Soybean sprout soup (kongnamulguk)

How to make soybean sprout soup, both spicy and non-spicy versions.
The full recipe is here:
http://www.maangchi.com/recipes/kongnamulguk


Spicy version
Ingredients:
1 package of soybean sprouts (500 grams), water, salt, soy sauce, hot pepper flakes, onion, garlic, green onion, dried anchovies, roasted sesame seeds, and sesame oil.
Directions:
1. Rinse and drain a package of soybean sprouts (500 grams) a few times over. Pick out any rotten sprouts.

2. Put the soybean sprouts into a pot and add 5½ cups of water.
3. Add 1½ ts salt, 1 ts soy sauce, 2 cloves of minced garlic, ½ tbs of hot pepper flakes.
4. Slice half a medium sized onion and put it in the pot.
5. Add a handful of dried anchovies (about 7 large dried anchovies) after removing the intestines.
*tip: this is going to be taken out later, we won't eat it
6. Close the lid and bring to a boil over medium heat for about 15 minutes.
7. When the soup boils over, open the lid and stir the soup with a spoon.
8. Lower the heat and cook another 25 minutes.
9. Add 2 chopped green onions and 1 or 2 ts of sesame oil.
10. Turn off the heat.
11. Grind roasted sesame seeds in a grinder.
12. Put the soup in a bowl and sprinkle some sesame seed powder on top, just before serving.

Non-spicy vegetarian version
Ingredients:
1 package of soybean sprouts (500 grams), water, salt, kelp, garlic, green onion, onion, roastedsesame seeds, and sesame oil.
Directions:
1. Rinse and drain a package of soybean sprouts (500 grams) a few times over. Pick out any rotten sprouts.
2. Put the soybean sprouts into a pot and add 5½ cups of water.
3. Add 1½ ts salt, ½ cup worth of kelp, and 2 cloves of minced garlic.
4. Slice half a medium sized onion and put it in the pot.
5. Close the lid and bring to a boil over medium heat for about 15 minutes.
6. When the soup boils over, open the lid and stir it with a spoon.
7. Lower the heat and simmer another 25 minutes.
8. Take the kelp out of the soup.
9. Add 2 chopped green onions and 1 or 2 ts of sesame oil.

10. Turn off the heat.
11. Grind roasted sesame seeds in a grinder.
12. Put the soup in a bowl and sprinkle some sesame seed powder on top, just before serving.

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[delightracardeanne]

I made this yesterday and it was so delicious! I didn't have the hot pepper paste (I'm buying it this thursday for my ddukbokki and kimchi), so I used srirachi instead to spice it up. It was awesome, I plan to make it many times in the future, as well as many of your other dishes. You really inspire me, Maangchi! :-) I'm not Korean, but my parents tell me I have the heart of a korean woman! ;-)

[Maangchi]

@delightracardeanne yay! Congratulations!

[mlauntube]

I got my son (the college boy) making the spicy one right now. A nice simple dish for him to get used to cooking.

[Maangchi]

@mlauntube awesome! Happy cooking!

[rainieyangrocks]

Must i use kelp? Is there a substitute because i don't think i can find it where i live?

[Maangchi]

@rainieyangrocks skip it then. It will still be delicious.

[moon3211]

cutest cook ever!

[soundagenda]

oh my goddd!

she is so cutee

[YaoiSutori]

The Cure!!! Now I love you more!

[2215222]

I love how you enjoy your own cooking so much!!! Everything look so delicious!

[thedragoonknight]

:3 I remember my mom and grandma used to make this a lot back home.

Your channel is like going back to my moms house xD lots of memories.

[chowfun1976]

I noticed how long you cook the soybean sprouts. Doesn't it get all mushy and breaks apart when you cook it for too long? Mung bean sprouts fall apart if they're cooked too long.

[ZarathuPower]

I am about to make the soup for the family. Boy, am I glad to find the video showing how to make it. Thanks! I found out that using sissors to be real handy removing the end part, and listening to classical music lessen the frustration while I remove all the tail part cut off.

[kaibear123]

I love her little smile @4:07 Lmao

[luvingxangel]

@iynn512 Korean food consists of garlic, onion, and green onions - either one, a combination of two or just all three.

it definitely gives it flavor (: you probably won't realize it 'til you cook one with and one without it.

I mean, unless it's absolutely disgusting to you or you're allergic, then definitely - omit! but if you aren't and you take those ingredients out - you're left with soybean sprout broth and salt

[luvingxangel]

@CloverLemon from what i know about soybean sprouts, it's yellow 'cause it gets no sun

and it would be green 'cause it starts to produce chlorophyll once it contacts with sun..

or that's the assumption I made when my dad brought a in-home soybean sprout-grower-thingy, he always covered the top, but the ones that got a bit of sun turned green.