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Thursday, January 16, 2014

Miyokguk(미역국) at My Birthday

내 생일을 미역국
Today is my birthday, so I've drink a Miyokguk(Seaweed Soup). Miyokguk is an important symbol of birthday in Korea. It's important for both Mom and Child. Korean woman usually drink this soup a lot after giving birth.

Seaweed helps clean the whole body system and creates new blood. You can't go wrong with this food. Seaweed is famous anti-cancer agent and for reducing high blood pressure. 

This is the recipe if you wanna try this at your birthday.

Cooking tips:
Beef, Shitake, or Egg can be added into the soup for a richer taste.

Good soy sauce(국간장) makes good tasty soup.

Don't mix scallion with seaweed dish because its absorb calcium from seaweed.

Ingredients:
1. 미역(Miyok) - Seaweed/Brown Seaweed (2 cups), 

2. Soup Stock (4 cups),

3. Chopped Garlic (1 tsp),

4. Sesame Oil (1/2 tsp),

5. 국간장(GukGanJang) - Light Soy Sauce (1/2 tsp),

6. Salt (1/2 tsp),

7.Sesame seed for topping.


How to cook:
1. Soak the dried seaweed in a bowl of water until soft. 
 
2. Clean the seaweed, squeeze out excess water and cut in 3 sections.


3. In a pot of boiling soup stock (4 cups), add chopped garlic, soy sauce, sesame oil, pinch of salt and the cleaned seaweed. Bring to a boil.


4. Lower the heat and let the seaweed boil until very soft, about 5 minutes.

5. Sprinkle the sesame seed and served when still hot.

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