Korean
Sundubu-guk (Mild Soft Tofu Soup)
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Simmer the dried anchovies in the water for 8 minutes, then strain and discard them.
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Season the stock with the soy sauce and minced garlic and bring back to a simmer.
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Spoon in the silken tofu in large curds and warm through gently for 3 minutes without stirring hard.
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Crack the egg into the soup and let it poach for 1 minute.
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Finish with sesame oil and sliced scallions, milder and lighter than a full sundubu-jjigae.
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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 Sundubu-guk (Mild Soft Tofu 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. Sundubu-guk (Mild Soft Tofu Soup) carries gluten, eggs, soy, fish, and sesame. It is free of the remaining 5 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 | Yes | Baechu Doenjang-guk (Napa Cabbage Soybean Paste Soup) |
| Soy | Yes | Nothing comparable without it yet |
| Fish | Yes | Mu-guk (Beef and Radish Soup) |
| Sesame | Yes | Aehobak-guk (Clear Zucchini Soup) |
| 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
- 80 kcal
- Protein
- 6 g
- Carbs
- 2 g
- Fat
- 5 g
- Fiber
- 0 g
- Sugar
- 0 g
- Sodium
- 240 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Sundubu-guk (Mild Soft Tofu Soup) takes about 18 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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