Food Detective / South Korea / Kongbiji-jjigae
Kongbiji-jjigae (ground soybean stew) · 콩비지찌개
콩비지찌개 · Kongbiji-jjigae
A thick stew of ground soaked soybeans (or the soy pulp left from making tofu). Common recipes add kimchi and pork and use an anchovy-kelp stock.
- Kind
- Soup & stew, Vegetables & plant-based
- Cooking
- In broth, Boiled
- Taste
- Creamy, Filling meal · Not spicy
- Served · texture
- Hot · Thick, soft and porridge-like
INGREDIENTS
Ingredients, including hidden ones
- Main ingredient
- Tofu & soy
- Usually included
- Vegetables
- Varies by region or shop
- Pork, Fish stock / bonito flakes, Shrimp paste, salted or dried shrimp
- Can be in the sauce or broth
- Fish sauce
- Recipes often include pork, anchovy stock and salted shrimp — not vegan unless the shop confirms.
- Made with kimchi, which is usually prepared with salted seafood (jeotgal) or fish sauce.
Basis: General recipe. Shops differ and unlisted ingredients can be present; this is not an allergy guarantee.
CHAINS
Which chain, which menu item
Prices in local currency (KRW).
No chain with a confirmed menu item yet. Find restaurants on Google Maps ↗
“Signature” is used only when the brand itself says so. No sales ranking is invented, and no dish is judged tastier than another.
PRICE GUIDE
General price guide · One bowl
- Budget
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- Typical
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- Premium
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Separate from chain menu prices. Premium reflects setting and service, not a rip-off.
ORDERING
Phrases to show when ordering
- 새우는 빼 주세요
- Please leave out shrimp (saeu-neun ppae-juseyo)
- 해산물은 빼 주세요
- Please leave out seafood (haesanmul-eun ppae-juseyo)
- 멸치 육수나 액젓이 들어가나요?
- Is there anchovy broth or fish sauce in it? (myeolchi yuksu-na aekjeot-i deureoganayo?)
- 돼지고기는 못 먹어요
- I can’t eat pork (dwaeji-gogi-neun mot meogeoyo)
- 소고기는 못 먹어요
- I can’t eat beef (so-gogi-neun mot meogeoyo)
- 계란은 빼 주세요
- Please leave out egg (gyeran-eun ppae-juseyo)
- 견과류 알레르기가 있어요
- I’m allergic to nuts (gyeongwaryu allereugi-ga isseoyo)
- 안 맵게 해 주세요
- Not spicy, please (an maepge hae-juseyo)
- 알레르기가 있어요
- I have an allergy (allereugi-ga isseoyo) — then say the ingredient
A request, not a guarantee the ingredient can be removed.