OT: The Avalounge: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb [Special Edition]

[Alex Jones]

Veggie stock, ginger, chili, garlic and fish sauce should do the trick.

I wouldn't really recommend going that route, I would suggest making a base out of korean chili flakes & chili paste, along with some garlic and pepper. I personally wouldn't use fish sauce, I'd use anchovy stock. This is mainly for jjigae, obviously other types of soup would require other types of bases.

 

[Alex Jones]

If you don't really have any good ingredients honestly I've seen people (myself) use the power from shin ramen before as a base.

 

[UncleRisto]

I wouldn't really recommend going that route, I would suggest making a base out of korean chili flakes & chili paste, along with some garlic and pepper. I personally wouldn't use fish sauce, I'd use anchovy stock. This is mainly for jjigae, obviously other types of soup would require other types of bases.

I see. The chili stuff works for me. These things like different anchovy liquids is what's slowing me down though, lots of weird specific stuff to buy.

 

[Alex Jones]

I see. The chili stuff works for me. These things like different anchovy liquids is what's slowing me down though, lots of weird specific stuff to buy.

I would literally just make it from the little dried anchovies and seaweed.

 

[UncleRisto]

I would literally just make it from the little dried anchovies and seaweed.

Don't think there's dried anchovies in the supermarket across the street.

 

[Alex Jones]

Don't think there's dried anchovies in the supermarket across the street.

Go really, really light on the fish sauce if you choose to go that route. If you live by a korean market, I can provide you with translations/advice for stuff you may want to get there.