Deuk-guk, Korean Rice Cake Soup for Lunar New Years by myinvitingkitchen

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Deuk-guk, Korean Rice Cake Soup for Lunar New Years

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15 min

Seollal, Lunar New Year's celebration is just around the corner and in Korea, you must eat a hearty bowl of Deuk-guk, rice cake soup to officially get a year older! The toppings in this recipe are chopped scallions, thinly sliced egg omelette and tofu and shiitake mushroom stirfry in soy sauce. The stirfry is a regional specialty topping from Gyeongsang province of South Korea where my birth city Daegu is situated. It is usually made with beef and tofu but I subbed the meat with the mushrooms. It adds a great texture and flavour to this soup combined with the soft and chewy rice cakes. Let's get to making!

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2 servings

US

original

metric

Ingredients

2 scallions

2 cloves garlic

1/3C dried shiitake mushrooms

kombu (palm size)

400 g rice cakes

200 g firm tofu

3 eggs

2 tbsp soy sauce

6 cup water

salt and pepper

Directions

Step 1

In a large pot, bring water to boil and add in the shiitake mushrooms and kombu. Let it simmer for 10 minutes, turn off the heat and sit for at least 30minutes or longer.

6 cup water

1/3C dried shiitake mushrooms

kombu (palm size)

Step 2

Finely chop the scallions, garlic and soaked and drained shiitake mushrooms from Step 1. Cut the tofu into small cubes. In a large pan, sweat out out the white parts of the scallion, garlic and then add in the shiitake mushroom and tofu. Season with black pepper and soy sauce. Set aside.

2 scallions

2 cloves garlic

1/3C dried shiitake mushrooms

200 g firm tofu

1 tbsp soy sauce

Step 3

Whisk up the eggs and fry them up into large thin layer. Roll it up to cut into thin strips and set aside.

3 eggs

Step 4

In the same pan, add in the stock from Step 1 and bring it to boil before adding in the rice cake and soy sauce. Cook for several minutes on medium heat until the rice cakes are soft.

400 g rice cakes

1 tbsp soy sauce

Step 5

Serve while hot topped with egg strips, tofu and mushroom stirfry and chopped scallions. Enjoy!

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