Miyeok guk Korean seaweed soup with beef

Name: Miyeok guk Korean seaweed soup with beef
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 20g dried wakame; 250g beef brisket, thinly sliced; 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil; 4 garlic cloves, crushed; 1.2l water; 2 tbsp tamari (gluten free); 1 tsp salt; 2 spring onions, sliced

A comforting birthday soup of silky wakame and tender beef in a garlicky broth.

Time40 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £1.48 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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20 gdried wakame
250 gbeef brisketthinly sliced
1 tbsptoasted sesame oil
4garlic clovescrushed
1.2 lwater
2 tbsptamari (gluten free)
1 tspsalt
2spring onionssliced

Method

1
Soak the wakame in cold water for 15 minutes, until soft. Drain and cut into short lengths.
15 min
2
Heat the sesame oil in a large pot. Fry the beef and garlic for 3 minutes until the beef changes colour.
3 min
3
Add the wakame and stir for 2 minutes.
4
Pour in the water and tamari. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 25 minutes, until the beef is tender and the broth is rich.
25 min
5
Season with salt and scatter over the spring onions.
6
Serve very hot with rice.

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