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Patjuk is a Korean porridge made by simmering red beans, usually adzuki beans, and combining the strained or mashed beans with rice or another starch. A well-known version contains small glutinous-rice balls called saealsim. The dish is traditionally eaten on Dongji, the winter solstice, when its re...
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Culturally important Korean winter porridge with deep adzuki flavor and comforting warmth; thick texture and restrained sweetness divide diners.
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Patjuk is a Korean juk, or porridge, made primarily from red beans and rice. It is especially associated with Dongji, the winter solstice, when the dish has traditionally been eaten during the season’s longest night. The red color of the beans was believed to repel harmful spirits, and some versions...
