6 Korean Soup Recipes That Can Be Comfort Food and Easy to Make at Home

Kapanlagi.com - Amid the rise of the Korean Wave, Korean cuisine has become one of the dishes highly favored by the Indonesian public. One menu that KLovers should try is a variety of Korean soups that are warm and filling.

Not only delicious, these Korean soups are perfect as comfort food during cold weather or when you're feeling unwell. With easily obtainable ingredients and simple cooking methods, KLovers can make them.

Those are some Korean soup recipes that can be comfort food and easy to make at home. Let's check it out, KLovers!

1. Kimchi Jjigae

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A spicy soup made from fermented kimchi with added beef or chicken and tofu. The sour and spicy flavor of the kimchi perfectly blends with the savory broth. Here’s how to make this Korean soup:

Ingredients:

- Fermented kimchi

- Beef or chicken

- Tofu

- Green onions

- Garlic

- Gochugaru (Korean chili powder)

- Gochujang (Korean chili paste)

- Dashi broth

Instructions:

1. Sauté the meat with garlic

2. Add the kimchi, sauté until fragrant

3. Add the broth and gochugaru

4. Add the tofu

5. Simmer for 15-20 minutes

6. Garnish with green onions and serve.

2. Seolleongtang

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This Korean soup is a bone broth made from beef that is simmered for a very long time until it turns milky white. It has a rich savory flavor with tender meat texture. Here’s how to make this Korean soup:

Ingredients:

- Beef bones

- Beef

- Garlic

- Ginger

- Green onions

- Salt

- Black pepper

- Glass noodles (optional)

Instructions:

1. Boil the beef bones for 10 minutes, discard the water

2. Boil again with fresh water, add garlic and ginger

3. Cook on low heat for 6-8 hours

4. Strain the broth

5. Add sliced beef

6. Season with salt and pepper

7. Then, serve warm.

3. Doenjang Jjigae

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This Korean soup is a savory fermented soybean paste soup with a mixture of tofu and vegetables. It has a strong umami flavor and is very nutritious. Here’s how to make this Korean soup:

Ingredients:

- Doenjang (soybean paste)

- Tofu

- Zucchini

- Mushrooms

- Garlic

- Onion

- Green onions

- Gochugaru (optional)

Instructions:

1. Sauté garlic and onion

2. Add water and doenjang

3. Add the vegetables

4. Add the tofu

5. Cook until the vegetables are tender

6. Sprinkle with green onions and serve.

4. Haemul Sundubu Jjigae

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This is a spicy silken tofu soup with a variety of seafood. The soft texture of the tofu combined with fresh seafood creates a special flavor. Here’s how to make this Korean soup:

Ingredients:

- Silken tofu

- Various seafood

- Garlic

- Gochugaru

- Seafood broth

- Egg

- Green onions

- Sesame oil

Instructions:

1. Sauté garlic and gochugaru

2. Add seafood broth

3. Add the seafood

4. Add silken tofu

5. Crack an egg on top

6. Sprinkle with green onions and sesame oil

7. Then you can serve it.

5. Samgyetang

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This Korean soup is a nutritious ginseng chicken soup. A whole chicken is stuffed with glutinous rice, ginseng, and other herbal ingredients. Here’s how to make this Korean soup:

Ingredients:

- Small whole chicken

- Glutinous rice

- Korean ginseng

- Red dates

- Garlic

- Ginger

- Green onions

- Salt

Instructions:

1. Stuff the chicken with glutinous rice

2. Boil water with ginseng and spices

3. Add the chicken

4. Cook on low heat for 1-1.5 hours

5. Add salt

6. Serve with a sprinkle of green onions.

6. Yukgaejang

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This is a spicy beef soup with vegetables and eggs. It has a distinctive spicy flavor with an appetizing aroma of sesame oil. Here’s how to make this Korean soup:

Ingredients:

- Sliced beef

- Bean sprouts

- Green onions

- Gosari (fernbrake)

- Eggs

- Gochugaru

- Garlic

- Sesame oil

Instructions:

1. Boil the beef until tender

2. Sauté the spices and gochugaru

3. Add the broth and beef

4. Add the vegetables

5. Cook until the vegetables are done

6. Add the eggs and sesame oil

7. Then you can serve it.

Those are some recipes for Korean soup that you can make at home. After reading this article, KLovers must make it right away, because if not now, when else?

(kpl/dhm)