Bean sprouts are widely consumed in Korea and kongnamul-guk(Korean bean sprouts soup) would be the most famous Korean bean sprout dish. If you add bap on this, that becomes Kongamul-gukbap.
In Korea, when people get sick especially in winter, kongnamul-guk is known to be the best food remedy. It warms your body up and in fact, it contains a lot of nutrients such as vitamin C so it really helps to recover from a cold.
Kongnamul guk is also very effective in curing hangover due to bean sprouts’ high asparagine content which reduces the actaldehyde that is caused by drinking alcohol. This is why soju lovers love kongnamul guk-bab. Of course it’s low in total fat and carbohydrates.
Let’s find out exactly what kind of nutrients there are in kongnamul-guk.
‘Kongnamul guk’ Nutrition
- β-Carotin: 1724.11㎍
- Protein: 114.95g
- Retinol: 163.40㎍
- Vitamin a: 450.17㎍RE
- Vitamin b1: 0.61mg
- Vitamin b2: 1.08mg
- Vitamin b6: 3.13mg
- Vitamin c: 59.33mg
- Vitamin e: 7.79mg
- Fiber: 16.73g
- Folate: 4.96mg
- Iron: 140.26㎍
- Potassium: 2789.20mg
- Calcium: 780.89mg
-Servings 2
It’s nourishing, healthy and most importantly tasty. Enjoy!
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