Tteokjjim (rice cake stew)

Tteokjjim (rice cake stew)

Beef for soup is boiled, drained, ripped along the texture, and seasoned. This seasoned beef is then mixed with rice cake sticks and boiled together in the beef stock. Carrots, shiitake mushrooms, onions, watercress, gingko nuts, chestnuts, and pine nuts are added and simmered until all ingredients become tender.
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Carrots are very rich in carotene that can function as vitamin A in the body. The nutrient is found to have anti-cancer effect. It is also rich in minerals and vitamins.
Ingredients
rice cake sticks 500g, beef shank 300g, ox-stomach 300g, water 10cups, beef borth 1cup, radish 300g, carrot 200g, beef (rump or round) 100g, 3 shiitake mushrooms, 10 gingkos, 2 eggs, pine nuts 1 Tbsp





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Meat seasonings : soy sauce 1 Tbsp, sugar Tbsp, chopped green onions 2 tsp, chopped garlic 1 tsp, sesame oil 1 tsp, crushed sesame seeds 1tsp, black pepper


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Stew seasonings : soy sauce 6 Tbsp, sugar 3 Tbsp, chopped green onions 4 Tbsp, sesame oil 2 Tbsp, crushed seasame seeds 2 Tbsp, black pepper
Directions
1)
Black membrane of ox-stomach is removed, and whole beef shank is rinsed. It is boiled with 10 cups of water in a thick pot until it becomes tender. Radish and carrot are put as a whole in boiling water.
2)
Beef round is finely minced and soaked shiitake mushrooms are squeezed and thick-sliced, and then all are seasoned with meat seasonings.
3)
Rice cake sticks are sliced into 5cm length, incised lengthwise, parboiled, cooled, and stuffed with seasoned meat.
4)
Radish and carrot are sliced to 4cm and rounded, and beef shank and stomach meats are sliced, too.
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Gingkos are roasted and skinned. Eggs are separated into yolk and white, pan-fried to make sheets, and then sliced in diamond shapes.
6)
Put boiled shank, radish, and carrots in a pot; season it with stew seasonings. Pour seasoned broth and boil on a medium heat until softened to make stew.
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When meats and vegetables are seasoned, put rice cakes and remaining seasonings and mix well. Boil slowly until the liquid is almost disappeared; add gingkos. Then Boil a little more.
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When serving, garnish it with egg strips and pine nuts.