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Korean Bean Sprout Soup with Rice

A clear, garlicky soup with scallion and chile, rice tipped straight into the bowl. The morning-after breakfast.

Korean Bean Sprout Soup with Rice, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
30 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$9.46

Ingredients

  • 14 oz coleslaw mix (bagged)
  • 8 cup vegetable broth
  • 6 clove garlic
  • 1 bunch green onions / scallions
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
  • 1 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1 1/2 cup jasmine rice
  • 1 tsp kosher salt

Method

  1. Cook the rice according to package directions.

  2. Bring the broth to a boil with the smashed garlic cloves and simmer 5 minutes to draw the flavor out.

  3. Add the shredded cabbage and sprouts and cook 8 minutes, uncovered, until tender but still with some snap.

  4. Season with the soy sauce and salt. Keep the broth clear and light; it should taste clean, not heavy.

  5. Stir in the pepper flakes and most of the sliced scallions.

  6. Ladle over a scoop of rice in each bowl and finish with sesame oil and the remaining scallion.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 9 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United States$37.82$9.468 of 9 ingredients
United Kingdom£33.47£8.378 of 9 ingredients
New Zealand$53.99$13.507 of 9 ingredients
Greece16,16 €4,04 €7 of 9 ingredients
Canada$84.19$21.057 of 9 ingredients
Austria€ 28,82€ 7,217 of 9 ingredients
Australia$36.64*$9.166 of 9 ingredients
Spain12,65 €*3,16 €5 of 9 ingredients
Germany23,41 €*5,85 €5 of 9 ingredients
Mexico$385.13*$96.285 of 9 ingredients
Egypt‏٤٨١٫٩٠ ج.م.‏*‏١٢٠٫٤٨ ج.م.‏4 of 9 ingredients

* We have read fewer than seven in ten of these ingredients in that country, so the total is a partial figure and the real one is higher.

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