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Spicy Beef Stew a la House of Kimchi

Fifteen years after publishing my first beef stew a la House of Kimchi recipe, here comes the fifth version. We simply can’t get enough of this sweet and spicy stew with fork tender beef cubes. And the sauce is so tasty you’ll want to toss your rice in it!

Spicy Korean-style beef stew garnished with scallions and sesame seeds

For those of you who are not familiar with this dish, let me just make it clear that this might not be a traditional Korean dish at all. Most probably, it is Filipino-Korean — an adaptation (or an interpretation) of a version of Korean beef stew by a fantastic cook at the House of Kimchi at the Ali Mall Food Court in Quezon City. That was decades ago.

As of today, according to Google, there are establishments called House of Kimchi but I am not sure if these are reincarnations of the Ali Mall House of Kimchi or if they are just using the “House of Kimchi” name because of the reputation it has built.

Spicy Beef Stew a la House of Kimchi

Recipe by Connie Veneracion
This is a deconstructed recipe. That means the beef stew was cooked based on how we remember the flavors and textures of the original.
The recipe is not much different from the fourth version except that we used a slow cooker this time. That means we didn't have to let the stew sit in the fridge overnight to allow the flavors to blend better. Slow cooking for seven hours made that unnecessary.
Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 7 hrs 15 mins
Total Time 7 hrs 30 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Asian Fusion
Servings 6 people
Spicy beef stew a la House of Kimchi (deconstructed recipe)
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Equipment

  • Slow Cooker

Ingredients
  

Beef

  • cooking oil
  • 1 ½ kilograms stewing beef (short ribs, brisket, crest or shank, or a combination of two or more of these cuts)
  • 6 cups bone broth

Spices

  • 6 to 8 cloves garlic
  • 2 shallots or 1 whole red onion
  • 2 thumb-sized pieces ginger rinsed, scrubbed, and sliced (no need to peel)
  • ½ teaspoon whole black peppercorns
  • 4 to 5 bird’s eye chilies
  • 2 bay leaves

Seasonings

  • 3 tablespoons gochujang (Korean chili paste) (the amount depends on how hot you want the dish)
  • 6 tablespoons soy sauce
  • ¼ cup white sugar (or more, if you have a sweet tooth)
  • 1 tablespoon rice vinegar

Garnish

  • finely sliced scallions
  • toasted sesame seeds

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Instructions
 

  • Rinse the beef, pat dry with a kitchen towel and cut into two-inch cubes.
    Beef short ribs cut into cubes
  • Heat and brush a non-stick frying pan with oil and lay the beef cubes in a single layer.
  • Brown the undersides of the beef before turning them to brown all sides.
    Browning beef short ribs in frying pan
  • Transfer the browned beef cubes to the slow cooker and pour in the broth.
    Pouring broth over browned beef short ribs in slow cooker
  • Add the ginger, shallots (or red onion) chilies, garlic, peppercorns and bay leaves.
    Adding ginger, shallot, chilies, garlic and bay leaves to beef and broth in slow cooker
  • Stir in the gochujang, sugar, soy sauce and rice vinegar.
    Adding gochujang (Korean chili paste), sugar, soy sauce and rice vinegar to beef and broth in slow cooker
  • Cover the slow cooker, turn on HIGH and cook for two hours.
    Slow cooker spicy Korean-style beef stew
  • Turn down the heat to LOW and cook for another five hours (see notes after the recipe).
  • Scoop out the beef, transfer to shallow bowls, ladle in the thin sauce, and sprinkle with sliced scallions and toasted sesame seeds.
  • Serve with rice. Optionally, serve the thin sauce on the side as broth.

Notes

About an hour before the cooking time is up, taste the cooking liquid and adjust the seasonings. You may want to add more soy sauce (or salt to prevent the stew from turning too dark) or sugar, or both.
The recipes published in 2006, 2009, 2017 and 2020 have been retired.
Keyword Beef Stew
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