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Korean Oxtail Soup (Seolleongtang)

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 30 minutes
Course dinner, Soup
Cuisine Korean
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • 3-4 lbs Oxtail
  • 2 slices Ginger
  • 2 tbsp Shaoxing wine
  • 1 large Leek cut into rounds
  • 1 large Daikon radish sliced
  • 3 cloves Garlic minced
  • 2 tbsp Soy sauce
  • 5-6 stalks Scallion finely chopped
  • to taste Kimchi
  • to serve White rice
  • to taste Gochugaru (Korean chili flakes)

Instructions
 

  • Soak oxtail in water for at least two hours, until all the blood seeps out of the bone. Drain.
  • Place oxtail, ginger, shaoxing wine, and water in a pot and bring to a boil. Cook for 2-3 minutes, then drain.
  • Add oxtail and ginger back in a new pot of cold water, making sure to cover bones completely. Add leek rounds. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium. Cover and continue boiling for 3-4 hours, adding more water if necessary. A moderate boil (not a simmer) should be continuous throughout the cooking period.
  • At the 3 hour mark, add in daikon slices and continue boiling for another 45 minutes. Check to see if the daikon is soft but not mushy. Remove daikon and set aside.
  • If the beef has started to fall off the bones, set that aside and reserve. Continue simmering the bones if you want them even more tender.
  • Remove broth and set aside in a large bowl. Cover bones in pot with water and bring to a rolling boil and keep at that moderate boil for another 3 hours. Remove from heat and pour broth into that same bowl of reserved broth.
  • Cover with plastic wrap and place in fridge overnight. This allows the fat to solidify and float to the top.
  • Remove fat in the morning. Pour back into a pan and reheat (including remaining bones). Meanwhile, make rice. Mix beef with garlic, scallions, soy sauce, and gochugaru, if using.
  • Divide rice into bowls. Ladle oxtail broth over rice. Serve with beef, radish, fresh scallions, and kimchi.
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