🍲 Kongnamul Gukbap (Bean Sprout Soup with Rice)

Name: Kongnamul Gukbap (Bean Sprout Soup with Rice)
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: South Korea · Jeonju
Ingredients: 300 g soybean sprouts; 1.2 l water; 3 garlic cloves, minced; 2 scallions, sliced; 1 tsp gochugaru; 300 g cooked rice; 1 tsp sesame oil; Salt

Origin: South Korea · Jeonju

425kcal

per serving · 500 g

85kcal

per 100 g

15 gProtein3 g / 100 g

8 gFat1.5 g / 100 g

75 gCarbs15 g / 100 g

Kongnamul gukbap is a Korean soup of soybean sprouts simmered in a light broth and served over rice. Garlic, scallion and gochugaru chili flakes give it a gentle heat, and a few drops of sesame oil finish the bowl. It is clean, crunchy and warming, and is a popular breakfast in Korea.

Diets

✓

Vegetarianno meat or fish in a typical recipe

✓

Veganno meat, fish or animal products in a typical recipe

✓

No pork

✓

Gluten-freeno wheat, barley or rye in a typical recipe

✓

Dairy-freeno milk, cheese, butter or yogurt in a typical recipe

Not keto15 g carbs per 100 g

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Crustaceans ⚠ Fish ⚠ Soy ⚠ Sesame

What it is made of

bean sproutsricegarlicscallionsesame oilgochugaru

Recipe

2 servings30 min

Ingredients

300 g soybean sprouts
1.2 l water
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 scallions, sliced
1 tsp gochugaru
300 g cooked rice
1 tsp sesame oil
Salt

Method

Bring the water to a boil, add the sprouts and simmer covered for 10 minutes.
Add garlic and salt and simmer 5 more minutes.
Place rice in bowls and ladle the soup with sprouts over it.
Top with scallion, gochugaru and a few drops of sesame oil.

How to make it lighter

Use less rice and more sprouts for a lighter bowl.
Keep sesame oil to a teaspoon — 1 tsp is about 40 kcal.
Season with chili and garlic rather than extra salt.

History

Kongnamul gukbap is strongly associated with the city of Jeonju, where many restaurants specialize in it and serve it in hot earthenware bowls.

Count it in one photo

Point your camera at the table — Me Nutrition recognises Kongnamul Gukbap (Bean Sprout Soup with Rice) and every other dish, with calories and macros for each. Ate only half? Slide it.

Download on the App Store

Similar dishes

Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →