Braised Burdock Root, Wooung Jorim (Wooeong Jorim)
우엉조림

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prep time: 
15 min
inactive time: 
10 min
cooking time: 
20 min
total time: 
45 min

This is a nice side dish with a good balance of salty and sweet. It goes well with steamed rice and other vegetable side dishes. This is a perfect opportunity to try an exotic and healthy root vegetable rarely seen on a North American table. Burdock root is also known as a blood clarifying agent in ancient Chinese medicine.

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This is a nice side dish with a good balance of salty and sweet. It goes well with steamed rice and other vegetable side dishes. This is a perfect opportunity to try an exotic and healthy root vegetable rarely seen on a North American table. Burdock root is also known as a blood clarifying agent in ancient Chinese medicine.

Buy Korean ingredients online here.

INGREDIENTS

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for soaking burdock root

1 lb 9 ozBurdock Root (Woo Ung) 우엉
3½ cupsWater 물
3½ tbsVinegar 식초

for blanching

10½ cupsWater 물

for seasoning

5 cupsWater 물
2½ cups 2 tbsSoy Sauce (regular) 왜간장
1 cup 1½ tbsSugar 설탕
3½ tbsMul Yeot / Malt (Maltose) Syrup 물엿 (optional)
3½ tbsSesame Seeds 깨 (optional)
  
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Optional Ingredients and Substitutions
Mulyeot is optional. Add more sugar instead.
Sesame seeds are great in this dish but you can get away without them.

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1. Peel & Cut

Peel, wash and shred one burdock root (about 200g). Mix 1 cup of water with 1 tablespoon of vinegar. Soak shredded burdock roots in the vinegar water for 10 minutes. Then, drain water with a strainer.
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Peel & wash

Shred

Mix

  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tbs vinegar

Soak burdock roots image: clock.png 10 min

2. Blanch

Blanch shredded burdock in boiling water on high heat for 3 min. Drain all the water out through a strainer.
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Blanch in boiling water

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Drain water

3. Braise

Add 1½ cup of water, ¾ cup of soy sauce and 5 tablespoons of sugar in a pot and mix well. Add blanched burdock and braise on medium heat with a lid for 10 min.
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Braise with lid

  • blanched burdock
  • 1½ cup water
  • ¾ cup soy sauce
  • 5 tbs sugar

Med Heat image: medheat.png image: clock.png 10 min

4. Finish up

When the sauce boils down, add 1 tablespoon of malt syrup and mix well. Braise for 5 more minutes. Sprinkle sesame seeds. Serve in a side dish bowl. Enjoy!
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Add

  • 1 tbs malt syrup

Mix well

Braise

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Sprinkle sesame seeds

Serve

Enjoy!