Made a quick Kimchi Jigae using what I had on hand. Turned out delicious

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/6680716

I make Kimchi Jigae, or Kimchi Soup, pretty often and the only staple I use is kimchi, obviously, and tofu. It’s traditionally made with pork and other spices, but I like to experiment. For this I didn’t have any meat ready that would be good but I found a package of crawfish tails I had been trying to figure out what to do with so I figured I’d try it out and see how it goes and it turned out so good.

Ingredients (none of these are exact, I tend to season by taste but I’ll try to put an estimate of what I used

<span style="color:#323232;">About 5 cups of water
</span><span style="color:#323232;">2 cups of cabbage kimchi
</span><span style="color:#323232;">A bottle of [Ajumma Republic Korean Kimchi Seasoning](https://www.amazon.com/Ajumma-Republic-Korean-Kimchi-Sauce/dp/B01M68C6A6)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">1 lb of cooked, peeled crawfish tails
</span><span style="color:#323232;">however much tofu you like.  I like a lot so I used 3 packages
</span><span style="color:#323232;">2 TBSP onion powder (you can used minced onions as well)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">2 TBSP garlic powder (likewise can use minced garlic or whole cloves if you like)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">1 can tuna (I like the fishy taste it brings to the broth but it's optional)
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Directions

<span style="color:#323232;">Heat a big pot and put some oil in and fry the kimchi a bit.  I find it brings out the flavor and gives it a nice crunchy texture
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</span><span style="color:#323232;">Pour in the water and however much of the kimchi seasoning you like to taste
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</span><span style="color:#323232;">add tofu sliced into cubes, tuna, garlic powder, onion powder, and crawfish
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</span><span style="color:#323232;">bring to boil and let simmer 15-20 minutes
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</span><span style="color:#323232;">taste and if it's good, serve
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