” and was traditionally served by the peasants in Korea from what they could gather at US Army bases, hence the name. Though, this soup doesn’t play as necessary of a role as it once did, it’s still widely popular and contemporary versions include cheese, macaroni, beans, etc. And yes, mine has a layer of cheese as well {just couldn’t resist}.
It seems to be the best of rabokki and tteokbokki combined but made even heartier with the addition of everything but the kitchen sink. It’s probably easier to point out what’s not included in this soup as most anything goes. It’s sure to be a winner around the supper table with its great variety.
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- 6 c cold filtered water
- 2 pieces of kelp {about 2″-3″ pieces}
- ¼ piece of onion
- 2-3 garlic cloves
- 4-5 cleaned/dried anchovies
- 2 tb Korean pepper paste
- 1 tb Korean pepper flakes
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 tb fish sauce
- ½ c hamburger meat
- ¼ c spam
- ½ c sausage
- ½ c mushrooms
- ½ c onions
- 2 peppers
- ½ c tofu
- ½ c rice cakes
- 1 block of ramen noodles
- 1-2 American cheese slices
- Green onions
- Fresh kimchi
- Boil the water, kelp, anchovies, onion, and garlic for about 15 minutes then strain/leave the broth behind.
- Mix together paste, flakes, garlic, and fish sauce to create the paste. Mix half of this directly into the ground beef and stir the other half into the stock.
- Layer the rest of the ingredients except the noodles, cheese, green onions, and kimchi. Cook until it bubbles and all the meat gets cooked through.
- Finally, add in your noodles, cheese, green onions, and serve with fresh kimchi.
I hope this helps to warm you up in a unique and spicy sort of way!
Love,
Your Squishy Monster ^.~
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A VERY delicious, rich interesting must try soup Angie. I LOVE All kinds of food not afraid of any of them. Thanks Angie! Have a great day!!
Love.
Les.
That’s the spirit, Les!
Wow! That’s one packed soup, Angela. It’s so chilly and damp today, I’m already warm just thinking about this soup. It sure looks good too!
Thanks for sharing…
Sounds delicious!
Soup is so amazing on a cold day!! Soup for dinner and hot cocoa for dessert
That sounds like a plan to me!
Thanks ^^
With a frost warning this morning and the weather forecast calling for even chillier weather this weekend, I’m shivering with just the thought–need more soup! =)
Sounds interesting, would love to taste it if someone makes it.
This is how I feel about most things every weekend
Ben would love that! He just got into pho!
this looks amazing angie! I love how packed it is. yum!
xx gee @ andgeesaid.blogspot.com.au
Thanks, Gemma!
I hope you guys try it.
Dear Angela,
This looks like a delicious one dish wonder. You’re such a natural and awesome presenter too. Thanks for sharing!
now that is a soup! best soups are leftovers! have a happy weekend. i take my mom to Olive Garden for lunch. 8)
drooooooooool. You kill me! In a good way. So hungry for this right now and I’m not even a Spam person!
What a hearty and flavor-packed soup this is! Really perfect for the cold weather.
Certainly not a soup I would have had before but I’m sure it is delicious.
Such a delicious and flavour filled recipe my friend, I love it
Historically peasant dishes are still some of the most warming even out of context nowadays. There really is everything in this jigae…!
I definitely love all the spice and flavor in this!
Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for watching =)
spice is where it’s at for me when it’s chilly out {who am I kidding, it’s for me allll the time, no matter what temperature it is outside}!
This is a part of why I love so many Korean dishes =)
I hope you get to try it at least once =)
It seems to keep getting chillier by 10 degrees everyday My solace right now is soup!
Hey mama! I’m not so much a spam person today but it makes me think of being a kid {we ate more of it than I’d like to even think about, lol}
Happy weekend, Brain. You are a good son!!
Aw, you are too kind!!
Thanks, Uru!
Perfect chilly weather soup, thanks for sharing girl.
Perfect for a chilly winter night. Great job.
Ooh! I saw ‘Korean Army Base Soup’ written on the menu of this Korean restaurant down the road from my office. Not knowing what it was, I didn’t want to order it and went for my usual bibimbap instead. Now that I know it is, I will be ordering it the next time I’m there
It’s nice because it has a bunch of familiar ingredients in it but has enough Korean spark in it to make it special =)
Thanks, Ash!
Thanks for watching, girl!
Great hardy soup, so much stuff in there. I am freezing right now so a bowl would be great. My only question: spam? lol
It’s traditional, lol. I shudder at the thought of how much of it I ate as a kid!
It’s not lacking ingredients, for sure =)
Hi Angela, something new to me but it sure look interesting with choke full of ingredients. :))
Regards.
Hi, I’m also Korean
This made my entire freaking week. Thank you so much, Diana!!
Question : hot peppers or sweet peppers?
We often use a variety called shishito but you can definitely use whatever you like or have…but I know you enjoy the heat =) !
Yup! Boy, you know it! Thank you for the specifics.
Thank you for being here!!