뼈해장국  – Ppyeo Haejangguk

This is actually my favorite meat dish here.

Of all the meat dishes I tried in South Korea, ppyeo haejangguk is my favorite. This is a very traditional home-style dish. Others would simply call it haejangguk, which means hang-over soup. It’s often eaten after a night of heavy drinking. It doesn’t mean that I eat it often because of a hangover.  I just love the taste and the spiciness of this meat dish.

I’m more used to calling it ppyeo haejangguk, for that’s how it’s written on the menus of restaurants where I ate them. One thing that I have noticed is that it is somewhat similar to gamjatang minus the potatoes. Both are spicy, but when you order you can request that it be made less spicy or not spicy at all. I was told there is a variety of haejangguk where instead of pork spine, it’s ox-bone that is used. So, the meat is either pork or beef.

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