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Clear Clam Soup (Bajirak Malgeun-guk)

Name: Clear Clam Soup (Bajirak Malgeun-guk)
Cuisine: South Korea
Ingredients: 30 g Littleneck clams (bajirak); 10 g Enoki mushrooms; 3 g Red chili pepper; 1 g Garland chrysanthemum (ssukgat); 3 g Cheongyang chili pepper; 8 g Korean radish; 5 g Scallion; 5 g Dried kelp (dasima)

바지락 맑은국

Soup & stew · Boiled

Soups & stewsCourse

47kcal · per serving

4/5Spice

No porkGluten-free

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Recipe

Clear Clam Soup (Bajirak Malgeun-guk)

🌶 Spicy 4/5No porkNo meat or alcoholGluten-freeContains: shellfish

Ingredients Tap an ingredient to check it off

Servings1

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Littleneck clams (bajirak)바지락
30 g
Enoki mushrooms팽이버섯
10 g
Red chili pepper홍고추
3 g
Garland chrysanthemum (ssukgat)쑥갓
1 g
Cheongyang chili pepper청양고추
3 g
Korean radish무
↔ No Korean radish? Daikon is the closest. Turnip works in soups.
🛒 Where to buy: Daikon is in many supermarkets and all Asian grocery stores
8 g
Scallion대파
5 g
Dried kelp (dasima)다시마
5 g

Nutrition per serving

47kcal

7.76gCarbs

3.93gProtein

0.02gFat

359.39mgSodium

Steps

Translated from the Korean original. Amounts are as in the original recipe.

Add the radish, kelp, scallion, and Cheongyang chili pepper to water and boil.
When it boils, remove the Cheongyang chili pepper and kelp.
Add the purged clams and boil.
Cut off the base of the enoki mushrooms.
Add the enoki mushrooms to step 3 and boil.
Garnish with diagonally sliced red chili pepper and garland chrysanthemum.

💡 TipMaking the soup with clams, which are rich in potassium, helps flush out sodium.

Diet and allergy labels are estimated from the ingredient list. Check labels if you have an allergy.
Recipe source: Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) recipe database. English translation by WorldFoodPedia, not by MFDS.