jjigae

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 찌개 (jjigae), from 찌 (jji-, “to steam”) +‎ 개 (-gae, suffix denoting something small associated with an action).

Noun

jjigae (uncountable)

1. A Korean stew, typically made with meat, seafood or vegetables in a seasoned broth and served boiling hot.
   • 2024 September 25, Jane Lee, “‘Jjigae is comfort food of the highest order’: my obsession with cooking Korea’s best-loved soups”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     This was where my obsession with jjigae began. I set out to learn how to make not only this gateway jjigae, but all of the most popular jjigae of Korean cuisine: sundubu jjigae, kimchi jiigae^[sic], gochujang jjigae and doenjang jjigae. Chicken soup may be for the soul, but jjigae is comfort food of the highest order.

Related terms

• budae jjigae
• doenjang-jjigae

Translations

a Korean stew

• Japanese: チゲ (chige)
• Korean: 찌개 (ko) (jjigae)
• Russian: ччигэ́ n (ččigɛ́), чиге́ n (čigé)