Korean Seafood Scorched Rice Soup

Korean Seafood Scorched Rice Soup

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Total time
45 min
Level
Medium
Servings
2 servings
Ingredients
11

About this dish

Hard scorched rice dropped into hot seafood broth starts out crisp, turns chewy, and if left a while longer softens into something like porridge.

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It goes into each bowl at the table rather than into the pot, and how long you wait decides which version you eat.

Ingredients

servings

Instructions

6 steps
  1. 1

    Devein 120 g shrimp with a slit along the back; peel 100 g squid and cut into bite-size pieces.

  2. 2

    Julienne 80 g onion, quarter 120 g bok choy, and scrub 120 g mussels clean with a brush.

  3. 3

    Boil water in a pot with garlic, onion, and mussels over medium heat for 5 minutes to extract seafood stock; open mussels indicate the stock is ready.

  4. 4

    Add shrimp and squid; season with oyster sauce, salt, and pepper.

    Cook over medium heat for 4 minutes until seafood is cooked through.

  5. 5

    Add bok choy and cook just 1 more minute until leaves remain colorful green, then remove from heat.

  6. 6

    Add 120 g scorched rice directly to the hot broth bowl just before eating; enjoy while some crispy bits remain.

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Tips

Add scorched rice at the table to avoid sogginess.
Do not overcook seafood to keep it tender.
Edited by Charim Team