{"id":12736,"date":"2018-10-19T08:30:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T15:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kimchimari.com\/?p=12736"},"modified":"2023-01-14T20:38:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T04:38:38","slug":"gamjatang-pork-bone-stew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimchimari.com\/gamjatang-pork-bone-stew\/","title":{"rendered":"Gamjatang (Spicy Pork Bone Stew with Potatoes)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gamjatang is a wonderfully hearty and spicy Korean stew made with pork neck bones and potatoes. It’s a great frugal meal that Koreans enjoyed especially during the cold season. BTW, if you cannot get pork neck bones, you can just use pork ribs and it will still be delicious.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Gamjatang \uac10\uc790\ud0d5 (Korean Pork Neck Bone Stew) is a dish that was not really common in Seoul when I was growing up. The first time I had it was when my nephew DW was fulfilling his military duties in Korea and my husband and I visited him. My nephew loves to eat (must run in the family) and his request was to eat 2 meals within 5 hrs of his time off with us!!<\/p>\n

His 1st request was to eat Gamjatang for lunch and then 2nd was to have Jjajangmyeon and Tangsuyuk (Sweet and Sour Pork) for dinner. And after the early dinner, he wanted to take a box of pizza back to his unit so he could share with his buddies.<\/p>\n

In between these meals, we sat in a coffee shop, waiting for our stomach to digest and waiting anxiously, wondering if things would be digested in time for another meal!!!\u00a0 Yesss.. it did. Can you tell that our family loves to eat?? \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 I can’t believe that he is now a proud father of very cute two boys — I feel OLD… \ud83d\ude2d<\/p>\n

History of Gamjatang<\/h2>\n

Gamjatang originates from Korea’s Jeolla province and the history dates back to the Three Kingdoms<\/a> (57 BC to 668 AD) when Jeolla people raised hogs for food. As you can imagine, hog neck bones were not a very highly sought after part of the animal and thus was something the commoner could easily make a meal out of.<\/p>\n

Why is it called Gamjatang? What’s in the name?<\/h2>\n

Many think it’s called Gamjatang because Gamja \uac10\uc790 means Potato in Korean and there are potatoes in this stew. But consensus is, that’s not really why. There is a part of the hog’s back bone that’s called Gamja and then the hog’s spinal cord is also called Gamja. So the name most likely originated from the fact that the back or neck bone along with perhaps the spinal cord was all cooked together in this yummy stew.<\/p>\n

Cook’s tips on How to Make best Gamjatang (Pork Bone Stew)<\/h2>\n