{"id":"ec6c2051-6936-454a-84b3-551d8484048a","url":"https://recipestripper.com/recipes/ec6c2051-6936-454a-84b3-551d8484048a","source_url":"https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023165-creamy-doenjang-pasta","title":"Creamy Doenjang Pasta","description":"Soybean pastes and noodles make good friends, as in Alexa Weibel’s five-ingredient creamy miso pasta. This version leans into the funkier, saltier flavor of doenjang, a Korean soybean paste whose pungency is an absolute pleasure in jjigaes, sauces and even bread made in a can. Here, doenjang is tempered by the natural sweetness of milk, which stars in many Korean takes on Italian pasta. The milk thickens as it mixes with the starchy noodles and creates a velvety sauce, one that tastes rich but measured, with a rounded cheesy quality. It will seem like a lot of liquid at first, but the milk will reduce. The finished pasta sauce will continue to thicken once it’s off the heat; add more pasta water if it starts to look dry.","servings":4,"servings_text":"4 servings","total_time":"PT30M","ingredients":[{"text":"Salt","item":"Salt"},{"text":"1 pound linguine, bucatini or spaghetti","item":"linguine, bucatini or spaghetti","quantity":1,"unit":"lb"},{"text":"2 cups whole milk","item":"whole milk","quantity":2,"unit":"cup"},{"text":"¼ cup doenjang (see Tip)","item":"doenjang","quantity":0.25,"unit":"cup","preparation":"see Tip"},{"text":"2 tablespoons mirin","item":"mirin","quantity":2,"unit":"tbsp"},{"text":"Freshly ground black pepper","item":"Freshly ground black pepper"},{"text":"¼ cup unsalted butter","item":"unsalted butter","quantity":0.25,"unit":"cup"},{"text":"Grated Parmesan, for serving","item":"Grated Parmesan, for serving"}],"instructions":[{"number":1,"text":"Bring a large, wide pot of lightly salted water to a boil over high. Cook the pasta until about 2 minutes shy of al dente (according to package instructions); it should still be a little uncooked in the center and will finish cooking in the sauce later. Reserve 1 cup of the pasta cooking water, drain the pasta and return it to the empty pot. While the pasta is cooking, pour the milk into a large liquid measuring cup or medium bowl. Whisk in the doenjang, mirin and a generous crack of black pepper until the doenjang dissolves."},{"number":2,"text":"To the pasta pot, add the butter, milk mixture and half of the pasta water. Bring to a simmer over high. Cook, stirring constantly and vigorously with a wooden spoon, until the sauce reduces and thickens significantly, coating the noodles like thin cream, 5 to 7 minutes. Taste and season with salt if needed."},{"number":3,"text":"Divide among plates. Top with as much grated Parmesan as you’d like and another crack of black pepper. Serve immediately."}],"date_published":"2026-10-29T23:51:19.329231+00:00","date_modified":"2026-10-29T23:51:19.329231+00:00"}