Korea

Tteokguk

Name: Tteokguk
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Korea
Ingredients: 500 g Rice cake slices (tteok); 300 g Beef brisket; some of each Garlic & spring onion; 1 tbsp each Soy sauce & sesame oil; 2 Eggs (for garnish); some Nori strips; 1.5 l Water

Korean rice cake soup for the New Year

Tteokguk is the traditional Korean soup for Lunar New Year (Seollal). Eating a bowl symbolically means turning a year older.

Thin oval rice cake slices float in a clear beef broth; garnished with egg, nori and spring onion, it is festive and simple at once.

Servings4

Time50 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Rice cake slices (tteok)500 g
Beef brisket300 g
Garlic & spring onionsome of each
Soy sauce & sesame oil1 tbsp each
Eggs (for garnish)2
Nori stripssome
Water1.5 l

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Soak the rice cake slices in water for 30 minutes.
Boil beef brisket with garlic into a clear broth.
Shred the meat, season the broth with soy sauce.
Cook the rice cakes in the broth until they float soft.
Garnish with egg strips, nori and spring onion.

Make it original

Rice cake slices and sesame oil for tteokguk are in the Asia Boutique.

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