🇰🇷 Korean

Sweet Potato Guk

Name: Sweet Potato Guk
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1, diced Garlic; 3 cloves, minced Ginger; 3 Spring Onions; 1 tbsp Soy Sauce; 1 tbsp Sesame Oil; 1 litre Stock or Broth; 3 Sweet Potato; 1/2 tsp Gochugaru; small handful Perilla Leaves

🇰🇷 Korean

Gentle simmered sweet potato in a fragrant broth, finished with fresh herbs — the korean answer to "something light tonight". 30 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 10 min Cook 20 min Serves 4 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Garlic1, diced
Ginger3 cloves, minced
Spring Onions3
Soy Sauce1 tbsp
Sesame Oil1 tbsp
Stock or Broth1 litre
Sweet Potato3
Gochugaru1/2 tsp
Perilla Leavessmall handful

Instructions

1
Sweat the garlic in the Sesame Oil until translucent but not browned, about 5 minutes.
2
Add the ginger and gochugaru and cook for 30 seconds more.
3
Pour in the stock, bring to a simmer, and add the sweet potato.
4
Simmer gently until the sweet potato is just cooked through and the broth tastes rounded.
5
Ladle into warm bowls and top each with perilla leaves and a grind of black pepper.

Chef's tip

For deeper flavour, toast the gochugaru in the oil before adding anything wet.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Korean Sweet Potato Latte (고구마 라떼) | Aeri's Kitchen · on YouTube