Spicy Fish Soup

I was going to blog about this couple of days ago since , the soup was made few days ago , but i kept forgetting about it . But this was about the fish soup , korean spicy fish soup . Bought red snapper , that was already cleaned and gutted by the fish monger , which was excellent , meaning i don’t have to make a mess in my kitchen , i don’t have to look around if there is any flying scale , or scale landing on my hair .. eww .. yes .. gross .. I love fish , but it’s just scaling the fish was the job that i object to do , not that i have any other choice , well except the fish monger will clean it .

So , this soup turns out to be delicious , spicy , as most of korean dish are . And the fish itself has a great taste , except for the bone hunting .. one thing that you’re used having fish fillet , once we have whole fish in a soup , it’s a whole different story , we have to really careful eating them and make sure you have enough light .. LOL

Although the recipe calls for some strange vegetable name dropwort water or minari , the korean people themselves at the market have no clue what i was talking about LOL .. I ended up replacing it with spinach , works great , always love spinach anyway . And replacing enoki mushroom with button mushroom , the grocery store ran out of it .. so i have no choice .

Prepare the stock :

few sheet of kelp ( seaweed )

1 cup of thin sliced korean radish

3 dried shiitake mushroom

Boil this medium high for 20 minutes . While the stock is boiling , prepare the sauce

For sauce :

7 garlic cloves

1-2 tbsp. ginger

1/2 of medium onion

2 tbsp. dry white wine

1 tbsp. hot pepper paste

1 tbsp sugar

Put all ingredients in food processor to make a paste , set aside .

Prepare :

1 red snapper , scaled , gutted , cut into 3

1 cup of mixed frozen sea food

bunch of spinach

1 cup of sliced button mushroom

bunch of green onion

green and red chili pepper

Once the broth is ready , remove the kelp , add the fish and seafood in , add the sauce , cover slightly and cook for 30 minutes . After 30 minutes , add the mushroom , green onion , red and green chili and spinach , cook few more minutes , adjust the seasoning . Serve with rice .