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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Soup
Asian
Servings: 4

Ingredients

Broth

  • 8 oz. beef, brisket, flank, chuck, or loin
  • 6 cups water
  • 1 tsp. chicken stock powder
  • 2 Tbsp. soup soy sauce
  • salt & pepper to taste

Marinade

  • 2 tsp. regular soy sauce
  • 2 tsp. sesame oil
  • 2 clove garlic minced
  • ¼ tsp. black pepper

Soup

  • cup rice cakes
  • 10 to 12 dumplings
  • 1 green onion, finely chopped
  • 2 eggs, separated
  • ½ sheet seasoned seaweed, cut into thin strips

Instructions 

Prep

  • Dice beef into 1-inch cubes.
  • Combine soy sauce, seasame oil, minced garlic, and black pepper and marinate beef.
  • Add rice cakes to a bowl of cold water and soak for 10-15 minutes until soft.

Soup

  • Heat 2 tsp. of oil in a large pot.
  • Add beef to the pot and sauté until browned.
  • Add 6 cups of water and bring to a boil.
  • Reduce to a gentle boil over medium high heat for 15 minutes.
  • Clean the fat from the top of the broth with a strainer.
  • Season the broth with soy sauce, stock powder, salt, and pepper.
  • Add the rice cakes and dumplings to the broth and simmer for 5-8 minutes until the dumplings float and the rice cakes are soft.
  • Remove the soup from the heat.

Crêpe

  • Separate the yolk and whites from the eggs.
  • Beat the yolks and pour onto a hot non-stick skillet.
  • When the egg is set, flip it in the pan.
  • Remove from the pan when the crêpe is cooked. It should not be browned.
  • Repeat the process with the egg whites.
  • Roll up the crêpes and slice into thin strips.

Serve

  • Ladle broth with rice cakes and dumplings into a bowl.
  • Garnish with crêpe strips, chopped seaweed, and scallion greens.