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Mandu-guk
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Alternative names Dumpling soup
Type Guk
Place of origin Korea
Main ingredients Mandu
Food energy
(per 1 serving)
88 kcal (368 kJ)
Korean name
Hangul 만두국
Hanja 饅頭-
Revised Romanization mandu(-t)-guk
McCune–Reischauer mandu(-t)-kuk

Mandu-guk (Hangul: 만두국, 饅頭-) or dumpling soup is a variety of Korean soup (guk) made by boiling mandu (dumplings) in a beef broth or anchovy broth mixed with beaten egg.

History

According to the 14th century records of Goryeosa (고려사), mandu had already been introduced via Central Asia during the Goryeo era. Mandu was called sanghwa (쌍화) or gyoja (교자) until the mid-Joseon Dynasty and became a local specialty of the Pyongan and Hamgyong regions, as both wheat and buckwheat — the main ingredients for flour — were mainly cultivated in the north.

Mandu was made and cooked in various ways, including manduguk. In the Korean royal court, the dish was called byeongsi (병시) while in Eumsik dimibang, a Joseon Dynasty cookbook, it was called "seokryutang" (석류탕). The exact era when manduguk got its modern name is unknown.

Preparation and serving

Tteokmanduguk (rice cake dumpling soup)
Tteok-mandu-guk (sliced rice cake and dumpling soup)

Dumplings are made by rolling out thin circles of dough, creating a half-moon shape and filling them with a mixture of minced meat, vegetables, tofu and sometimes kimchi. The dumplings are then boiled in a broth traditionally made by boiling anchovies, shiitake mushroom stems and onions.

Some variations make the broth from beef stock. The addition of tteok, a cylindrical rice cake, is common as well, changing the dish's name into tteok-mandu-guk.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Manduguk para niños

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