Friday, December 28, 2012

Cabbage and soy bean paste soup (baechu doenjangguk)

Cabbage and soy bean paste soup (baechu doenjangguk)
Korean Soup Ingredients:
  • 700 grams of Napa cabbage (half of a medium size napa cabbage),
  • 1/3 cup soy bean paste,
  • 10 dried anchovies,
  • 6 cups of water,
  • 1 green chili pepper,
  • 5-6 cloves of garlic,
  • 2 tbs flour.
Korean Soup Instructions:

    First of all put about 700 grams of Napa cabbage directly into boiling water and stir it with a large spoon for 20 seconds. xt is to boil it for a minute with the lid open. And then rinse it in cold water a couple of times to clean any remaining dirt from the cabbage leaves. Gently squeeze the leaves to get rid of any remaining water.
Chop the cabbage into small pieces and put them into a large pot.
Add 1/3 cup soy bean paste, 5-6 cloves minced garlic, 1 chopped green chili pepper, 10 large dried anchovies (after removing heads and guts), and 2 tbs flour to the pot.
Mix it by hand or a wooden spoon.
Add 6 cups of water and bring to a boil for 20 minutes over medium high heat.
Lower the heat and simmer another 10 minutes.
Serve hot with rice and other side dishes. Enjoy the soup ! Hot !

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Korean Soup : Ddeok guk (Rice cake soup)


Korean Soup : Ddeok guk (Rice cake soup)
Korean Soup Ingredients:
  • 1/2 cup ddeokguk ddeok (thin sliced rice cake)
  • 1/4 cup myeolchi (dried anchovy),
  • 6 cups water
  • 2 green onions,
  • chopped,
  • 4 oz beef, thin julienne
  • 1 egg, mixed,
  • 2 sheets seasoned gim (dried seaweed), crushed
  • 1/4 tsp soy sauce,
  • 1/4 tsp sesame oil,
  • 1/8 tsp sugar
  • 1/8 tsp pepper,
  • 1/8 tsp minced garlic,
  • 1/4 tsp salt
Korean Soup Instructions

Put ddeok gook ddeok (thin sliced rice cake) in a cold water for 30 minutes.
Marinate beef in a soy sauce, sesame oil, pepper, sugar and minced garlic.
Saute beef.
Set aside.
In a pot, add cold water and myeol chi (dried anchovy), bring to a boil, reduce to simmer for 5 minute.
Take out myeol chi (dried anchovy).
Add ddeok gook ddeok (thin sliced rice cake), bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium.
Cook for 10- 15 minutes until tender.
Add green onions.
Pour the egg in a little at a time.
Let the egg set, then stir.
(If you stir right after egg in, the broth gets milky.)
Garnish with sauteed beef and some gim.
Korean-dumpling-soup.

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Korean Dumpling Soup


Korean Dumpling Soup
Korean Soup Ingredients
  • 6 cups of water and either a can of beef broth or beef stock paste to make beef stock
  • 1 Tbs of soy sauce for soup(kook ganjang),
  • salt,
  • 1 chopped green onion,
  • 1 chopped chilly pepper,
  • soy sauce with a drop of vinegar

Korean Soup Instructions :

1. Boil beef stock in a big pot.
2. Put salt and soy sauce for soup.
3. Put frozen dumplings (4-5 dumplings per person) and chopped green onions and chilly pepper when beef stock starts to boil.
4. Boil for about 3 to 4 minutes, and check if dumplings are floating.
5. Serve soup with soy sauce on the side (for dumplings).