Recipes of Korean soups are original dishes, having prepared which, you are guaranteed to surprise your family and friends. The main thing is that it is not difficult to bring them to life, and the dishes are very tasty and nutritious. We will talk about several noteworthy recipes in this article.
Kimchi ramen
The recipe for Korean kimchi ramen soup should be mastered by anyone who is familiar with the cuisine of this Asian country. We’ll warn you right away that it will take a little longer to cook it than for most of our familiar first courses. But believe me, it's worth it.
For this recipe for Korean soup, we need:
- 900 grams of chicken (take a half-carcass or back with a breast immediately);
- 200 grams of carrots;
- 200 grams of onions;
- 10 cloves of garlic;
- 6 chicken eggs (one for each serving);
- Bay leaf;
- 2 sprigs of fresh parsley;
- a bunch of green onions;
- cooking oil for frying;
- salt, thyme, ramen noodles, kimchi cabbage, sesame seeds, ginger, a mixture of 5 peppers, nori - to taste.
Cooking method
We put a half of the chicken on a baking sheet, and spread half the carrots and onions around. Pre-chop the vegetables coarsely. We decorate the chicken with a sprig of parsley, sprinkle with coarsely chopped cloves of garlic and send in this form to bake until cooked in the oven at a temperature of 180 degrees. You can use already baked chicken, which, for example, remained with you from the previous dinner.
While the chicken is baked, you need to make the sauce. To do this, knead the sesame seeds with a rolling pin, pour them into a small saucepan, adding to them a half bunch of chopped green onions. There we send five or six cloves of garlic, fill everything with vegetable oil and fry until gruel-like consistency on low heat for about five minutes.
When the garlic becomes soft, turn off the gas and put in a sauce mixture of five peppers, mix thoroughly again. The sauce is ready.
Cook soft-boiled eggs, and ramen noodles until half-cooked. Remove the meat from the baked chicken, fill the skeleton with water at the rate of 250 ml per serving. We send the remaining vegetables to the soup, chopping them coarsely, do the same with garlic and parsley. Salt to taste. The broth is cooked for about 30-40 minutes.
Once the broth is ready, you can collect the soup. We put noodles, pieces of meat, kimchi cabbage, an egg, sliced in half, sauce, nori leaves, finely chopped green onions directly in a portioned plate and fill with broth. Soup can be served at the table.
Kuksi
Now let's talk about cooking another classic Asian dish. This is a recipe for kuksi korean soup. It is often served cold. To do this, you will need:
- 500 grams of boiled chicken;
- 4 eggs;
- 500 grams of funchose;
- 500 grams of tomatoes;
- 500 grams of cucumbers;
- 500 grams of white cabbage;
- onion;
- 150 ml of soy sauce;
- 3 tablespoons 9% vinegar;
- 2 tablespoons of sugar;
- half a teaspoon of ground coriander;
- 50 grams of fresh cilantro;
- 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- a teaspoon of hot red ground pepper;
- 2 liters of boiled water;
- salt and fried sesame seeds to taste.
Cooking Cold Soup
According to this recipe for Korean soup, we start by making kuksi muri. To do this, grind tomatoes with a blender. We add sugar, soy sauce, ground coriander, vinegar, salt, chopped cilantro and tomatoes to the water. If desired, you can add fried sesame, but this is not necessary. We remove the mixture in the refrigerator so that it is infused.
During this time, cook funchose, rinse with cold water. Sliced boiled chicken meat. To prepare the chum, we cut the cabbage into strips, you need to salt it, mash it and let it brew for a quarter of an hour. We also cut the cucumbers with straws, they should be mixed and salted. Sliced onions fried in half vegetable oil.
Drain the juice from the cucumbers, add the fried onions, half the garlic and hot pepper. Mix everything and put it in the refrigerator. You also need to drain the juice from the cabbage, add the remaining hot pepper and garlic. The remaining oil in the pan is poured into cabbage, mix and also sent to cool.
Cooking egg noodles for Korean cold kuksi soup. According to the recipe, the eggs are mixed with salt and two teaspoons of vegetable oil. In a frying pan, fry the egg pancakes on both sides, cut them into thin strips.
Time to collect kuksi. A step-by-step recipe with a photo of Korean soup is given in this article, so that you should not have difficulty with its preparation. We put funchose in a soup plate, pour kuksi muri, arrange cucumbers, cabbage, chopped meat and egg noodles in a circle.
Seaweed soup
A popular ingredient in Asian soups is seaweed. They are very useful, so you should learn a couple of such dishes. For example, a Korean recipe for seaweed soup. To prepare it, take:
- 20 grams of dried brown seaweed;
- 100 grams of beef (drumstick is best);
- 1.5 teaspoons of soy sauce;
- 3 grams of chopped garlic;
- a pinch of ground black pepper;
- a tablespoon of sesame oil;
- 1.6 liters of water;
- 2 teaspoons of salt.
Original recipe
To prepare this Korean soup, the recipe with a photo of which is in this article, you need to first soak the algae in water for half an hour, and then cut into strips. Cut beef into square cubes and season with garlic and soy sauce.
In a saucepan, heat the sesame oil, put the beef there, stirring, fry over medium heat for about two minutes. Then we send seaweed there and fry for another three minutes.
After adding water to the pan, we cook the soup for 5 minutes at maximum heat, when the broth begins to boil, remove it to medium and cook for another 20 minutes.
In the final, add salt and light soy sauce, bring to a boil and serve the dish to the table.
Bukoguk
Bukoguk - Korean soup of dried fish and radish. Among Koreans, he is popular as a remedy for a hangover. The ingredients are:
- 60 grams of dried fish, such as pollock;
- radish;
- 4 cloves of garlic;
- fish soy sauce;
- 3 arrows of green onions;
- a tablespoon of sesame oil;
- egg;
- water.
Escaping a Hangover
Cooking this soup is a snap. Of course, it will help not only from a hangover, but also suitable as a very tasty, satisfying and nutritious dish for lunch or dinner.
First, prepare the fish. If it is too big, then you need to split it with your hands into thin pieces. We clean the radish and finely chop it, add the green onion, pass the garlic cloves through the garlic press. Beat the egg with a fork in a separate bowl. While these ingredients are removed to the side.
In a pan with one tablespoon of sesame oil, fry strips of dry fish and chopped garlic. Stir this mixture for half a minute with a wooden spoon. Only after that add radish and water.
Covering, cook for 20 minutes at maximum heat. Then add two tablespoons of soy sauce, reduce heat and simmer our first dish for about three more minutes. Then, once again opening the lid, we pour in the egg we beat beforehand and cook until it pops up. After that, turn off the fire, add the green onion. Stir so that the onions are slightly cooked in boiling soup.
For lovers of spicy dishes, it is recommended to add bitter hot pepper or even chili pepper to this soup. Serve this soup with kimchi or rice. Thus, you will get a full, nutritious and satisfying dinner, which you will delight your whole family and guests with.
As you can see, it’s not difficult to cook Korean soups, even a novice hostess can master recipes. The main thing is to strictly comply with all recommendations.