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Manduguk (Korean Dumpling Soup)
4.6 from 24 votes

Manduguk (Korean Dumpling Soup)

Balanced, flavorful, and enjoyable—this recipe has it all.

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 4
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Korean

Ingredients

  • 10 pieces mandu See note 1, dumplings, adjust to your serving size
Broth:
  • 5 cups chicken broth See note 2, or other flavorful broth such as beef broth, anchovy broth, vegetable broth, etc
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce or fish sauce (or omit and simply season with salt, Guk Ganjang, soup soy sauce
  • salt to taste
  • black pepper to taste
  • 2 teaspoons garlic minced
  • 1 scallion
Garnish (optional):
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 heet seaweed sheet roasted and crusted, gim (김), aka laver, nori

Instructions

    Cup of Yum
  1. In a medium size pot, add 5 cups of chicken broth (or broth of your choice). (See note below.) Bring it to a boil over medium high heat.
  2. Stir in the garlic, soy sauce, and salt and pepper to taste. Add the mandu pieces, stirring gently so they don’t stick to the bottom of the pot. Boil until all of them float, and reduce the heat to medium and boil for an additional minute or two.
  3. Slice the scallion into thin strips. Cut the thin egg omelette (see below) into strips and then into diamond shapes or roll it and slice into thin strips.
  4. Ladle the steaming soup into bowls and garnish with the scallion and optional egg jidan and/or gim.
How to make jidan - egg garnish (Optional)
  1. Beat the egg. You can separate the egg if you want and gently whisk each part. Heat a lightly oiled small nonstick skillet over medium heat and pour the egg mixture (or each egg part if separated) into a thin layer, tilting the skillet (similar to making crepe). Cook each side until no visible egg liquid remains. (Do not brown the egg.)

Notes

  • Kimchi mandu
  • beef broth
  • chicken broth,
  • anchovy broth
  • vegetable broth
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  • Kimchi mandu is a popular choice for this soup, but you can use any type of dumplings for this soup, including pre-made store-bought dumplings. 
  • You can also use homemade beef broth, chicken broth, anchovy broth, vegetable broth, etc. as well as any of your favorite store-bought broth.