Dwaeji Gukbap

Name: Dwaeji Gukbap
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 2kg pork bones, soaked to remove blood; 500g pork belly or shoulder; 1 onion, 1 leek, garlic and ginger; Cooked short-grain rice; Salted fermented shrimp (saeujeot); Garlic chives and spring onions; Seasoned chilli paste (dadegi)

돼지국밥/DWEH-jee GOOK-bap/

Also known as: Dwaeji Gukbab, Busan Pork Soup with Rice, Korean Pork and Rice Soup

About this dish

A milky pork bone broth served over rice with slices of boiled pork, seasoned at the table with salted shrimp, chives and chilli paste.

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Ingredients

🦴2kg pork bones, soaked to remove blood

🐖500g pork belly or shoulder

🧅1 onion, 1 leek, garlic and ginger

🍚Cooked short-grain rice

🦐Salted fermented shrimp (saeujeot)

🌿Garlic chives and spring onions

🌶️Seasoned chilli paste (dadegi)

Method

Serves 3

Blanch the bones, then boil them hard for 6–8 hours until the broth is milky white.

Simmer the pork in the broth with the onion, leek, garlic and ginger until tender, then slice.

Put rice in a hot bowl, add sliced pork and pour over the boiling broth.

Season at the table with salted shrimp, chives and chilli paste.

Eat with kimchi, raw onion and green chillies.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Dwaeji gukbap is the soul food of Busan, created after the Korean War, and many restaurants there serve it around the clock.

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