Recipe: Yummy Kimchi Soup

Kimchi Soup. Check Out Top Brands On eBay. Kimchi soup (kimchi jjigae) is a staple in Korea. It's a dish you'll find served just about everywhere—out at restaurants and in the home.

Not only do you get the gut boost from fermentation, but the cabbage is also a natural prebiotic, making it even better for you. But serve it in a warm soup, and it becomes a hearty winter dish that'll warm you from the inside out. Kimchi soup, called Jjigae, is a satisfying example. You can cook Kimchi Soup using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Kimchi Soup

1. You need 1 tsp of plus 1 tbsp oil,.
2. You need 3 of ⁄4 cup brown rice or noodles.
3. Prepare 1 of small white onion, halved lengthwise and sliced into half moons.
4. It's 1 of small zucchini, trimmed, halved lengthwise and sliced 1⁄4-inch thick.
5. You need 1 cup of peeled and grated carrots or chopped.
6. You need 1 1/2-2 tbsp of Korean chile paste (aka Gochujang).
7. Prepare 3 cups of vegetable broth.
8. Prepare 1 cup of sliced shiitake mushrooms, stemmed.
9. Prepare 2 cups of silken tofu, drained and cut into 8 pieces.
10. It's 1 1/2 cups of kimchi, drained and roughly chopped.
11. Prepare 4 of large eggs.
12. Prepare 3 tbsp of chopped fresh chives.

The fermented kimchi vegetables quickly provide deep flavor to the broth, so the soup can be produced in little more than half an hour. Remove from heat and stir in green onions. Taste and add soy sauce as needed for saltiness (depends on the saltiness of your broth). Ladle into serving bowls and top with the green parts of the scallions.

Kimchi Soup step by step

1. In a small saucepan on medium, heat 1 tsp oil. Add rice and toast, stirring constantly until opaque, 1 to 2 minutes. Add 1 1/2 cups water, increase heat to high and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer until water is absorbed and rice is cooked through, about 45 minutes. Remove from heat and keep covered for 10 minutes or you could use noodles, cook as per packet instructions and set aside..
2. In a large saucepan on medium-high, heat remaining 1 tbsp oil. Add onion, zucchini and carrots and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are soft, about 6 minutes. Add chili paste and continue cooking until flavors blend, stirring frequently, about 2 minutes. Add broth and 2 cups water. Increase heat to high, cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer, covered, until vegetables are just tender, 3 to 4 minutes. Add mushrooms and tofu and simmer, covered, until mushroom.
3. Are cooked, Divide kimchi among serving bowls and keep close at hand. Crack 1 egg into a small bowl and gently tip it into simmering broth. Set a timer for 2 minutes for soft yolks or 3 minutes for firmer yolks. Quickly repeat with remaining eggs. When timer goes off, ladle first egg into 1 of the bowls, doing your best to keep yolk intact. Repeat with remaining eggs in order in which you added them. Divide remaining soup among bowls. Sprinkle with chives and serve with rice or noodles.

Add miso: For a savory punch of flavor, stir in a spoonful of miso paste. A combination of miso paste, kimchi, shrimp and shiitake mushrooms, gives this soup a super complex flavor. Combine the kimchi, hot pepper paste, kimchi juice, pork, and sugar in a heavy bottomed pot. Add tofu and lower the heat to medium low. In a separate bowl, combine soup base ingredients and mash together.