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Sogogi-gamja-jorim (Beef and Potato Soy Braise)
Created by Chef Jeong-sun
Tender beef and large-cut potatoes simmered until the soy braise turns glossy and clings, a weeknight jorim made for rice, lunchboxes, and tomorrow's table.
Gamja-jorim was the lunchbox dish that made children trade, and the beef version meant someone in the house was being generous with the meat. It is not grand food. It is rice food: sweet-salty, glossy, sturdy enough to sit beside kimchi, egg, and a few greens without asking for attention.
The dish lives or dies by sequence. Beef needs time before the potato goes in, and potato needs to be cut larger than your hand wants to cut it. Small cubes collapse and cloud the sauce. Large chunks hold their corners, drink the soy, and still taste like potato. Let it taste like itself.
Notebook 18 says this much soy for this much beef and potato: 5 tablespoons ganjang (soy sauce), 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 tablespoon rice syrup, and no more. Too much sweetness turns jorim into candy, and too much soy makes the potato harsh. 손맛 is real, the hand-taste your grandmother trusted; I measure it anyway, so it can be handed on.
Ingredients
beef chuck or brisket
Quantity
450g
cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
waxy potatoes
Quantity
600g
peeled and cut into large 1 1/2-inch chunks
onion
Quantity
1/2 medium
thickly sliced
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| beef chuck or brisketcut into 1 1/2-inch pieces | 450g |
| waxy potatoespeeled and cut into large 1 1/2-inch chunks | 600g |
| onionthickly sliced | 1/2 medium |
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