Korean Rice Cake Soup (Duk Guk)

This is a delicious soup that Koreans serve at the New Year. You won't find these ingredients in your local groccery store, but an oriental market should have them. This soup is pretty easy, but looks beautiful when served.

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 2 1⁄2 quarts broth (beef or anchovy)
• 1  tablespoon  dashida (beef or anchovy)
• 1 (1 7/8lb) package  korean  rice cakes
• 1  bunch green onion, cut into 2-inch-long pieces

• Toppings

• 2  sheets  nori  fresh seaweed, crumbled
• 4  eggs
• 3  ounces beef
• 12  korean  dumplings (mandu)

Directions

1. Bring broth to a boil.
2. Add dashida and rice cakes.
3. Boil until rice cakes are tender, about five minutes.
4. Add green onion and cook for one minute. Remove from heat.
5. Beat eggs and cook in a thin sheet. Cut into thin strips that are about two inches long.
6. Cut beef into two-inch-long strips and brown.
7. Boil dumplings until tender.
8. For each bowl of soup: spoon soup into bowl and add desired toppings.