A bowl of bibigo Mandu Kal-Guksu, featuring hearty Korean noodles in a savory broth with dumplings, minced beef, and green onions on top.

Mandu Kal-guksu

Serve

2

Level

Normal

Preperation

20 min.

Ingredients

Beef Marinade:

  • 115g / 4oz minced beef
  • 1 medium spring onion – chopped
  • 1 tsp minced ginger
  • ½ tbsp soup soy sauce
  • 1 tsp cooking wine
  • ½ tsp ground pepper

 

Soup:

  • ½ medium onion, sliced
  • 4 pieces thinly sliced ​​ginger
  • 2 spring onions
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 liters beef broth or dashi
  • 12 bibigo beef & vegetable mandu
  • 200g / 7 oz kalguksu noodles
  • 230g / 8 oz sliced ​​zucchini
  • Spring onions for garnish

Instruction

In a bowl, combine the ground beef, chopped spring onions, ginger, soy sauce, cooking wine, and ground pepper until thoroughly mixed.
Heat a pan over medium-high heat and add cooking oil. Sauté beef for about 3 minutes until cooked through. Remove from heat and set aside.
Pour beef broth into a large pot and bring to boil over high heat. Add onion, ginger, spring onions, soy sauce and salt. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes until the onions begin to turn translucent. Add zucchini, bibigo beef & vegetable mandu, and kalguksu noodles, and cook for 5 minutes until the mandu float to the surface.
To serve, divide evenly between two bowls and garnish with fried beef and chopped spring onions.