Ttukdak Hyung's Spicy Water Dropwort Kalguksu

A spicy post-meal kalguksu made by dissolving gochujang, doenjang, and dashida in the water from the steamer that absorbed the beef's rich juices, then adding noodles and plenty of fragrant water dropwort.

Ingredients needed 2 servings

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Cooking tips

  • The liquid left in the steamer after making beef steam dish is a natural beef broth concentrated with meat essence and moisture. Never discard it; use it as the base for jang-kalguksu to achieve a deep, heavy flavor incomparable to plain water.
  • If you add the white starch powder clinging to the kalguksu noodles directly, the broth will become gluey and overly thick. It's a pro tip to shake them off in a sieve or quickly rinse them in water before adding to keep the soup clean.
  • Water dropwort is delicate; if boiled long in hot soup, it quickly turns mushy and loses its distinctive fresh fragrance. Always add it just before turning off the heat and let it barely cook with residual heat to keep its crunch.

Recommended for

  • Those who urgently need a spicy carbohydrate finish to perfectly cleanse the oily palate after a savory meat roast or steam dish meal.
  • Those who want to enjoy the fragrant burst of water dropwort and smooth, chewy noodles in a hot meat broth.
  • Those who want to recreate the style of a famous restaurant's shabu-kalguksu—a clean, rich, spicy jang-kalguksu—at home.

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