10/12 Doenjang

DIALOG>> Doenjang chigae is a very common Korean stew.

It smells nice in here.

It's a very common stew in Korea.

It is thicker than miso soup.

The base for the broth is a soybean paste called doenjang.
* base: 기본 원료, 맛을 내는 기본 성분.
* broth: thick soup made by boiling meat or fish and vegetables in water
ex> Doenjang is used as the base for the broth.


RESPONSE>> Talk about how doenjang is made and used.

Doenjang is fermented soybean paste.
ex> Alcohol is made from fermented ingredients.
ex> Kimchi is healthy, fermented dish.

Doenjang is also used as a dipping sauce.
ex> I like to have veggies with ranch dipping sauce.

People used to make doenjang at home.
ex> I know how to make beer at home.

The first step is to boil soybeans and grind them in a mortar.
* grind: 갈다, 빻다. 빻은 가루
* mortar: a mixture of sand, water, lime and cement used in building for holding bricks and stones together, 맷돌, 절구, 분쇄기

The grinds are made into bricks called mae-joo.
* brick: 벽돌

The bricks are then dried in the open air and sun.
* in the open air: 야외에서
ex> The meat tastes better cooked in the open air.

After that, they are stored in clay jars.
ex> My old clothes are stored in boxes.

Here the mae-joo is fermented more in brine.
* brine [bráin]: very salty water, used especially for preserving food

In the end, the liquid becomes soy sauce while the solid part becomes doenjang.


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1. Boil the noodles with the soup base.
2. My grandmother used to make kimchi at home.
3. Squid is dried in the open air for a few days.
4. I don't really like fermented foods.