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Rice Cake Soup

Dduk Gook

Editor's note: The recipe and introductory text below are excerpted from Eating Korean by Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee and are part of our story on Lunar New Year.

Eaten especially during Korean New Year (Soll), Dduk Gook can also be made with dumplings.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 5 to 6 servings

Ingredients

Water

12

cups beef stock (see note below)

2

(2-pound) packages of Korean rice cake ovalettes

2

eggs, yolks separated from whites

1

/4 pound Boolgogi , cooked

2 to 3

green onions, thinly sliced on the diagonal

2 to 3

sheets of seaweed (gim), cut into small, thin strips

Salt

Black pepper

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    1. Soak rice cakes in cold water for approximately 1 hour.

    Step 2

    2. Scramble the yolk and whites of the eggs separately. Fry the yolk into a thick omelet. Fold or roll the omelet about an inch wide. Slice into thin strips. Repeat with egg whites. Set aside.

    Step 3

    3. Bring the beef stock to a boil. Add rice cakes. Boil until ovalettes have softened, approximately 10 minutes.

    Step 4

    Serve hot in large bowls garnished with egg whites, egg yolks, boolgogi, green onions, and seaweed. Add salt and pepper as needed.

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