Mandu guk(만두국) is a Korean dumpling soup. Popular in Pyongan cuisine, mandu guk often uses wang mandu(왕만두) or similar dumplings as the main ingredient, boiled in a simple broth.

Dumplings in mandu guk are often filled with cabbage kimchi or meat. The broth may use meat stock, soup soy sauce(국간장), and/or fish sauce. It can be garnished with scallion or other topping. Additional ingredients, such as meat or chopped Korean radish(무 mu), can be cooked in the broth as well.

Recipe

Ingredients

• 8 cup water
• 1 tbsp soup soy sauce(국간장 guk ganjang)
• 16 wang mandu(왕만두) or similar dumpling
• 2 scallion, chopped

Directions

• boil water, soup soy sauce
• add dumpling
• simmer until cooked, about 5 minutes
• garnish with scallion
• serve