From Parasite · 2019 · Reconstructed
Ram-Don (Jjapaguri with Hanwoo Steak)
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Chung-sook gets the call mid-crisis and has the noodles boiling before she's even fully explained who's asking
In the movie
Theatrical
- 01:15:57 Yeon-kyo calls from the train home and asks Chung-sook to make ram-don for Da-song, who's camping in the yard — the family scrambles to cook and hide at the same time
Jjapaguri is a common, cheap comfort food in Korea — two instant noodle brands combined into one bowl. The film's twist is Yeon-kyo's casual instruction to add Hanwoo beef, one of the most expensive meats in the world, turning a college-dorm dish into a rich family's afterthought. Chung-sook makes it while the rest of the Kim family is hiding under a coffee table two rooms away, which is the whole film in one scene: instant noodles, upgraded past recognition, served without a hint of what it took to get it to the table.
Ingredients
Method
- Season the steak cubes with salt and pepper and sear them hot in a dry pan with the oil until well browned on all sides. Set aside.
- Boil both packs of noodles together in a pot of water for about 4 minutes, one minute short of the package instructions.
- Reserve about 1/2 cup of the cooking water, then drain the noodles.
- Return the noodles to the pot off heat. Add both flavor packets, the reserved cooking water, and the oil from the Chapagetti packet. Toss to coat.
- Fold in the seared steak, plate, and scatter scallions on top. Serve immediately — this dish doesn't wait.
Substitutions
- Hanwoo beef: genuine Hanwoo is nearly impossible to source outside Korea and extremely expensive when it is available. Any well-marbled sirloin or ribeye gets you the same idea — the point of the scene is that an ordinary instant noodle dish gets an extravagant cut of beef added to it, not the specific breed.
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