What is Jjigae?
{{Infobox Korean name |img=Korean.cuisine-Dubu.jjigae-01.jpg |imgwidth=180 |caption=''Dubu jjigae'' (Korean tofu stew) |hangul=찌개 |rr=jjigae |mr=tchigae }} '''Jjigae''' (찌개) is a Korean food. if you compare jjigae to a Western food, you can think of it as being similar to soup and stew. There are many different kinds of ''jjigae''. Koreans love and enjoy a food. People usually enjoy eating rice with jjigae. However, it is usually made with [[meat]], [[seafood]] or [[vegetables]] in a [[wikt:broth|broth]] flavored with ''[[gochujang]]'', ''[[doenjang]]'', or [[soy sauce|''ganjang'']].<ref name=jjigaenaver>{{Cite web |url= http://100.naver.com/100.nhn?docid=144323 |title= 네이버 백과사전 |work= naver.com |accessdate= 28 August 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ''Jjigae'' can also be well seasoned with red [[chili pepper]] and served boiling hot. A Korean meal almost always includes either a ''jjigae'' or a ''guk'' (국, soup).<ref name=jjigaenaver/> In the [[Joseon Dynasty]] ''jjigae'' was called ''jochi''.<ref>[http://100.nate.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=K&i=249445&v=42 Jjigae] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610003102/http://100.nate.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=K&i=249445&v=42 |date=2011-06-10 }} at Nate Encyclopedia</ref> Guk and Tang have a lot of water and little stuff, so they belong to basic food like rice, but jjigae is mostly treated as a side dish. == Type of jjigae == Different kinds of ''jjigae'' are often called according to their main [[wikt:ingredient|ingredients]] such as ''saengseon jjigae'' (생선찌개). [[Kimchi]]-jjigae(김치찌개) : One of the most representative jjigaes in Korea. It is a spicy jjigae made with Kimchi, meat and tofu.Other types of Kimchi may be added to your [[taste]]. Soybean-jjigae(된장찌개) : As a representative jjigae in Korea, it is mentioned with Kimchi-jjigae. It is jjigae made with tofu or mushrooms with [[soybean]] paste. Ingredients may change depending on the season. Gochujang-jjigae(고추장찌개) : It is a j