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Eomuk Jeongol

어묵전골
Eo-muk Jeon-gol

Fish-cake hot pot

About the dish

A warm hot pot enjoyed as the fish cake simmers. Eomuk-jeongol is fish cake and vegetables simmered in broth, prized for its refreshing soup. It is a heartwarming hot pot enjoyed warm on a cold day.

Key ingredient

Pollack (myeongtae) — helps when you have a cold or chills, poor appetite or indigestion; outstanding for hangover relief, liver health and flushing waste; its sulfur-bearing amino acids help lower blood cholesterol. In season January; mainly from Sokcho.

Ingredients

Main: fish cake, radish, napa cabbage, crown daisy, scallion, konjac, kelp stock · Seasoning: soup soy sauce, minced garlic, salt

Simple recipe

  1. Cut the fish cake to shape and prepare the vegetables.
  2. Arrange the ingredients in a hot-pot pan.
  3. Pour in anchovy stock.
  4. Season with soup soy sauce and minced garlic.
  5. Top with crown daisy and scallion and serve simmering.

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A Glass · Traditional pairing

Gidarim 25
Jeikeikeuraepeuteu · Busan · ABV 8%

Gidarim 25 (Jeikeikeuraepeuteu, Busan) — a cloudy rice makgeolli at 8% ABV, chosen to pair with today's dish.

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