Cold eggplant soup (Gajinaengguk)

http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/gajina...
How are you doing in these hot summer days?
How about making this cold eggplant soup side dish?

Ingredients:
1 Korean eggplant (5 ounces: 140-150 grams), washed with the tops removed
1 tbs chopped onion
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tbs chopped green chili pepper
1 tbs chopped red chili pepper
1 stalk of green onion, chopped
2 ts salt
1 ts sugar
½ ts hot pepper flakes
½ ts soy sauce
1 tbs apple or white vinegar
1 cup of cold water
6-7 ice cubes
2 ts sesame seeds, ground

Directions:
Rinse an eggplant and remove the stem from the top.
Cut it into 2 inch pieces (about 5 cm), then cut each piece in half lengthwise.
Boil 1½ cups of water into a steamer. When it starts boiling, add the eggplant and steam for 3 minutes.
Remove the eggplant from the heat and let it cool down.

Tear each piece of eggplant into bite size pieces with your fingers or cut with a knife. The desirable size of each piece is ½ inch x 2 inches.

Add it to a serving bowl that holds 2½ to 3 cups of liquid.
Combine with onion, garlic, green and red chili pepper, green onion, salt, sugar, hot pepper flakes, soy sauce, and vinegar.

Add 1 cup of icy cold water and mix well with a spoon. Add some more ice cubes to make it more cold.
Add crushed or ground sesame seeds on top and serve immediately with rice and a few more side dishes.

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[Evojamoz11]

hello Maangchi !!

I'm from Thailand ... I'm a big fan of you!!!

I just tried this recipe then.... and I love it!! ♥♥

All the ingredients are easily to find here .. so I got to make this every week!!

Thanks for sharing your wonderful food !! We love u !!!!!

[Maangchi]

I'm glad you like this recipe! Cheers!

[cmarwood2]

Couldn't find the Asian eggplant so I used the regular ones and it came out great. Very easy to make and very good. Thanks for showing me how.

[Maangchi]

awesome!



[TheVeryBerrieLife]

LOVE YOUR recipes!! i'm Korean too!!! I'm a newlywed living in NYC and we have made your recipes many times!!! We vlog everyday. Please come visit us and say hi!!

[Maangchi]

awesome! Thank you for your interest in my recipes. These days I see many Koreans are using my recipes.

[PiroMunkie]

The only thing wrong with this soup is that it's not in my mouth. ._.

[sasayaki]

I just got some eggplant and chili peppers from my mom's garden. I'm going to give this a shot this weekend. Perfect timing!

[Verotia Tetevano]

My Gf and I really love your cooking show .. you make things very easy to understand and simple to cook... love your style .. your so BOSS :D my girl friend thinks your so cool she wants to cook like you now hehehe .. xiexie from my girl friend to you

[勞 肺炎]

yum.

[AhnkoCheeOutdoors]

I especially enjoy your recipes like this that are not found on the menu of most Korean restaurants here. I have green eggplants in my garden to try this recipe on though not as pretty as purple ones. Thank you Maangchi! 8-)

[y kim]

i really appreciate your vegetarian side dishes maangchi! it's so nice to have these beautiful options so i can still cook for my family and enjoy meals with them!

[budmeister]

I'd say the Korean food that I remember the most from my time in South Korea would be the very very fresh octopus mixed with vegetables served with hot sauce. So fresh that the pieces of tentacles where still moving as I ate it. Wasn't bad though. :)

[TheQueenKoKo]

Hi, how are you? Sometimes I get the eggplants and they are a little bitter. How could I remove this taste? I have sensitivity towards bitter taste and I couldn't eat any food with the slightest bitterness. Help me please, thanks.

[Calbee Lai]

I like eggplant...

[SaftasCookingShow]

Good Stuff

[Redrabbitsarewe]

I'm definitely gonna make this when summer comes along ^~^

[A. Miller]

love you maangchi, keep making more delicious food for us!! <3