Gamjatang - Spicy Pork Bone Stew
User Reviews
5.0
21 reviews
Excellent
-
Prep Time
10 mins
-
Cook Time
1 hr
-
Additional Time
1 hr
-
Total Time
1 hr 10 mins
-
Servings
4
-
Calories
349 kcal
-
Course
Main Course
-
Cuisine
Korean
Gamjatang - Spicy Pork Bone Stew
Report
Gamjatang is a wonderfully hearty and spicy Korean stew made with pork neck bones and potatoes. If you cannot get pork neck bones, you can just use pork ribs and it will still be delicious.
Share:
Ingredients
- 2 lb pork ribs or pork neck bones
- 5 cups water
For pre-cooking pork
- 1 Tbsp cooking sake or mirin
- 1 Tbsp pepper corns
- 1 Tbsp fresh ginger just use 1 inch length
- 1/2 Tbsp ground coffee
Vegetables and Aromatics
- 2 each potatoes russet
- 2 bunches green onions
- 1/2 pack enoki mushrooms
- 7 each crown daisies Ssukaat
- 10 each perilla leaves
- 8 each shishito peppers optional
- 1 bunch Seoul cabbage napa cabbage is ok too
- 3 each red chili peppers
Seasoning sauce
- 2 Tbsp doenjang Korean Soybean paste
- 1 Tbsp Gochujang Korean Red Chili paste
- 1 tsp fresh ginger, grated
- 1 Tbsp garlic, chopped about 4 cloves
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1 Tbsp Korean red chili powder Gochukaru 고추가루
- 1 tsp anchovy sauce, fermented Myeolchi Aekjeot 멸치액젓
- 2 tsp gukganjang Korean soup soy sauce
- 2 Tbsp ground Perilla Seeds Deulkkae Garu 들깨가루
- 2 Tbsp cooking sake mirin ok
- 1/2 cup water
Add to Shopping List
Instructions
Prepare Pork
- If using pork neck bones, soak in cold water for 1 hour to remove excess blood and smell. If using pork ribs, no need to soak.
- If using pork ribs, start boiling the pork now. If using pork neck bones, prepare below while soaking.
- Boil pork bones in a pot. Add enough water to cover the pork, add a splash of cooking sake/mirin/white wine, 1 Tbsp of pepper corns, 1 knob of ginger and 1/2 Tbsp of ground coffee. Bring to boil on medium high heat and then cook on medium heat for 10 minutes. Drain. Add the pork (only not the liquid) back into the pot.
Prepare all vegetables.
- Peel potatoes and cut into big chunks about 1.5 inch cube.
- Rinse green onions, perilla leaves, red or green chili peppers, shishito peppers, seoul green cabbage and crown daisies.
- Cut red or green chili peppers into 1 inch to 1.5 inch lengths.
- Cut green onions into 2 inch lengths.
- Cut perilla leaves into thick strips.
Prepare Sauce
- Make seasoning sauce by mixing in Gochujang, Deonjang, chopped garlic, grated ginger, gukganjang, anchovy sauce, ground perilla seeds, black pepper, cooking sake and red chili powder.
Put it all together
- In the pot with pre-cooked pork, add 5 cups water and the seasoning sauce.
- Cook on medium high heat for 10 minutes.
- Add potatoes, chili peppers, cabbage and 1/2 of green onions to pork and simmer for 35 minutes or until the meat falls off the bone.
- Finish the stew by topping it with perilla leaves, more green onions and crown daisies. Cook for another 2-3 minutes and serve. Alternatively, you can cook the stew at the table - which is what most restaurants do in Seoul.
- Serve with some rice and a non-spicy banchans like Sukju Namul, Apple Onion Salad or various Jeons or Pancakes
Notes
- Substitute any part of pork ribs for neck or back bone
- If there's a porky or gamey smell, soak pork bones in cold water for 1 hr and pre-boil, discard liquid
- Cook thoroughly and sufficiently until all the meat attached to the bone is tender
- This is a very flavorful and fragrant stew - don't skimp on spices and perilla leaves or other garnishes
- Add more red chili powder to increase the spice level
- Ground perilla seed (Deulkkae Garu 들깨가루) is an important ingredient in this dish. You can make it without it but it just won't taste the same.
Nutrition Information
Show Details
Calories
349kcal
(17%)
Carbohydrates
14g
(5%)
Protein
32g
(64%)
Fat
19g
(29%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Cholesterol
109mg
(36%)
Sodium
488mg
(20%)
Potassium
751mg
(21%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
4g
(8%)
Vitamin A
1125IU
(23%)
Vitamin C
11.5mg
(13%)
Calcium
72mg
(7%)
Iron
2.6mg
(14%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 349 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 349kcal | 17% |
| Carbohydrates | 14g | 5% |
| Protein | 32g | 64% |
| Fat | 19g | 29% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 109mg | 36% |
| Sodium | 488mg | 20% |
| Potassium | 751mg | 16% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 4g | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 1125IU | 23% |
| Vitamin C | 11.5mg | 13% |
| Calcium | 72mg | 7% |
| Iron | 2.6mg | 14% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Genuine Reviews
User Reviews
Overall Rating
5.0
21 reviews
Excellent
Other Recipes
You'll Also Love
