Stewed Black Beans (Kong Jaban)
Kongjang (콩장), also called kongjaban (콩ìžë°˜), is a sweet and savory soybean side dish. On weekends, I try to make a few side dishes, banchan (반찬), to help make my weeknight meal preparations easier. During the week, I make a quick soup, stew, or meat dish and serve it with the pre-made side dishes.
We call those side dishes that are made to last long and served with every meal over several days (or weeks) mitbanchan (밑반찬), meaning basic side dishes. There are a number of them, ranging from stir-fried dried anchovies to pickled perilla leaves. We grew up on these mitbanchan dishes. They were a big part of every meal, including home-packed school lunch boxes.
Kongjang is one of the most common ones. It’s typically made with black soybeans, but you can also make it with yellow soybeans. The soaked beans should be cooked in water first before you add the sugar and soy sauce for slow braising. This will keep the beans from getting too hard. Cooking in an open pot helps reduce the liquid and gives the kongjang beans their unique shiny and wrinkled look.
- Preparing Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Served Person: 4
vegan
vegetarian
white meat free
tree nut free
nut free
contains gluten
red meat free
shellfish free
dairy free
pescatarian
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 cups water
- 1/2 tsp sesame oil
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp sesame seeds
- 1 cup dried black beans
- 5 tbsp caster sugar
- Carbohydrate 60.3124516924501 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Fat 2.10876833334444 g
- Fiber 11.4399165668579 g
- Protein 16.9558000093165 g
- Saturated Fat 0.386315833327171 g
- Serving Size 1 1 Serving (380g)
- Sodium 18.96983336018 mg
- Sugar 48.8725351255923 g
- Trans Fat 0.396660833656756 g
- Calories 310 calories
1. Clean the black beans and cook in a pressure cooker with 2 cups (500ml) water for 20 minutes over the medium heat and drain in a colander. 2. Combine soya sauce, sugar and salt in a medium pot. Cook until the sugar dissolves, about 5 minutes. Add the black beans and cook another 7 minutes and turn off the heat. Add the sesame seeds and sesame oil and mix well.
