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Korean Birthday Meal - Seaweed Soup (Miyeok Guk) - FutureDish
Korean Birthday Meal - Seaweed Soup (Miyeok Guk) - FutureDish
(Miyeok Guk)
Ingredients
Miyeok-Guk (Seaweed Soup)
1/2 cup Dried Seaweed (aka Miyeok/Wakame)
150-200 grams Beef Brisket
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1 Tablespoon Sesame Oil
1 teaspoon (!) Kosher Salt (for stirfrying beef & seaweed)
1/2 Tablespoon Soup Soy Sauce (Regular Soy Sauce ok)
5 cups Water
1/2 teaspoon (!) Fish Sauce
1/2 Tablespoon Soup Soy Sauce (Regular Soy Sauce ok)
1 Tablespoon Minced Garlic
Instructions
Make Miyeok Guk (Seaweed Soup)
1. Soak ½ cup of dried miyeok (seaweed) in cold water. After 30-40 minutes, the seaweed
should have grown in size. Drain the seaweed through a sieve. Then use your hands and
squeeze the water out of the seaweed. Then grab a pair of kitchen scissors and chop the
seaweed into bite-sized pieces.
2. Use a knife and cut a piece of beef brisket (~150 grams) into small bite-sized pieces. Place the
small beef pieces between a few paper towels and pat it down - this is to get rid of any excess
blood or liquid (which makes for a cleaner broth). Set it aside.
3. Place 1 Tablespoon of Sesame Oil into a wok or pot. Turn on medium-heat. Once the oil is
hot, add the beef pieces in. Then add in the seaweed. Add in the Kosher Salt (1 teaspoon!)
and Soy Sauce (½ Tablespoon). Stir-fry it around for 3-5 minutes - this process brings out a
deep flavor from the seaweed. (Note: If the pieces start to stick to the pot and you see the
seaweed pieces "melt on" to the sides - you've been stir-frying for too long - immediately
move onto next step)
4. Then add 2.5 cups of water. Once it comes to boil, let it boil away for a few minutes.
5. Afterwards, place in remaining 2.5 additional cups of water.
6. Then add in Fish Sauce (½ teaspoon!) & Soy Sauce (½ Tablespoon). Then some minced garlic
(1 Tablespoon).
7. Then place a lid on - and let it gently simmer for 30 minutes on LOW heat!
8. After 30 minutes, turn off the heat. Let it sit for 5-10 minutes - so the flavors can come back
together. Then sample soup - it should be spot on! But If it tastes slightly bland, add-in a
splash more of soy sauce OR a sprinkle of kosher salt. Conversly, if it tastes slightly too salty,
add-in a splash of water. Then let it cook for a few minutes more if you made adjustments.
9. Plate and serve with a bowl of rice.