BUDAE JJIGAE

Budae-jjigae or fiery wiener stew is a sort of jjigae, made with ham, hotdog, spam, heated beans, kimchi and gochujang. The dish was made not long after the cease-fire that finished the Korean War, utilizing the searched or pirated surplus nourishments from the U. S. armed force bases.

 After the Korean War, food was scant in South Korea. Individuals staying around U. S. armed force bases, in the Uijeongbu, Pyeongtaek, and Munsan territories utilized excess nourishments from armed force bases, generally prepared meat items, altogether known as budae-gogi (부대고기; "armed force base meat, for example, ham, franks, and Spam, alongside canned heated beans. It is said that budae-jjigae started as a rich pan-seared tidbit made of frankfurters, ham, cabbages and onions to go with makgeolli (overcast rice wine), yet later on, anchovy stock enhanced with gochujang and kimchi was added to make the stew that is appreciated today. The fixings were frequently rummaged or pirated through an underground market, as American items were not legitimately available to Koreans.