Korean

Kongnamul-gukbap (Soybean Sprout Rice Soup)

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Kongnamul-gukbap (Soybean Sprout Rice Soup) is Korean home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

25 min Medium Pescatarian Dairy free Gluten free

Ingredients

Serves
4

The quantities follow this count.

How to cook it

  1. Cook the rice separately by your usual method and keep it warm.

  2. Simmer the dried anchovies in the water for 10 minutes, then strain and discard them.

  3. Trim the soybean sprouts and add them to the pot, covered, and simmer 8 minutes without lifting the lid.

  4. Stir in the gochugaru, minced garlic, and fish sauce, and season with salt.

  5. Put a scoop of warm rice in each bowl, ladle the bubbling soup over it, and crack the egg in for the last minute so it just sets.

  6. Scatter with scallions and serve immediately, the classic Seoul morning-after bowl.

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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. Kongnamul-gukbap (Soybean Sprout Rice Soup) carries eggs, soy, and fish. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Kongnamul-gukbap (Soybean Sprout Rice Soup)
Allergen In this dish Cook this instead
Peanuts No
Tree nuts No
Dairy No
Gluten No
Shellfish No
Eggs Yes Beef Bulgogi
Soy Yes Godeungeo-gui (Salt-Grilled Mackerel)
Fish Yes Beef Bibimbap
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
230 kcal
Protein
7 g
Carbs
45 g
Fat
2 g
Fiber
2 g
Sugar
1 g
Sodium
640 mg
Saturated fat
0 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Kongnamul-gukbap (Soybean Sprout Rice Soup) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.

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