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Kongnamul gukbap

Name: Kongnamul gukbap
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 4 cups water; an 8 cm piece kombu; 3 dried shiitake mushrooms; Soybean sprouts, or bean sprouts, washed; 5 cloves minced garlic; 1 tbsp soy sauce; Salt, to taste; 2 small bowls cooked rice; Napa cabbage kimchi, chopped; 2 egg; 2 stalks sliced spring onion (green onion, scallion); 1 chopped green chilli; 1 tsp gochugaru; 1 tsp sesame seeds; a few crumbled pieces nori sheets

Bean sprout soup poured over rice with an egg on top. Jeonju's famous morning cure, in your kitchen.

35 minTime

30 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Jeonju's morning bowl3 chapters · 2 min read

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Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

484kcal

30 gprotein

6 gfibre

35minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Water4 cups

Kombuan 8 cm piece

Dried shiitake mushrooms3

Soybean sproutsor bean sprouts, washed

Garlic5 cloves, minced

Soy sauce1 tbsp

Saltto taste

Cooked rice2 small bowls

Napa cabbage kimchichopped

Egg2

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2 stalks, sliced

Green chilli1, chopped

Gochugaru1 tsp

Sesame seeds1 tsp

Nori sheetsa few crumbled pieces

Method

6 steps

1Soak the kombu and shiitake in the water for 15 minutes, then simmer gently 10 minutes. Remove the kombu and shiitake.
2Add the sprouts, cover with a lid and boil 6 minutes without lifting the lid.
3Season with half the garlic, the soy sauce and salt.
4Warm the rice in heatproof bowls. Add the chopped kimchi, then ladle the boiling soup and sprouts over.
5Crack an egg into each bowl, push it under the hot soup, and let it sit 3 minutes. Or poach the eggs in the pot for 3 minutes first if you like them firmer.
6Top with the remaining garlic, spring onion, chilli, gochugaru, sesame and nori.

Serve it like this

Serve in heavy bowls with the egg in the centre and the toppings in small heaps around it.

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