Tteokguk

About the dish

On Seollal, the Lunar New Year, families hold ancestral rites and bow to their elders, and a bowl of tteokguk earns you a year of age. The sliced rice cakes' pure white color wishes for a clean, fresh start.

Key ingredient

Rice (ssal) — Korea's staple and main energy source; quick to digest with B vitamins for a balanced meal. Autumn harvest, mainly from Icheon & Yeoju.

Ingredients

Main: garaetteok (rice-cake sticks), oysters, tofu, egg, gim · Broth: anchovy-kelp stock · Seasoning: soup soy sauce, chopped scallion, minced garlic, sesame, sesame oil

Simple recipe

1. Rinse the oysters in salt water and drain.
2. Dice the tofu into 2 cm cubes.
3. Fry egg ribbons and cut them fine; toast and crumble the gim.
4. Slice the rice cakes thin, soak briefly, and drain.
5. Bring the broth to a boil, add the rice cakes, then the oysters and tofu, and season with soup soy sauce and salt.
6. Ladle into bowls and top with egg ribbons, gim and the seasoning sauce.

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