How To Make Yukgaejang (Spicy beef and vegetable soup)
Yukgaejang is a Korean spicy soup with beef and vegetables. This rich dish is smoky and filled with lots of nutritious veggies.
Prep:
45 mins
Total:
45 mins
Ingredients
For Soup:
- 1 lb beef brisket, cut into several pieces along the grain 3 inch long, soaked in cold water for 10 to 20 minutes, washed, and drained
- 4 pcs dried shiitake mushrooms
- 1 pc medium onion, cut in half
- 3 cup mung bean sprouts, (you can grow your own!), washed and strained
- 4 pcs large green onions, (dae-pa)
- 2 cup gosari, soaked or fresh, cut into 2½ inch long pieces
- 8 cloves garlic, minced
For Sauce:
- ¼ cup Korean hot pepper flakes (gochugaru)
- 1 tbsp kosher salt
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
- 1 tbsp olive oil, or any cooking oil
Instructions
- In a large pot, bring 3 quarts (12 cups) of water to a boil. Add the beef along with the dried shiitake mushrooms and the onion.
- Cook for 1 hour over medium high heat.
- Combine the sauce ingredients in a bowl and mix it well.
- Cover with plastic wrap and set aside.
- Put the mung bean sprouts, green onions, gosari, and garlic in a large bowl
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1 hour later, check the beef. Take a sample chunk and split it with fingers or fork. If it splits nicely, it’s done. If it’s a little tough to split, let it cook for 10 more minutes. As stock boils off, maintain about 10 cups’ worth, so add some water.
- When it’s done, remove the beef, onion, and mushrooms with a slotted strainer.
- Let the beef and mushrooms cool down and discard the cooked onion.
- Mix the vegetables with the seasoning sauce by hand until well incorporated. Add to the boiling stock.
- Cover and cook 20 minutes over medium high heat until the vegetables are cooked through and tender, but not mushy.
- Slice the mushrooms and pull the beef apart into strips. Add to the boiling soup and cook another 10 minutes.
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Remove from the heat, ladle and serve. Prepare a small bowl of salt on the table, for anyone who wants to add some. Serve with rice and side dishes.
Nutrition
- Sugar: 3g
- :
- Calcium: 30mg
- Calories: 276kcal
- Carbohydrates: 8g
- Cholesterol: 70mg
- Fat: 16g
- Fiber: 2g
- Iron: 3mg
- Monounsaturated Fat: 8g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g
- Potassium: 543mg
- Protein: 27g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Sodium: 2091mg
- Vitamin A: 27IU
- Vitamin C: 12mg
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