Duk Guk (authenitc Korean Rice Cake And Beef Soup)

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 lb korean rice cake (can find it at any oriental store- they look like oval disks of )
• 1/4-1/2 lb chopped frozen beef shoulder, to preference
• 2 1/2 quarts water
• 1 tablespoon beef dashida (find it at an oriental store)
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 green onion, sliced

Recipe

• 1 fill a large pot with the water and stir in the salt and add the beef.
• 2 boil fifteen minutes.
• 3 as the beef is boiling, foam will rise up to the top of the pot. simply scrape it off with a shallow, large spoon and dump into a bowl.
• 4 add the duk (rice cake), dashida, sesame oil, garlic, and soy sauce and boil 15 more minutes.
• 5 add all the other ingredients and heat about 5 more minutes.
• 6 traditionally topped with carrot strips, fried egg cut into strips, and kim (dried seaweed). (you do not have to use these condiments at all to have a delicious soup.).