Jangjorim

Name: Jangjorim
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 500g beef brisket or eye of round; 6 hard-boiled eggs or 15 quail eggs, peeled; 120ml soy sauce; 3 tbsp sugar or rice syrup; 10 whole garlic cloves; 3 shishito or green chillies

장조림/JAHNG-joh-rim/

Also known as: Soy Braised Beef, Korean Beef in Soy Sauce, Jang Jorim

About this dish

Beef simmered in sweet soy sauce with garlic, chillies and boiled eggs, then shredded and stored as a side dish.

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Ingredients

🥩500g beef brisket or eye of round

🥚6 hard-boiled eggs or 15 quail eggs, peeled

🫙120ml soy sauce

🍬3 tbsp sugar or rice syrup

🧄10 whole garlic cloves

🌶️3 shishito or green chillies

Method

Serves 4

Simmer the beef in water with onion and ginger for 40 minutes until tender, keeping the broth.

Add the soy sauce, sugar and garlic to the broth.

Add the eggs and simmer for 15 minutes, turning them so they colour evenly.

Add the chillies for the last 5 minutes.

Shred the beef by hand and store everything in the sauce. Serve cold or warm with rice.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Jangjorim is a long-keeping banchan in Korean homes and a lunchbox favourite, often made with quail eggs.

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