Korean soup

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Products that will be useful to us for making soup. It is better to use lean meat, pork neck tenderloin is good. Radish can be safely used instead of cucumber, and sprouted soy sprouts can be replaced with Peking cabbage.

2. Step 2:

   

   Cut the meat into plates at least 1 centimeter wide. Put it in a saucepan, pour 1.5 liters of water. Add the whole onion and carrot (the broth will be more saturated and rich). Put on the fire, remove the constantly formed foam and cook for about 30 minutes.

3. Step 3:

   

   Remove the meat from the pan with a slotted spoon, leave the broth so that it becomes transparent and the sediment settles. Carefully drain the clean broth into a separate container. Add a little salt.

4. Step 4:

   

   Pour sesame seeds into a dry hot frying pan. Fry over high heat, stirring, until the seeds become slightly brownish and crackling appears.".

5. Step 5:

   

   Next, add garlic, salt (about 0.5 tsp) and sugar passed through the press to the pan. Then pour in the soy sauce, mix well. If desired, add a pinch of ground ginger, then the meat and sauce will turn out even more piquant.

7. Step 6:

   

   Put the boiled pork pieces in the sauce.

8. Step 7:

   

   Cover the top with a plate with a diameter smaller than a frying pan, so that a "press" is formed, cover with a lid and send it to the fire slightly below average. Simmer for about 40 minutes.

9. Step 8:

   

   At this time, boil the eggs and cook the rest of the ingredients. Slice cucumbers (or radishes) thinly, chop green onions and slice lime slices thinly.

10. Step 9:

    

    Also boil the noodles. Wheat, egg or rice noodles are suitable for this soup. Boil according to the instructions on the package. At this time, put the broth to heat up. Drain the water through a colander and rinse the noodles with running water. Peel the eggs and cut in half.

11. Step 10:

    

    The most interesting thing left is to collect soup. Adjust the amount of each ingredient to your taste. Put noodles on the bottom of a deep plate, pieces of fragrant meat, soy sprouts, fresh cucumber, green onion and egg on top. Pour gently with hot broth. Sprinkle with lime or lemon juice and sprinkle with ground chili pepper. If there is sauce left after stewing the meat, then add it to taste too. Serve immediately to the table.