Korean Cuisine - Spicy tofu soup

I haven't been cooking for quite some time since my mom was here for the holidays.  She was always in the kitchen cooking.  Not that I wasn't happy.  I love her cooking :).  But now that she's not here I find myself looking at recipes that are easy to cook and prepare.

For the past two weeks I've made some things that were interesting.  I've made a couple of Korean dishes - one a dessert/ snack, and another is a soup.  Today I  made a chicken dish.

bulgogi

When my mom was here we went to a Korean supermarket and ate at their food court.  We got their ever popular bulgogi which was large enough for two and a tofu soup which we've never had before.  But since every stall had their own version of this tofu soup we had to try it.  Too bad I didn't snap a photo of it.


The soup was really good that I decided to try it myself.  I searched for a good recipe that I could follow.  I finally decided on Maangchi's Soondubu Jigae (hot and spicy tofu stew).  I used clams for the seafood (the canned ones).  I had dried kelp in the pantry but decided to use just my seasoned seaweed Gohan Desuyo which was already opened.   It worked out pretty well.  It was initially pretty spicy but by the next day it had mellowed because the tofu had absorbed the spiciness.

my tofu soup

I'm definitely going to try again with more seafood.