Soups

Dumpling soup

Boil commercial dumplings in clear broth and add eggs and green onions.

Prep
10 min
Cook
15 min
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Dumpling soup with floating eggs and green onions

Scale the recipe

Base quantities · 2 servings · Frozen mandu dumplings (Unpackaged frozen weight) 360 g

Ingredients

Frozen mandu dumplings Unpackaged frozen weight
360 g
Unsalted beef broth
5 C
egg
1 piece
Large green onion (daepa)
20 g

Seasonings

Korean soup soy sauce (guk-ganjang)
1 T
chopped garlic
1/3 T
black pepper
about 0.08 T

Level measures: 1 T (tablespoon) = 15 mL, 1 C (paper cup) = 180 mL. Household spoons and cups can vary in size.

Method

  1. boiling broth

    Add soy sauce 1 T and minced garlic 1/3 T to the broth 5 C and boil.

    Clear beef broth boiled in a pot
  2. Add frozen dumplings to the boiling broth

    Add the frozen mandu 360 g to the boiling broth and nudge gently with a ladle to prevent sticking.

    Dumplings submerged in boiling broth
  3. Simmer the dumplings over medium heat

    When the broth returns to the boil, reduce to medium and follow the timing and cooking instructions on the package.

    Pale crescent dumplings gently simmering in clear beef broth
  4. Check the centre of the meat filling

    For meat-filled mandu, check that the centre stays at 75°C or higher for 1 minute.

    A probe thermometer reaching into the center of a meat dumpling supported in a ladle
  5. Drizzle in the beaten egg

    Beat the egg 1 piece and drizzle it in a thin stream around the boiling broth.

    A thin stream of beaten egg poured into boiling broth around pale dumplings
  6. Let the egg set, then add scallion and pepper

    Wait for the ribbons to set completely before stirring in the sliced scallion 20 g and ground pepper about 0.08 T.

    Dumpling soup with cooked egg strands and green onions floating around