Korean Spicy Braised Mixed Seafood
Quick answer
- Total time
- 40 min
- Level
- Medium
- Servings
- 4 servings
- Ingredients
- 10
About this dish
Crunchy bean sprouts and chewy squid and shrimp share one platter, all coated in a thick red sauce.
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Ingredients
Instructions
- 1
Clean 250 g squid, remove innards and skin, score and cut into bite-sized pieces.
Devein 200 g shrimp along the back.
- 2
Soak 300 g clams in salted water for 30 minutes to purge sand, scrub clean.
Trim and wash 250 g bean sprouts.
- 3
Layer bean sprouts on the pot bottom, then clams, squid, and shrimp in order.
Top with 120 g onion cut into thick strips.
- 4
Mix 2.5 tablespoons chili flakes, 1.5 tablespoons soy sauce, 1 tablespoon minced garlic, and 1 teaspoon sugar and spread it evenly over the seafood. Cover and cook over high heat for 5 minutes.
- 5
When most clams have opened and the squid and shrimp are opaque, fold the ingredients together once gently so they do not break.
- 6
Drizzle in 2 tablespoons starch slurry and fold gently until the sauce thickens.
Discard any clam that remains closed and serve hot.
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