Jjamppong (Seafood Noodle Soup)

Jjamppong (Seafood Noodle Soup)

Jjamppong (Seafood Noodle Soup)

Jjamppong is a Korean spicy seafood noodle soup. Despite there being a ton of ingredients in this recipe, it’s fairly simple to make and takes little time. You can adjust the heat to your liking by adding more or less gochugaru.
There are a couple routes you can go when selecting the seafood for this soup. The first is the buy a frozen seafood mix, usually consisting of crab, shrimp, mussels, clams, squid, octopus, and cuttlefish. Make sure that the seafood mix is defrosted before adding to the soup. The other route to go would be to customize what seafood goes into this soup by buying fresh seafood, still in the shell. This will cost more, but will yield tremendous flavor.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Korean
Keyword: East Asian, Korean, main course, noodles, seafood, soup
Author: Alex Gorgos

Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 6 garlic cloves minced
  • 2 tsp ginger minced
  • 5 green onions chopped
  • 4 oz pork diced
  • 1 mefium onion sliced
  • 6 oz cabbage shredded
  • 1 small zucchini julienned
  • 1 small carrot julienned
  • 4 tbsp gochugaru
  • 1 tbsp smoked paprika
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1/4 cup shaoxing cooking wine
  • 6 cups chicken stock
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 lbs frozen seafood mix.
  • 2 portions Kalguksu noodles

Instructions

  • In a large pot over medium high heat, sauté the garlic, ginger, and green onions for 2 minutes.
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  • Add in the pork, cabbage, carrots, zucchin, and onions. Sauté for 2 minutes.
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  • Add in the gochugaru and smoked paprika. Sauté for a minute.
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  • Add in the soy sauce and oyster sauce. Sauté for 30 seconds.
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  • Pour in the shaoxing cooking wine and chicken stock. Season with salt. Bring to a boil.
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  • Add the seafood mix and cook for 3 minutes.
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  • Bring water to a boil in another pot. Add the Kalguksu noodles. Boil for 5 minutes.
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  • Drain and rinse under cold water.
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  • Add a portion of the noodles to a bowl. Ladle over the seafood soup. Garnish with green onions.
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