Instant Pot Korean Seaweed Soup (Miyeokguk, 미역국)
- Jan 29, 2018
- 2 min read
If you grew up in a Korean household, chances are you ate miyeokguk on your birthday. Korean moms typically will make this "Birthday Soup" for their children to celebrate. This is because Korean moms will eat tons of this soup after giving birth! They say that miyeokguk is good for breast milk production, and healing from delivery. I can tell you from experience that miyeokguk was a soothing meal after delivering a baby! I wish I had an Instant Pot after delivering my kids, as it would have made making this soup so much easier!
Quick Notes:
⏲ ~30 min cooking time
🇰🇷 Some ingredients may need to be bought at a Korean grocery
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👨👩👧👦 Serves 6+ people
👍 Very easy and great for beginners!
What you need:
50g of dried seaweed
1 lb of beef cut into small pieces (I used beef flap for this recipe, but short rib would work great too)
1 tbsp of sesame oil
4 cloves of minced garlic
12 cups of water
2-3 tbsp of soup soy sauce
Salt to taste
Prep your ingredients:
Soak about 50g of dried seaweed in water overnight, or at least 3 hrs (most Korean dried seaweed packages come in 100g bags). Chop the seaweed into bite sized chunks (doesn't have to be perfect!) and rinse under running water. Mince your garlic.
Instant Pot Time!
Press SAUTE button. When the display says HOT, add sesame oil. Add the beef and saute for several minutes until browned. Add the rehydrated seaweed and garlic. Saute/mix the ingredients together. Add the water. Then add the soup soy sauce. Close the lid. Press MEAT/STEW, and set the time to 15 minutes. Set the seal to SEALING. When the timer is done, QUICK RELEASE. Add Salt to your taste. Ahjumma tip: if you prefer a softer seaweed texture, then increase your time to 20 minutes.
Serve this with a pickled side dish and rice!
And when you're done, be sure to post some pictures and tag them with #ahjummarecipes. I'd love to see your results!
Vielen Dank für diesen tollen Beitrag und die Bereitschaft, dieses Rezept zu teilen! Ich fand ihn wirklich aufschlussreich. Besonders der Punkt, dass die Zubereitung im Instant Pot doch stark kontextabhängig ist, hat mir sehr zugesagt. Das deckt sich auch mit meinen eigenen Erfahrungen mit dem Gerät. Manchmal klappt etwas auf Anhieb perfekt, ein anderes Mal muss man doch noch ein wenig nachjustieren. Aber das ist ja auch das Spannende daran, oder https://playzilla-ch.com/ Ich muss sagen, der Inhalt zum Instant Pot ist wirklich stark. Ich kenne tatsächlich einige Leute, die sich dafür brennend interessieren würden und von diesem Rezept bestimmt begeistert wären. Ich werde ihnen definitiv davon erzählen. Es ist einfach so praktisch, wenn man ein gutes Rezept findet, das auch…
This post really resonates with me and confirms so much of what my own experiences have taught me about the Instant Pot. It's honestly one of those appliances I feel like my entire team would benefit from reading about, especially the part about the initial learning curve. To put it another way, I think the onboarding challenge with this kind of technology definitely needs more focused attention https://www.osko.com.au/ When I first got mine, I remember feeling completely overwhelmed by all the buttons and modes. It took a good few weeks of trial and error before I felt truly comfortable. So, understanding the return on investment for the time spent learning it is crucial, isn't it? Reading about Miyeokguk here was…