Fabri's Sea Bream Miyeokguk
A unique K-style seaweed soup made with sea bream fillet and olive oil, common Italian ingredients, achieving a creamy and refreshing broth without any fishiness.
🙋 Recommended for
- ⭐ For those who want to make a light and nutritious seaweed soup using white fish instead of beef.
- ⭐ For those curious about a clean, milky fish broth created by combining olive oil and fish.
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Ingredients needed 🛒3 servings
- Dried seaweed, an appropriate amount
- 2 sea bream fillets
- Olive oil, generously
- 2 tbsp soup soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sand lance fish sauce
- A pinch of salt
- Water, an adequate amount
Recipe 🍳
- Soak the dried seaweed in cold water until fully rehydrated, then squeeze out excess water and cut into bite-sized pieces.
- Check the sea bream fillets for any small bones, then season lightly with salt and set aside.
- Heat a generous amount of olive oil in a pot, add the prepared sea bream fillets, and cook until golden brown on both sides.
- Once the fish is partially cooked, lightly crush it, then add the soaked seaweed and stir-fry thoroughly so that the oil coats everything evenly.
- When the seaweed and fish flesh are well combined, add enough water to fully cover the ingredients, and bring to a boil over high heat.
- Once boiling, reduce to medium-low heat and simmer gently until the broth turns milky and develops a deep flavor.
- Add 2 tablespoons of soup soy sauce and 1 tablespoon of sand lance fish sauce to enhance the savory depth, adjust seasoning with salt if needed, and bring to a brief boil to finish.
- Soak and cut the seaweed, and season the sea bream fillets with salt.
- Heat olive oil in a pot, cook the sea bream, then add the seaweed and stir-fry thoroughly.
- Add water, simmer over gentle heat, and season with soup soy sauce and sand lance fish sauce.
Cooking tips 💡
- Using high-quality olive oil instead of sesame oil effectively eliminates the fishy smell and gives a clean, mild aftertaste.
- Make sure to cook the fish fillets until the surface is nicely golden before stir-frying with the seaweed; this helps extract a rich, broth-like depth.
- Rather than seasoning only with salt, adding a small amount of sand lance fish sauce dramatically enhances the oceanic umami and deepens the flavor.





