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Creamy Seaweed Soup (Miyeokguk)

Inspired by chef Choi Hyun Seok's seaweed soup from Culinary Class Wars S1. Now you can recreate Netflix dishes at home!
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Asian Fusion

Ingredients
  

Seaweed soup
  • 2 tbsp perilla oil substitute: sesame oil
  • 2 handfuls of dried seaweed
  • 1.2 L water
  • 50 ml thickened or heavy ceam
  • Protein and seafood of your choice chicken, mussels, clams and fish
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp minced garlic
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
Toppings
  • 4 scallops
  • 2 white fish fillets
  • Scallions julienned
For braising the radish
  • 1/4 white radish daikon, cut into small discs
  • 2 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tbsp mirin

Method
 

Make the seaweed soup
  1. Soak dried seaweed in water for 30mins
  2. Rinse seaweed and drain the liquid, then cut into bite sized pieces
  3. Stir fry seaweed in perilla/sesame oil in a pot, on medium low heat
  4. Add water, then turn to medium high heat
  5. Once soup is boiling, simmer for 15 mins on medium heat with lid closed
  6. Add any leftover protein and seafood into the soup and simmer for another 15 mins on medium heat, with lid closed
  7. Season the soup with soy sauce and fish sauce (as you prefer) and continue to simmer for 10 mins on medium heat.
  8. Let the soup cool down, then remove the protein/seafood, and add the stock + seaweed into a blender. Blend until smooth, for about 30-40 seconds.
  9. Add the blended seaweed soup back into the pot
  10. Add some cream and cook on low heat, stir until smooth.
  11. Season with more salt as required.
Braise the radish
  1. Cut radish into ~10 small discs, place in a pot with braising sauces.
  2. Simmer on medium low heat for 15mins.
Cook the protein
  1. Steam the white fish fillets for ~8-10mins until cooked
  2. Sear scallops on medium heat on only one side until just cooked.
Prepare the garnish
  1. Shallow fry julienned scallions until crispy (~30secs).
Assemble together and enjoy! 🥰

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