When it comes to Gangwon province (Northen part of South Korea), 2 specific dishes come to my mind and I really enjoy eating them:
1. Memil guksu or buckwheat noodles 메밀국수
2. Mabaeksuk or Chicken soup with Chinese yam herbs 마닭백숙
1. Buckwheat noodles
Buckwheat noodles are famous especially in Gangwon province because the grain`s crop are better and at the same time it is plenty of vegetables. Why I recommend you this dish?
Buckwheat floor is less glutinous which is not only healthier, but you do not gain as much weight as if you eat another glutinous cereal floor.
Koreans eat this kind of dish especially during summer and it is cold buckwheat noodles.
The ingredients are very simple, but the taste is amazing. Of course, each restaurant has different ingredients, but the main ones are:
- Gocujang or spicy pepper floor
- Soy sauce
- Different vegetables (cucumber, onion, carrot, etc)
- Kim or seaweed
- Kimchi
- Boiled egg
- fish cake
2. Mabaeksunk 마닭백숙
Well, to be honest, I love this dish, it is so healthy and it has a very strong herbal smell. When I went to Jeongseon, in Gangwon province I tried for the very first time this chicken soup boiled in Chinese yam which is a very known herb in oriental medicine, used since 2000 years ago to cure many stomach disease or pains.
The main ingredients are:
1. Chicken (there the chicken is organic)
2.Chinese Yam or 마
3.Garlic
4. Salt
5. Sesame seeds
6.Rice (put inside the chicken)
7. And of course amazing side dishes
Gangwon province is famous for its Chinese yam.
The benefits of eating this soup are:
- Nourishing and good source of: vitamin B, A, C
- Reduces constipation
- plenty of beta-carotene
- Reduces cholesterol levels
Koreans prefer to eat this kind of soup especially during summer to combat the heat.
However, the Chinese yam soup is not that famous in other regions.
I bought a bottle of Chinese Yam floor and I made this soup at home and I loved it.
If you are in Korea, you should definitely give this a try !
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