Monday, July 7, 2008

Meatball Soup (Wanjakuk)

Meatball Soup "Wanjakuk" (완자국)

Ingredients: 1/4 lb. ground beef, garland chrysanthemum, 1/2 square onion, 1 egg, 1/2 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. soy sauce, 1/2 tsp. sesame oil, 1/2 tsp, sesame salt, 2 tbsp. flour, 7 cups broth

Method:

1. Chop the beef and garlic finely.

2. Wrap the bean curd in a clean cloth and squeeze out the excess water. Sieve the mashed bean curd.

3. Mix #1 and #2 with the soy sauce, salt and sesame salt.

4. Shape the #3 mixture into meatballs 1' in diameter. Dip each meatball into flour.

5. Pour the broth into a pan and season it with soy sauce and salt. When the broth boils, add the meatballs dipped into beate egg and bring to a boil again. Float the garland chrysanthemum leaves on the top and serve.

Hint:
1. Use finely ground or minced beef so that the meatballs will not break.
2. Oil both hands to form well-rounded meatballs.

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