Korean
Baechu Doenjang-guk (Napa Cabbage Soybean Paste Soup)
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Baechu Doenjang-guk (Napa Cabbage Soybean Paste Soup) is Korean home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the soup. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Simmer the dried anchovies in the water for 10 minutes, then strain and discard them.
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Whisk the doenjang into the hot stock until dissolved.
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Add the sliced napa cabbage and simmer 10 minutes until the leaves turn tender and sweet.
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Mince the garlic and stir it in with the gochugaru for the last minute of cooking.
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Scatter with sliced scallions and serve hot.
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Serve it with
A Korean dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Baechu Doenjang-guk (Napa Cabbage Soybean Paste Soup), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Baechu Doenjang-guk (Napa Cabbage Soybean Paste Soup) carries gluten, soy, and fish. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Kongnamul-guk (Soybean Sprout Soup) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Nothing comparable without it yet |
| Fish | Yes | Mu-guk (Beef and Radish Soup) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 40 kcal
- Protein
- 3 g
- Carbs
- 5 g
- Fat
- 1 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 450 mg
- Saturated fat
- 0 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Baechu Doenjang-guk (Napa Cabbage Soybean Paste Soup) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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