Soups

Ox bone soup

Add the boiled brisket and green onions to the broth made by boiling the beef bones and crossbones for a long time.

Prep
40 min
Cook
420 min
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White seolleongtang topped with thinly sliced beef and green onions

Scale the recipe

Base quantities · 6 servings · Beef marrow bones and other beef soup bones (Total weight before washing and blanching) 1600 g

Ingredients

Beef marrow bones and other beef soup bones Total weight before washing and blanching
1,600 g
beef brisket
500 g
water
24 C
Large green onion (daepa)
60 g

Seasonings

fine salt
1/2 T
black pepper
1/6 T

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

Method

  1. Blanch the bones

    Bring the bones 1,600 g to a boil in plenty of water and blanch for 10 minutes.

    Beef bones and crossbones boiled in water
  2. Drain and rinse the bones

    Discard the blanching water and rinse any residue from the bones.

    Blanched beef bones being rinsed in a colander
  3. Start the broth in fresh water

    Bring the bones and water 24 C to a boil in a clean pot and skim the foam.

    A ladle skimming foam from the newly boiling beef bones
  4. Simmer the bone broth

    Simmer over medium heat for a total of 5–6 hours. Top up with hot water before the bones are exposed and stay near the pot while it heats.

    A large pot of creamy bone broth
  5. Simmer the brisket

    Add the brisket 500 g for the last 75–90 minutes. Cook until a chopstick slides into it easily.

    Beef brisket cooked in bone broth
  6. Check the brisket temperature

    Check that the brisket’s centre has held at 75°C or above for 1 minute.

    A probe inserted into the thickest part of the cooked beef brisket
  7. Cool the brisket briefly

    Transfer the cooked brisket to a clean plate and cool until it can be handled.

    A whole piece of cooked brisket resting on a clean plate
  8. Slice across the grain

    Slice the brisket thinly across the grain. Cover and refrigerate it if the broth still needs time.

    Thin slices of cooked brisket cut across the grain on a board
  9. Remove the bones and strain

    Lift out the bones and pass the broth through a sieve.

    Strained milky broth and sliced beef in a bowl
  10. Serve the brisket and broth

    Put brisket and sliced scallions 60 g in bowls and pour in hot broth. Season with salt 1/2 T and pepper 1/6 T.

    Milky beef broth poured over sliced brisket and scallions