[With drinks] Fish Cake Soup (eomuk guk) 어묵국

[With drinks] Fish Cake Soup (eomuk guk) 어묵국


Hello, I'm Tina Shin.
We are making Fish Cake Soup (eomuk guk) 어묵국 which is soup with fish cake.

When we make fish cake soup, we need the fish cake first. 

Fish cake is originally made with vegetables(onions, carrots, etc), egg white, seafood (white fish, shrimp), some flour and salt. But these days, there are lots of fish cake made in factories. It has more starch than homemade fish cake does. 

Busan is famous for fish cake. My older brother lives there so he bought me some Busan fish cake. So today, I will make the fish cake soup with factory one. Plus, making fish cake at home is a little bothersome.... 

<Food culture in Korea - Fish Cake Soup (eomuk guk) 어묵국>
1) Lots of street carts have 'Fish Cake Soup (eomuk guk) 어묵국' because it goes well with Stir-fried Rice Cake(Tteok-bokki). 
- Before you eat it, you ask 'how much a piece?'. And then 'First eat, Pay later'. You could eat as you want. After finishing it, you tell the owner 'I ate 3 pieces.' and then pay.

2) Lots of pubs also sell it because it goes well with Soju! 

3) Korean people think it's soooooo easy to make. So many people living alone cook this at home frequently. 

4) Korean people call 'fish cake soup' lots of names.  'eomuk guk', 'eomuk tang', 'oden guk', 'oden tang'. Actually, Oden is Japanese food whose ingredient is Fish Cake Skewers. So Fish Cake with skewers came from Japan. However, 'eomuk guk' (without skewers) is Korean food. Still, many Korean people confused to use 'eomuk or oden'
'Eomuk' is fish cake in Korean. 'Oden' is Japanese food using Fish Cake Skewers.
Also, 'eomuk guk' is the same with 'eomuk tang'. However,  'oden guk' and 'oden tang' are not correct Korean languages.

You can see the related article below. (If you can read in Korean)

http://view.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2016111114112387945

Anyway, let's make Fish Cake Soup (eomuk guk) 어묵국.
(Making with fish cake skewers is not originally Korean food. However, for decoration, I use a few skewers.)

<Ingredients>

• For soup : Dried anchovies and dried kelp, radish, Soy sauce and water.
• 1 Onions
• 1 Green onions
• 1 Chili pepper
• 8~10 Fish cake

<Recipe - Short Version>
 1. Make the broth with dried anchovies, dried kelp and water. (10~15 minutes)
 2. Skewer fish cake and Chop radish(make it square), onions, green onions and chili pepper.
 3. Take out the dried anchovies and dried kelp from the pot.
 4. Put the radish into the pot.
 5. After the radish become transparent, put chopped onion and fish cake. Boil a few minutes.(3~4 minutes)
 6. Put chopped green onion and chopped chili pepper.
 7. Put Soy sauce(2~3T) and boil a little bit(3~5 minutes).

Finish!

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<Recipe - Long Version with Video>

 1. Make the broth with dried anchovies, dried kelp and water. (10~15 minutes)
Put the

 2. Skewer fish cake and Chop radish(make it square), onions, green onions and chili pepper.

 3. Take out the dried anchovies and dried kelp from the pot.

 4. Put the radish into the pot.

 5. After the radish become transparent, put chopped onion and fish cake. Boil a few minutes.(3~4 minutes).

 6. Put chopped green onion and chopped chili pepper.

 7. Put Soy sauce(2~3T) and boil a little bit(3~5 minutes).

Finish!