Korean Food: New Year Soup (TteokGuk=떡국) Recipe Video
Korean people celebrate the Lunar New Year, and this soup is the main dish for that holiday meal.
Ingredients
| Main ingredients: | ||
| Rice cakes | 3 Cup (48 tbs), sliced | |
| Beef brisket | 5 Ounce | |
| Green onion | 1 Large, chopped | |
| Eggs | 2 Large | |
| Roasted seaweed | 2 , cut into 1/2-inch pieces (For the topping) | |
| Salt | 2 Pinch (For the eggs) | |
| Beef broth ingredients: | ||
| Salt | 1 Tablespoon (For the rice cakes and the broth) | |
| Water | 7 Cup (112 tbs) | |
| Garlic cloves | 3 Medium | |
| Green onion | 1 Large | |
| Onion | 1⁄4 Large | |
| Peppercorns | 8 | |
| Beef seasoning ingredients: | ||
| Soy sauce | 1 1⁄2 Teaspoon | |
| Sesame oil | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Green onion | 1 Tablespoon, chopped finely | |
| Minced garlic | 1⁄2 Teaspoon | |
| Black pepper | 1 Pinch | |
Directions
MAKING
1. To make the broth take a pan add water and beef along with all the ingredients for the broth. Boil for about 45 minutes on a medium high heat. Occasionally remove the foam formed on the surface of the broth.
2. Meanwhile to make the egg topping, separate the egg white and the egg yolk of the 2 eggs and add a pinch of salt to each of them.
3. Heat a pan and pour some oil and wipe the pan with a paper towel and reduce the temperature to medium heat. Fry the egg yolk and the egg white separately and cut them into thin strips.
4. After 45 minutes the broth will be reduced to half the quantity. Remove the cooked beef from the broth and put it aside. drain the broth and discard the spices from the broth.
5. In a pan with the broth, add the rice cakes. Cook for 10 to 15 minutes until the rice cakes are soft enough. Add salt.
6. Meanwhile to make the beef topping, cut the cooked beef into thin pieces or tear/shred it into pieces. Take a bowl, add the beef along with all the ingredients for the beef seasoning and mix well.
7. When the rice cakes are almost cooked add one chopped green onion. Cook for 2 more minutes and then turn off the heat.
FINALIZING
8. Take a bowl and pour some rice cake soup into it. Add the egg, beef and seaweed toppings on top of the soup.
SERVING
9. Serve warm and the toppings are to be mixed with the soup to enjoy the flavor.
1. To make the broth take a pan add water and beef along with all the ingredients for the broth. Boil for about 45 minutes on a medium high heat. Occasionally remove the foam formed on the surface of the broth.
2. Meanwhile to make the egg topping, separate the egg white and the egg yolk of the 2 eggs and add a pinch of salt to each of them.
3. Heat a pan and pour some oil and wipe the pan with a paper towel and reduce the temperature to medium heat. Fry the egg yolk and the egg white separately and cut them into thin strips.
4. After 45 minutes the broth will be reduced to half the quantity. Remove the cooked beef from the broth and put it aside. drain the broth and discard the spices from the broth.
5. In a pan with the broth, add the rice cakes. Cook for 10 to 15 minutes until the rice cakes are soft enough. Add salt.
6. Meanwhile to make the beef topping, cut the cooked beef into thin pieces or tear/shred it into pieces. Take a bowl, add the beef along with all the ingredients for the beef seasoning and mix well.
7. When the rice cakes are almost cooked add one chopped green onion. Cook for 2 more minutes and then turn off the heat.
FINALIZING
8. Take a bowl and pour some rice cake soup into it. Add the egg, beef and seaweed toppings on top of the soup.
SERVING
9. Serve warm and the toppings are to be mixed with the soup to enjoy the flavor.
Editors Review
Like all other cultures, the Koreans too have many foods associated with their New Year. This soup is one of the traditional foods that are found on the table on the Korean Holiday! Koreans love to gather with their families and enjoy a bowl of this steaming hot and nourishing soup Tteokguk. Watch this video to learn how to make this thick white, Korean rice cake soup. Aeri shows us her family’s version of this soup, which she learnt from her mother. Though it looks like a complicated dish, it is very simplChef
