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Maeuntang (Korean spicy fish stew): photo of the dish
Illustrative photo: by Junho Jung at Flickr from South Korea — CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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Maeuntang (Korean spicy fish stew)

Korean cuisine. A spicy fish soup, often made with monkfish or other firm white sea fish, simmered in a red broth of chili paste and gochugaru. Very fragrant, it is served piping hot, often at the end of a meal or to warm up in winter.

  • 45 min
  • 4 servings
  • Medium
  • Moderate

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Bouillon

Spices & seasoning

Optional extras

On the side

Nutrition facts

182 kcal per serving

Protein
32.7 g
Carbohydrates
5.5 g
of which sugars
2.8 g
Fat
2.5 g
of which saturated fat
0.6 g
Fiber
3.3 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

  1. Cut the radish into thin rounds, the onion into wedges and the cabbage into pieces. Mince the garlic and grate the ginger.
  2. In a pot, bring the water to the boil with the radish, onion, garlic and ginger. Cook for 8 minutes.
  3. Add the gochujang, gochugaru, soy sauce and vinegar, then stir until dissolved.
  4. Lay in the fish chunks and the cabbage, cover and simmer gently for 10 minutes, without stirring so the flesh doesn't break.
  5. Add the spring onions cut into lengths and adjust the salt, then cook for 2 more minutes.
  6. Serve very hot in bowls, with white rice on the side.

Variations and tips

Seafood version. Add shrimp and clams towards the end of cooking; they open within 3 minutes.

Using what's available here. Daikon can be replaced with radishes and a little turnip, and napa with white cabbage.

More ideas

Original Ecomely recipe.