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Maeuntang

Name: Maeuntang
Cuisine: South Korea
Ingredients: 50 g Main ingredient: brown croaker (mineo); 15 g beef brisket; 1.25 g minced garlic; 0.25 g black pepper; 0.5 g sesame oil; 40 g Korean radish; 20 g zucchini; 20 g small oyster mushrooms; 5 g green chili pepper; 2.5 g red chili pepper; 10 g crown daisy (ssukgat); 5 g green onion; 0.5 g ginger juice; 300 g water; 0.5 g salt; 10 g grated onion; 2 g minced garlic; 2.5 g soup soy sauce (guk-ganjang); 2.5 g soy sauce; 5 g cooking wine (matsul); 5 g coarse gochugaru (Korean chili flakes); 1.25 g fine gochugaru (Korean chili flakes)

매운탕

Korean spicy fish soup

Soups & stewsCourse

148kcal · per serving

5/5Spice

No pork

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About this dish

Maeun-tang (Korean: 매운탕) or spicy fish stew is a dish in Korean cuisine. It is a hot spicy fish soup boiled with gochujang (Korean red chili pepper paste), '고춧가루'(chili powder), and various vegetables. The name is a combination of two words: '매운', which derives from '맵다', meaning "hot and spicy"; and '탕(湯)', meaning "soup". As its main ingredient, fresh or saltwater fish is cut into several pieces and boiled with green vegetables such as watercress and garland chrysanthemum. Onion, radish, chilis, crown daisy, garlic, and sometimes zucchini and bean curd are added to the mixture to absorb the chili pepper paste which is the main flavoring of this dish. It is then seasoned with chili powder, garlic, soy sauce, and additional gochujang may be added once more to taste. Restaurants that offer this dish often allow customers to select their fish from an aquarium.

Description: Wikipedia — Maeun-tang, CC BY-SA 4.0

Recipe

Spicy Croaker Stew (Mineo Maeuntang)

🌶 Spicy 5/5No porkContains: gluten, soy, sesame

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Servings1

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Main ingredient: brown croaker (mineo)주재료 : 민어
50 g
beef brisket쇠고기 양지
15 g
minced garlic다진 마늘
1.25 g
black pepper후추
0.25 g
sesame oil참기름
0.5 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
40 g
zucchini애호박
20 g
small oyster mushrooms애느타리버섯
20 g
green chili pepper풋 고추
5 g
red chili pepper홍고추
2.5 g
crown daisy (ssukgat)쑥갓
10 g
green onion대파
5 g
ginger juice생강즙
0.5 g
water물
300 g
salt소금
0.5 g
grated onion간 양파
10 g
minced garlic다진 마늘
2 g
soup soy sauce (guk-ganjang)국간장
2.5 g
soy sauce간장
2.5 g
cooking wine (matsul)맛술
5 g
coarse gochugaru (Korean chili flakes)굵은 고춧가루
↔ No coarse gochugaru (Korean chili flakes)? Mix 2 parts sweet paprika with 1 part cayenne or red pepper flakes. Less smoky and a bit hotter, so start with half.
🛒 Where to buy: Korean or Asian grocery stores (H Mart, Lotte Plaza), the international aisle of large supermarkets, or online
5 g
fine gochugaru (Korean chili flakes)고운 고춧가루
↔ No fine gochugaru (Korean chili flakes)? Mix 2 parts sweet paprika with 1 part cayenne or red pepper flakes. Less smoky and a bit hotter, so start with half.
🛒 Where to buy: Korean or Asian grocery stores (H Mart, Lotte Plaza), the international aisle of large supermarkets, or online
1.25 g

Nutrition per serving

148kcal

11.7gCarbs

16.2gProtein

4.6gFat

532.1mgSodium

Steps

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

Mix all the seasoning sauce ingredients and let it rest in the refrigerator for a day.
Scrape the scales off the croaker, remove the fins and innards, wash under running water, and cut into 5 cm pieces.
Julienne the beef and season with minced garlic and black pepper.
Cut the radish into thin squares (nabak), cut the zucchini into half-moons, tear the small oyster mushrooms into bite-size pieces, and slice the chili peppers and green onion on the diagonal.
Heat sesame oil in a pot and stir-fry the beef, then add 1 and a half cups of water and the radish, dissolve the seasoning sauce, and boil.
When the radish is about half cooked, add the croaker and vegetables and bring to a quick boil, add the diagonally sliced green onion and ginger juice and boil briefly, season with salt, and add the crown daisy.

💡 TipMaking the seasoning sauce ahead and letting it rest intensifies the spicy taste and improves the flavor.

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.