Weekend Cooking 59th at Travelers Planet Hostel[Hostel in Hongdae, Seoul, Korea]

We made " tteok guk” for our guests at Travelers Planet Hostel Common area which is 4th floor!!!

I think the real key to this soup is making a clear, delicious broth, which takes some care and attention to do. But overall this is a very easy recipe to make.

Often, Koreans add mandu (Korean dumplings) to tteokguk, in which case the soup is called tteok-manduguk. You can use any kind of mandu in the soup

Why don’t you make a resolution to try tteokguk on new year’s day, and let me know how it turns out :)

* Ingredient
- 600g white rice cake
- 300g beef (brisket·shank), 1.6kg (8 cups) water
- fragrant seasoning : 20g green onion, 10 g garlic
- seasoning sauce : 3g clear soy sauce, 1.1g (¼ tsp) minced green onion, 1.4g (¼ tsp) minced garlic, - 0.1g black pepper
- 6g (1 tsp) clear soy sauce, 6g (1½ tsp) salt
-20g green onion, 60g (1 ea) egg, 1g shred red pepper

* Ingredient preparation
1. Clean blood of beef with cotton cloths. Wash the fragrant seasoning cleanly.
2. Put the beef and water in the pot, heat it up for 7 min. on high heat. When it boils, lower the heat to medium, simmer it for 30 min. Add the fragrant seasoning, simmer it for another 30 min.
3. Shred the white rice cake 4cm-long, 0.2cm-thick diagonally.
4. Wash the green onion and cut it into 2cm-long lengthwise diagonally.
5. Pan-fry eggs for yellow/white garnish and cut into 2cm of diaper shape.
6. Cut the shred red pepper into 2cm-long.

* Recipe
1. Filter the simmered broth (1.4kg) through cotton cloths, rip up the beef along with the texture (160g).
2. Pour the broth in the pot, heat it up for 5 min. on high heat. When it boils, add the sliced rice cake, boil for 3 min. When the rice cake float on the surface, season with clear soy sauce and salt, add green onion, bring it to a boil once more.
3. Dip up the soup in a bowl, garnish with beef (80g), egg and shred red pepper.


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