Koreans like to eat hot soup all year long, however, hot soup is extra good on cold winter days. I’ve been craving this hot and spicy noodle soup dish made with kimchi and fishcakes. It is called 김치 어묵 우동 in Korean. I’m happy to share this delicious recipe it with you today. I hope this great soup keeps you warm this winter. Try it someday. 🙂
Yield: 1 Serving
Short Korean Lesson
- MaepDa (맵다) = Spicy
- JjaDa (짜다) = Salty
Video Instructions
Main Ingredients
- 1½ Cup Udon Noodles (10 oz)
- ½ Cup Well Fermented Kimchi
- ½ Cup Fried Fishcakes (5 oz)
- ¼ Cup Green Onion
- ¼ Cup Kimchi Broth
- ½ Tbsp Red Hot Pepper (Optional)
- 1 tsp Hot Pepper Powder
- 1 tsp Soup Soy Sauce
Broth Ingredients
- 3 Cups Water
- 1 Dried Anchovy Packs (6 Dried Anchovies)
- 4 Pieces Dried Kelp (1X1 Inch)
Directions
Add 1 dried anchovy pack (or 6 dried anchovies) and 4 pieces of kelp in a pot along with 3 cups of water. Once it starts to boil, cook covered for 3 minutes on medium.
Meanwhile prepare the other ingredients. Cut ½ cup of well fermented kimchi and ½ cup of fishcakes into bite sized pieces. Cut ¼ cup worth of green onions into 1 inch pieces. Cut ½ Tbsp of red hot pepper into ½ inch pieces. Hot peppers can make the soup extra spicy, so they are optional. Obtain ¼ cup of kimchi broth.
3 minutes later, discard the kelp from the broth. Then continue cooking the broth covered with the dried anchovies for 5 more minutes.
Obtain 1 serving, or about 1½ cups (10 oz.), of cooked udon noodles. If you have frozen udon noodles, put the noodles in hot water for few minutes, or until the noodles thaw. If you have dried noodles, cook, rinse, and drain them by following the instruction on your package.
5 minutes later, discard the anchovies from the broth. You will get about 2 cups of broth. Add the kimchi, fish cakes, and kimchi broth to the broth.
Once it starts to boil again, add 1 tsp of hot pepper powder. Cover and cook for about 3 minutes on medium.
3 minutes later, the soup will have good flavor from all the ingredients. Add the udon noodles. Cook covered for 2 minutes.
Add the green onions and hot pepper to the soup. Cook another minute and then turn off the heat. In this step, taste the broth and season it with soy sauce or salt. Depending on your kimchi, the saltiness will be different. I added 1 tsp of soup soy sauce and it made it just right. 🙂
Serve it when it is still hot. You do not need another side dishes, not even kimchi. If you have any, garnish the soup with some flower shaped fish cakes. Enjoy. 🙂
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I am a big fan of Korea food especially Kimchi that is my favourite:) I am eat Kimchi with rice for whole day without any vegetables and meats:D
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hi Daisy,
Nice to meet you. Your comment is very sweet. 😉 Oh no, I have heavy Korean accent in my English. ^^;
Yes, please visit us often and leave comments. always welcome to you ~~~ 🙂
Hi Aeri :). Thank you for sharing all these wonderful recipes, I love to make delicious Korean food at home with them! The only problem I have, since I’m a Westerner and have never actually been to a Korean restaurant I’m having trouble figuring out which dishes to put together to make a meal. I know rice is the main part of the meal and there’s always a soup but I’m never sure which banchan go together. Would you be able to include a note at the end of each side/main dish recipe listing what banchan and soup you would serve together with it for a meal? It would really help me to serve authentic Korean meals to my family. I’m sure individual taste is a big part of putting a meal together but I was hoping for some guidelines until I really get used to Korean cooking.
If it’s too much work don’t worry about it :). Thanks again for all the great recipes!
Thanks,
Sara
hi Sara,
That is a wonderful idea for our blog. There will be many people who have same interest like you here. I will consider your suggestion seriously.. and think of it more.. what I can do .. how.. 😉
Hi Sara & Aeri,
This is Lynn whom recent fan of Aeri’s blog.
That is a good question since most non-Koreans will not know how to put entire menu together. I’m Korean and not sure sometimes:)
I think it’s a good idea for Aeri to recommend what other dishes will go with each food item she posts.
Thanks,
hi Lynn Kang,
Thanks for your point. 🙂
Hi Aeri,
I am wondering if you can post the recipe for 돼지국밥? I have always wanted to cook it for my husband because it’s nutritious and best for a winter like this.
Thank you!
hi Bonny,
I have sometimes problem to find ingredients to make Korean foods around here.. if I can get the ingredients.. I will make it for you someday. thanks
I followed your website and tried quite a few dishes when I was in the US, craving for Korean food. It was not available where I lived and I was very happy to find a Korean mart that sold what I needed. Introducing this website to my sister who recently got her house and want to try some cooking. I’m looking forward to trying this udon noodle soup as I love udon and spicy soup. Thanks for taking the time to share your recipes.
hi Jeannie L,
That is a good choice.. if you like udon and spicy food.. then you will love this. 🙂 Thanks for your comment. Hope to hear from you more often.
Hi aeri eonnie…. i’m ade from Indonesia…. i like your blog verry much, it’s so helped me to know how the taste of korean food….. i already try your kimchi and awesome, the taste is delicious…I’m not the only one like it, but the family and my friend likes it too…. your blog is so inspires for me…
Could you please share how to make spicy chicken feet? I curious about that…. thx aeri eonnie
hi ade,
I’m glad to hear that you like my website. Thank you so much. I’m very sorry..but the chicken feet dish is one of rare dishes that I don’t eat… so I don’t know how it tastes like… sorry.. I just can’t eat that …oops ^^:; Hope you can understand that..