Doenjang Cabbage Noodles
Familiar spaghetti is tossed with crisp cabbage and a rich bold sauce that will make pasta night just a little different.
Doenjang Cabbage Noodles
Serves 4
Inspired by a bowl of doenjang guk and Seonkyoung Longest, this is sure to become a family favorite.
Ingredients
500g (1 lb) spaghetti or linguini
2 T butter, separated – 1 T cut into smaller pieces and kept cold
275g (a little more than .5 lb) white cabbage, cut into 1 in chunks
200g (a little less than .5 lb) ground meat of your choice, optional
100g (1/2 medium) onion, sliced thinly with the grain
5g (1 t) ginger, minced
5 garlic cloves, minced
.5 t black pepper
.25 t kosher salt
Sauce
5 T doenjang
2 T soy sauce
2 T mirin
1 T gochujang
1 T sake or soju
1 t fish sauce
Recipe Know-how
1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add enough salt to season well.
2. In a small bowl, combine sauce ingredients. Set aside.
Begin cooking pasta
You want to time the beginning of cooking the sauce so that the pasta is 2/3 cooked based on package directions by the time it is added to the saute pan.
3. Heat a large sauté pan over medium high. Add 1 T butter, allowing it to melt and become foamy.
Add the onion, ginger and garlic, and cook for 2-3 minutes or until the onions begin to just soften.
Add the ground meat, salt and pepper. Cook until the meat is no longer pink.
Add the cabbage cook 1-2 minutes or until just beginning to wilt.
Add sauce and cook a further 2-3 minutes
4. Using tongs, add pasta to the sauce along with 1/3 c pasta water.
Add butter. Continually toss pasta while shaking the pan to create a silky sauce.
If more pasta water is needed to make a creamy sauce that coats all of the noodles add it 1 T at a time.
5. Serve.