A Spicy Korean Noodle Soup
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1 cup chopped cabbage or 1 cup kale
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon chopped garlic
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil (I recommend Kadoya brand, or Orchid brand)
- 2 tablespoons chili pepper flakes (Kochukaru) or 2 tablespoons cayenne powder (Kochukaru)
- 4 cups chicken stock (my favorite, but use what you want)
- 1⁄2 a scallion, chopped (optional)
- 3 dried japanese chilies (optional)
- 1 tablespoon sweet chili sauce (I prefer Maggi Sweet Chili Sauce, or Kochujang)
- 2 eggs, Beaten
- 8 ounces maifun noodles (or any rice noodle you please)
- 6 ounces meat (beef, chicken, pork, or shrimp. Great for leftovers!)
directions
- Begin boiling noodles (or if you prefer, finish boiling these first).
- Place chopped cabbage/kale into a stock pot and saute with soy sauce, garlic, sesame oil and chili pepper flakes until your cabbage is clear or kale has wilted.
- Immediately add the chicken soup stock and bring to boil.
- Reduce heat and add in sweet chili sauce to taste. (If you want a big kick (or you're mad at someone, add the Japanes Chilis).
- Add in chicken or beef. DO NOT ADD Shrimp or Tofu at this step.
- Bring back to a simmer.
- Beat Egg, then stream into soup.
- After 15 minutes add in noodls.
- Finally, add tofu or shrimp.
- Top with Scallions and Salt and Pepper as desire.
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Reviews
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This is a really good tasting soup, but the 2 tbsp of chili pepper HAS to be a typo, RIGHT? I am HUGE spice eater, (the hotter the better!), but I ended up having to add 3 more quarts of broth just to take the edge off the spice. And I didn't even DREAM of adding peppers to that. The only other change was to put 4 eggs in (since I increased the broth so much), more cabbage, and added zucchini, just for some extra veggies. Even with the extra 3 quarts of liquid, my hubby can't eat it at all. And while I love it, my nose is running all over the keyboard, and tomorrow might not be so pleasant. :)
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My family enjoyed this so much that they asked me to make it again today for supper. We love cabbage so I used more than the recipe called for. I had some fried tofu on hand so I added than in place of the meat, but everyone thought it did not need any type of protein added at all. I also did not add the eggs or chilies. I added all 2 tblsp of the red pepper flakes and it had a real kick . But, I knew my teenage daughter would not be able to eat it, so I ended up adding extra broth to reduce the heat. I think this soup is wonderful as is, but it could easily take extra veggies like corn, snow peas or broccoli. This recipe is a real winner. Thanks for the recipe.