Intro:
This popular Korean dish is perfect for feeding a family on a cold winters day. I kept this recipe fairly traditional as its extremely delicious how it is. The soup contains pork belly which I find is essential as the fat on the pork belly gets cut by the base of the soup that is made up of kimchi and a small amount of guchujang chilli paste. This is a great dish to serve up in the middle of the table and for everyone to help themselves family style…Let’s cook!
Method:
2. Now onto building up the soup, start with the pork belly, cut the pork belly into lardon sized pieces and add to a large pan with a drizzle of oil and season lightly with salt. Fry the pork to render some of the fat and until nice and crispy then turn the heat down to medium.
4. Now add all of the dashi stock that we made earlier and turn the heat down to a low simmer. Cook the soup for approximately 30 minutes on a simmer.
5. After 30 minutes the dish is nearly ready to serve, check the seasoning of the dish by adding black pepper and additional sugar and soy if needed. Finally add 50g of beansprouts, 5 spring onions cut into batons and 300g of sliced tofu chopped into bite sized pieces. Place a lid over the top and simmer again for a further 2 minutes to warm through the tofu.
6. To serve this soup, I think the best way is to place the pan into the centre of the table and serve family style. Pour over some toasted sesame seeds and serve with some freshly cooked boiled rice and nourish…Hope you all like this simple delicious recipe.
Additional notes
This marinade is also fantastic with chicken thighs, you can also give them more of a kick by replacing the medium red chillis with scotch bonnets. Another way to cook them without using the skewers is to bake at around 180 degrees for approx 20 mins.
Hope you all enjoy this one nice and easy!
Ingredients
To serve 6
400g pork belly
400g kimchi
1 carrot
1/2 white onion
3 garlic cloves
50g beansprouts
300g silken tofu
5 spring onions
sesame seeds
Soup base:
1600ml dashi stock
3 tbsp light soy
1/2 tbsp gochujang chilli paste
2 tbsp sugar
salt and pepper
dashi stock:
1600ml water
hand sized piece of kombu
handfull bonito flakes
3 dry shitake mushrooms
