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Seolleongtang

설렁탕/SUL-lung-tahng/
Also known as: Ox Bone Soup, Seollongtang
SeolleongtangPhoto: Wikimedia Commons
About this dish

A milky-white ox bone soup simmered for many hours, served with sliced brisket and rice, seasoned at the table.

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Ingredients
🦴2kg ox leg and knuckle bones
🥩500g beef brisket
🧅1 onion, 1 leek and a few garlic cloves
🍜Thin wheat noodles (somyeon), optional
🍚Rice, to serve
🧂Salt and black pepper, at the table
🌿Lots of chopped spring onion
Method
Serves 2
1
Soak the bones in cold water for several hours, then blanch and rinse them.
2
Cover with fresh water and boil hard for 6–12 hours, topping up, until the broth is milky white.
3
Add the brisket, onion, leek and garlic for the last 1.5 hours, then remove and slice the brisket.
4
Strain the broth and skim off the fat.
5
Serve the hot broth with brisket, noodles and rice, and let everyone season with salt, pepper and spring onion.
✓ What Makes it Authentic

Seolleongtang is a Seoul classic; it comes unseasoned, and diners add salt, pepper and spring onion themselves, with radish kimchi on the side.

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