Korean Spicy Beef Vegetable Soup Yukgaejang Food

KOREAN SPICY BEEF VEGETABLE SOUP (YUKGAEJANG)

Steps:

• Add fernbrake in a pot filled with water. Bring it to a gentle boil and simmer for 20 minutes. In another pot, cook the taro stem using the same method. Let it soak in the pot for 1 hour as well. Remove each pot from the heat and let vegetables to soak in the pot, covered, for 1 hour.
• Drain the dried vegetables and rinse them in cold water several times. Squeeze out the extra water from the vegetables. Cut fernbrake and taro stem in 2-inch slices.
• In a stock pot, combine onion, whole garlic (cut in half), chunks of radish and beef brisket. Add 14 cups of water to the pot and bring it to a gentle boil. Reduce the heat to low and let it simmer for 45 minutes.
• Discard the vegetables and reserve the beef. Strain the stock in a skimmer to collect any small particles. Reserve the stock.
• When the beef is cooled to touch, shred the beef into bite size pieces.
• For the Asian leeks, cut them in half lengthwise, then cut into 2-inch slices. As an optional step, remove the pale green core in the center of the white parts of the leeks because they tend to be tough. You can leave it the way it is, if you wish.
• Bring a large pot of water to boil and sprinkle some salt. Add mungbean sprouts, stir, and wait for 10 seconds.
• Add oyster mushroom and leek slices. Cook the vegetables for 10 more seconds. Drain and rinse the vegetables in cold running water. Squeeze out the extra water.
• Heat oil and sesame oil in a large pot over low heat. Add the Korean chili flakes and stir it for 30 seconds to release the fragrance and infuse the oils.
• Add the vegetables and beef into the pot. Stir well to coat them with the chili oil. Pour the reserved stock into the pot. The amount of stock could be between 8-10 cups, depending on how thin you want your stew to be.
• Add a teaspoon of Korean chili paste (gochujang) into the stew and mix well. Chili paste will help your stew to maintain its redness of broth without going dull. Cover the pot and let the stew simmer for 15-20 minutes over med-low heat.
• Season the stew with 3 different Korean sauces; soy sauce, Korean soup soy sauce, and Korean anchovy sauce. Taste the broth and add some salt, if needed. Lastly sprinkle with lots of black pepper according to your taste.

YUKGAEJANG (SPICY BEEF SOUP WITH VEGETABLES)

Steps:

• Add the gosari and 4 cups of water to a small pot. Boil over medium heat, covered, until tender. Mine only took about 30 minutes, but the time can vary significantly depending on gosari. Turn the heat off and let it cool in the cooking water. When ready to use, rinse in cold water and drain. Cut into 4-inch lengths, removing tough ends of the stems, if any. (See note 1.)
• In a large pot, bring the meat, onion, and optional radish, to a boil in 14 cups of water (see note 2 for other broth options). Reduce the heat to medium, and skim off the scum. Boil, covered, until the meat is tender enough for shredding, about 1 hour. Pull a string of meat off and check the tenderness. Let the meat cool a bit in the cooking liquid. Discard the vegetables, reserving the stock in the pot. Spoon off any visible fat. The broth should be about 7 to 8 cups.
• When the meat is cool enough to handle, shred into about 3 to 4-inch strips.
• Blanch the bean sprouts in boiling water for a minute. Wash with cold water and drain. Cut the scallions into 4-inch lengths. Thinly slice the soaked mushrooms.
• In a pan, heat the sesame oil until hot over low heat and stir in the chili pepper flakes. Turn the heat off as soon as the oil starts to turn red and the chili pepper flakes become a bit pasty. This only takes a few seconds. Do not burn the flakes.
• Add the meat, gosari, mushrooms, 1 tablespoon soup soy sauce, and garlic to the pan. Toss well to coat everything with the oiled chili pepper flakes.
• Add the meat and gosari mixture to the broth. Stir in 1 tablespoon of soup soy sauce, optional gochujang and doenjang, and boil over medium high heat, covered, for about 10 minutes.
• Throw in the bean sprouts and scallions, and boil over medium heat for another 10 minutes. Add salt (1 teaspoon or more) and pepper to taste. Within a few minutes before turning the heat, add the optional noodles. Slowly drizzle the optional eggs over the boiling soup and turn the heat off. Serve with rice.

YUKGAEJANG (KOREAN SPICY BEEF SOUP)

Steps:

• In a large dutch oven, combine 15 cups cold water, beef and 1/2 onion and simmer on low heat for 2 hours.
• Combine seasoning sauce and set aside.
• Remove meat from water and shred into thick strips. Discard water and 1/2 onion.
• Mix the fernbrake and shredded beef in a bowl with the seasoning sauce.
• In the dutch oven, combine the red pepper oil ingredients and heat over low heat for 5 minutes. Remove to a serving container.
• Wipe dutch oven clean and add beef broth along with the mixed items in the seasoning sauce and bring to a boil. Add green onion slices and continue to boil for 3 minutes. Serve hot with red pepper sauce, as desired.

YOOK GAE JANG- KOREAN SPICY BEEF AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Place beef bones and brisket in a large pot with enough water (to completely cover the bones) and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, skim off the foam, and simmer for 3 hours. Keep replenishing the pot with more water as it evaporates.
• Remove from heat and let it cool. When it is cool enough, remove the bones and beef.
• Shred the meat into 2 inch strips. (When shredded, they should be the thickness of the meat should be the width of a yarn.).
• In a bowl, mix together garlic, hot pepper paste, chili powder, salt, black pepper, sesame oil, soy sauce, and sesame seeds into a paste.
• Combine shredded beef with the paste mixture and let it marinate overnight.
• Place the beef broth in the refrigerated for 1 day.
• Take the broth out and skim off the fat until the broth is clear.
• Bring the broth back to a boil. You will cook the broth for at least another half hour as you add the following:.
• Cut the drained fernbrake into 2 inch pieces and add to the beef broth.
• In a separate pot, boil 6 cups of water. Add in 1 bundle of Dahng Myun (transparent noodles). Drain and add to the soup.
• Add the refrigerated beef mixture (from step 5) into the broth.
• Add the bean sprouts into the broth.
• Add the green onions, or leek into the broth.
• Serve hot with rice.
• Note: You can freeze this. Freeze in portioned containers. When you are ready to enjoy it again, simply let it defrost in the fridge and reheat.