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Budae Jjigae

Budae Jjigae (Army Base Stew) · 부대찌개

Difficulty: Easy
Time to plan: 30–35 min
Serves: 2 servings
Recipe: 5 steps
Listed places: 2

Decision notes · editorial comparison of references and preparation plans

How should I decide which extras to add to sausage stew?

Check the base pot before combining processed meat, noodles and rice. Treating it as kimchi stew plus noodles misses the meat, cheese and total quantity.

Check before ordering or preparing: Ask which meats, cheese and noodles are included, the portion rule and charges for extras or rice.

KTO describes a stew combining ham, sausages and other ingredients. KTO · Sausage Jjigae (부대찌개 / Budaejjigae ) · 2026-09-13

Alternative to compare: Kimchi Jjigae (Kimchi Stew)Make an order card Prepare this version

Food notes and context

This budae jjigae arranges ham, sausage, kimchi, tofu and beans in one pot. The processed meats and kimchi are already seasoned, so liquid and additional seasoning need to be considered together.

Before adding noodles, establish whether they are included and how to replenish broth. Compare the processed meats, beans and possible noodles with kimchi jjigae’s different balance of ingredients.

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Prep: 15 min
Cook: 15–20 min
Wait: None
Ready in: 30–35 min

If adding raw ground meat, cook it to 74°C/165°F before adding the ramen.

Ingredients (2 servings)

Ingredient	Amount	Substitute abroad
Canned ham (Spam)	1/2 can	Anywhere
Smoked sausages	3	Frankfurters
Ground beef	100 g	Ground pork
Sour kimchi	1 cup	Essential; Korean grocers
Baked beans	2 tbsp	Optional. Omitting it reduces the beans and their sauce.
Tofu, scallion, onion	As needed	Anywhere
Prepared budae-jjigae seasoning	Labeled quantity for 960ml broth	Check the product’s liquid basis because salinity varies.
Ramen noodles (no soup base)	1 brick	Any instant ramen, noodles only
American cheese slice	1 (optional)	Fine to omit
Ready-to-use broth	960ml (this page’s cup = 240ml)	Anchovy stock, or water plus chicken stock

Step by step

1.Arrange the ingredients
In a wide shallow pot, arrange the ham, sausage, minced meat, kimchi, tofu, onion, and beans in neat sections.
2.Seat the seasoning
Add the prepared seasoning quantity labeled for 960ml broth. Do not combine it with an additional unmeasured soy-and-pepper sauce.
3.Pour the broth and boil
Pour the broth around the edges and boil over high heat. Once bubbling, stir the seasoning through; if raw ground meat was added, cook it to 74°C/165°F before continuing.
4.Drop the ramen
When the broth is at a full boil, add the ramen brick, and lay on the cheese when the noodles are half done.
5.Share it out, then fried rice
Lift the noodles first and share, then eat down the pot as it reduces. Fry rice in the last of the broth if you still stand.

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부대찌개 · Budae Jjigae · Budae Jjigae (Army Base Stew)

1명이 먹으려고 합니다. 인분·접시·냄비 중 주문 단위와 최소 주문량, 추천 양을 알려 주세요. / This is for 1 person. Please explain whether you sell portions, plates or pots, the minimum order and the recommended amount.

밥·반찬이 포함되나요? 따로 주문하는 항목과 추가 비용을 알려 주세요. / Are rice and side dishes included? Please explain separate items and extra charges.

주재료와 양념에 무엇이 들어가나요? / What are the main ingredients and seasonings?

Ask which meats, cheese and noodles are included, the portion rule and charges for extras or rice.

If you have ingredient restrictions, name them and ask about sauces, toppings and preparation equipment. The seller must confirm whether changes are possible.

https://k-roastmysoul.com/en/foods/budae-jjigae

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Odeng Sikdang

Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi

경기도 의정부시 호국로1309번길 7 (의정부동, 지상1층)Location sources checked 2026.08.09

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Uijeongbu Budae-jjigae Street

Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi

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The fictional face of this dish

Fire element · a sharp, vivid face

You build new boards out of bare cupboards. The comeback face that gathers things of different birthplaces and nationalities into one pot and boils up a miracle.

Upright: Things of different origins become one inside your pot today. Do not fear the combination that looks wrong on paper. Every flavor that made history was born exactly that way.

Reversed: You threw in everything and lost the center of the flavor. Even fusion needs a broth to answer to, so re-tune your own stock first today.

The K-Roast take: Grandma's roast

Fictional food metaphors inspired by traditional face-reading, not measurements of your face or personality.

That mouth is big and easy as a hot-pot pan: a face of nerve. Budae-jjigae was born of exactly that nerve, taking in ham, sausage, kimchi, even ramen, no questions about anyone's origins. Your wide embrace is that pot. You seem to let everyone in, and yet somehow your broth makes them all one flavor. That is a skill.

Those rising eye corners suggest nerve: the nerve to make unfamiliar ingredients share one pot. While others worry about the combination, you try a small batch. Keep that spirit, but taste one spoonful before scaling up.

Those cheekbones stand handsome and steer the board. Who decides when the ramen goes into the pot? The real power at the table decides. That seat is yours: noodle-drop timing, plate distribution, refill calls, all in your hands. Since you hold the board, serve everyone fairly. The boss who fishes out only the ham does not last.

A dish born of hard times became a flavor the whole country seeks. The lean seasons of your life will turn into recipes the same way. That pot of yours, unafraid of mixing, is your future.
Grandma's blessing

Table compatibility

Broth-soaked ramen is half your reason for existing, a born match. But set your ham and sausage on the formal heotjesatbap table and both worldviews collapse, so let modern history and Joseon history keep separate tables.