Korean Rice Cake Soup (Duk Guk)
Enjoy this recipe for Korean Duk Guk, a soup filled with soft Korean rice cakes (duk), that is always eaten on New Year's Day.
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- Cooking:
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- Serves: 4 persons
Ingredients
- 1lb Korean duk (flat oval rice cakes)
- 4cups broth (beef, anchovy, or chicken)
- 2cups water
- Soy sauce (to taste)
- Pepper (to taste)
- 2eggs (cooked in a thin omelet and sliced into thin strips)
- 1to 2 dried seaweed sheets (roasted and cut into thin slices)
- Garnish: scallions
Instructions
Step 1
Gather the ingredients.Step 2
Soak rice cakes in cold water for about 20 minutes. Rinse and reserve.Step 3
Bring broth and water to a boil and add a tablespoon of soy sauce. Season with pepper.Step 4
Add rice cakes and lower the heat to a simmer. Cook rice cakes until tender, for about 10 minutes.Step 5
Taste for saltiness and add more soy sauce if needed. Ladle into individual bowls.Step 6
Add strips of egg and seaweed. Garnish with scallions.Step 7
Enjoy hot.