Seaweed Soup with Mussels
Maangchi
Hello everybody
Today I am going to make
Seaweed soup
It's called "miyeokguk"
You know already there are many kinds of seaweed
edible seaweed, but this is called "miyeok"
in Japanese it's called "wakame"
Miyeokguk is very important
All Koreans eat miyeokguk at least on their birthday
Even my mom calls me on my birthday:
"Hey, have you made miyeokguk?" that's the first question
After a mom gives birth to a baby, you have to eat this soup for one month
and then meanwhile all your body recovers
but that doesn't matter; you can eat it all year round!
It has a lot of minerals inside
Look at this, it's broken
easily broken
really really really dried
That's why we need to rehydrate this
Let's soak in cold water
Ok
This is mussels, very very fresh
You need to pick the really fresh mussels
this is 2 pounds
Ocean smell!
Usually, when you buy this, there's a beard
when you find it, get rid of this, or cut it with scissors
but mine looks already cleaned
and then I'm going to soak them in salty water
First,
let's wash this
I would just add salt
and then
make them think this is still the ocean
so they can actively spit out all mud and sand
Yes, ocean water!
So now my seaweed is now soaked
and mussels are soaked
and then I'm going to wait around 30 minutes
30 minutes after, my miyeok is really soft now
Beautiful!
Drain this,
Rinse through one more time, rinse
So I'm going to cut these into bite sized pieces
a couple of times
These mussels, let's strain.
clean
Set aside
and boil over medium high heat
5 or 6 cloves of garlic, let's mince
Now my miyeokguk is really boiling
We need to add garlic and mussels
C'mon!
and garlic
Let it boil
4 or 5 green onions, I will use
All the mussels are open, and everything looks delicious
broth is delicious, I tasted it
I will show you
Here you go
So here I will add
2 teaspoons of sesame oil
Oh my, it smells so good!
My mussels are really large
Chopped green onion
So this is "honghap miyeokguk", "honghap" is "mussels" in Korean
I made honghap miyeokguk, huge bowl
I'm going to eat it all!
And then I made also rice here
Rice, and a large bowl of honghop miyeokguk
kimchi and side dishes
That's our meal!
just eat it
Mm!
Whenever I eat miyeokguk I feel really calm
Miyeokguk is a big part of Korean culture
on birthday, you need to eat this soup
You need to prepare this soup for your children or your parents
Sometimes I put my rice in this soup
Mm!
Delicious!
Today we made delicious, and healthy, seaweed soup
"Honghap Miyeokguk"
so, enjoy my recipe, see you next time!
Bye!