Korean Spicy Stew 韩式辣煮五花肉

This is an aromatic dish which combines the nice scent of shiitake mushroom, sesame oil, soya sauce and pork. All the ingredients seemed to melt in your mouth after about 2 hours of simmering. The spiciness of the dish can be controlled by the amount of Korean red pepper paste added. A nice warm dish to go with a bowl of frangrant white rice ^^

P.S. You can change the meat to chicken too.

Serving: 4 persons

Ingredients

250-300g pork shoulder or chicken

1 tsp ginger, chopped

2 tsp garlic, sliced

1 dried red chilli, cut into chunks

2 granola potatoes, cut into chunks 

1 small carrot, cut into chunks

3 shiitake mushrooms

1/2 yellow onion, julienned 

1 white scallion 

Gravy

1 tbsp sesame oil

1~2 tsp Korean red pepper paste

2 tbsp low-salt soya sauce

Dash of pepper powder

Mushroom water

Hot water 

Salt & sugar to taste 

Directions 

1. Rinse meat and cut into chunks. Set aside.

2. Soak potato chunks in salt water for about 15 minutes. Drain and set aside.

3. Wash and soak shiitake mushrooms in hot water till softened. Cut into slice. Keep the mushroom water for later use.

4. Heat sesame oil in a pot.

5. Stir-fry ginger, garlic and dried red chili till fragrant.

6. Add in the meat and stir fry briefly till the meat beginning to turn pale.

7. Add in potato, carrot and shiitake mushrooms. Stir fry till frangrant.

8. Mix in red pepper paste and low-salt soya sauce.

9. When all the ingredients are well coated with red pepper paste, stir in the yellow onion and white scallion.

10. Pour in the mushroom water, and top up with hot water to about 4/5 the ingredients' height.

11. Bring to a boil, cover with a lid, and simmer in low heat till your desired softness. Best to simmer for at least 1 hour.

Give the content a few occasional stirs to avoid the ingredients from over-browning at the base of the pot.

12. Finally, add sugar and salt to your taste.

13. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with warm rice ^^