Tteokguk (Rice Cake Soup) Typical South Korean Winter Cuisine Ready to Warm Your Day!

 

South Korea or which is often called the country of ginseng is one of the tourist countries which each year has an increase in the number of tourists, especially foreign tourists. One of the reasons that make people of the world flock to vacation to South Korea apart from its entertainment is because the culinary is known to be unique, interesting and has an amazingly authentic taste. If you are going on vacation to Ginseng Country soon, then you need to try this winter culinary that is ready to shake your tongue

Tteokguk or what is also known as rice cake soup. The word guk in Tteokguk itself means rice cake. Tteokguk contains tteok (glutinous rice cake) coupled with beef, chives, and fried egg covered in a special warm and refreshing sauce. Later the tteok cake will expand when poured using the hot sauce. Usually this Tteokguk is consumed by the Korean people during Seollal or Korean Chinese New Year. Not only that, but Tteokguk is usually enjoyed on Daeboreum which is the day of the first full moon celebration after New Year's Day, you can still consume this warm Tteokguk on weekdays, usually served with mandutguk or mandu soup.

And here I will also tell you how to make Korean food on this one, first of all we prepare the ingredients needed

INGREDIENTS:

300 g ready to use tteok, thinly sliced

60 ml chicken egg white

2 spring onions, thinly sliced ​​oblique

BROTH:

1½ l of water

350 g of inner thigh beef, cut into 2 cm cubes

6 garlic cloves, finely chopped, saute

BUMBU:

2 tablespoons fish sauce

1 tsp olive oil

1 ½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon ground black pepper

 

OMELET:

2 tsp vegetable oil

2 chicken egg yolks, stir with salt

½ teaspoon salt

SPRINKLED:

3 sheets of nori, thin scissors lengthwise 5 cm

HOW TO MAKE:

Soak the tteok slices in cold water until used, so they don't stick together. Set aside.

Broth: Bring the water and beef to a boil. Turn down the heat. Add the garlic. Cook until the meat is cooked (20 minutes). Strain the floating fat. Add seasonings, mix well. Cook until the meat is tender.

Add tteok, cook until tteok is cooked (8 minutes). Enter the egg white, stir until the egg white is stringy. Enter the scallions, stir for a moment. Lift.

Omelet: heat the oil in a square, nonstick skillet. Pour the egg yolks, flatten, cook until cooked. Roll up. Lift. Thinly sliced. Set aside.

Arrange the tteok in a serving bowl. Flush with broth and filling. Add the egg slices and nori. Serve warm.

Tip:

- Tteok is a cake made from cereals, especially rice or sticky rice. Tteok can be made by steaming, pounding, boiling, or sautéing. Tteok is also made in a variety of flavors for celebratory days. Even though it is cooked, tteok will not turn tough so it can be used for a variety of stir-fry and fried dishes.

- In Korea, Chinese New Year is called Seolnal, which means every citizen gets one year old. According to tradition, they will eat a bowl of hot soup called Tteokguk, to symbolize their growing age. Therefore, if you want a long life this New Year's soup must be eaten until it runs out. Tteokguk is also commonly eaten on birthdays. Tteok, which is the main ingredient, is round and long and then thinly sliced, then cooked with beef or chicken broth.

 

Source : https://www.his-travel.co.id/blog/article/detail/kuliner-musim-dingin-khas-korea-selatan  ,   https://www.parenting.co.id/resep/resep-tteokguk  , https://www.kompasiana.com/ditaanggraeniy/5e2fad8f097f3645a9220902/tteoguk-sup-kue-beras-penambah-umur-hidangan-wajib-saat-seollal  , http://dapurenka.blogspot.com/2013/12/tteokguk-korean-rice-cake-soup.html  .