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Potato Jjim
🇰🇷 Korean

Potato Jjim

🇰🇷 Korean

Braised potato in a glossy soy-reduction with potatoes — deep, sweet-savoury jjim. Ready in 60 minutes including prep.

Prep 15 min Cook 45 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

  • Honey1 tbsp
  • Saltto taste
  • Garlic2, halved and sliced
  • Ginger4 cloves, crushed
  • Potato4
  • Bay Leaf2
  • Soy Sauce4 tbsp
  • Sesame Oil2 tbsp
  • Stock or Broth500 ml
  • Gochugaru1 tsp

Optional extras

  • Perilla Leaveshandful, to finish

Instructions

  1. 1

    Brown the potato deeply in the Sesame Oil in a heavy pot — patience here pays off later.

  2. 2

    Remove it, then let the garlic and ginger soften in the drippings with the gochugaru.

  3. 3

    Return the potato, add the stock and bay leaves, and bring to the gentlest simmer.

  4. 4

    Cover and braise low and slow until the potato yields to a spoon, about 45 minutes.

  5. 5

    Skim the fat, reduce the sauce to a glaze, and serve with something starchy to catch every drop.

Chef's tip

Skim the fat from the surface before the final reduction for a cleaner sauce.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Braised potatoes | Gamja Jorim 감자조림 | Korean potato side Dish · on YouTube