Jijimi

Jijimi
San-namul-jijimi, a jijimi made with san-namul (mountain vegetables)
TypeStew
Place of originKorea
Associated cuisineKorean cuisine
Similar dishesGuk, jjigae, jeongol
Korean name
Hangul
지짐이
RRjijimi
MRchijimi
IPA[tɕi.dʑi.mi]

Jijimi (Korean: 지짐이) is a type of Korean stew made by boiling meat, fish or vegetables. It is thicker than guk, but thinner than jjigae. Joseon mussang sinsik yori jebeop, the first color-printed Korean cookbook published in 1924, states that "Jijimi tastes better than guk, and jjigae tastes better than jijimi, being smaller in quantity and savorier."