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Image by hannaone: Yukgaejon - Korean Spicy Beef Soup

육개장 

However you spell it, Yukgaejon is one of the more popular Korean
Spicy Soups. Yukgaejon is a spicy, soup-like Korean dish made
from shredded beef, scallions, fern sprouts, bean sprouts, sweet
potato starch noodles, and other ingredients, which are simmered
together for a long time. Yukgaejon is a variety of gomguk (thick
soup) and was originally served in Korean royal court cuisine.

Alternate spellings: Yookaejang, Yukejon, Yuhkejahng, Yukaejang

Ingredients
8 cups water (or bone broth)
1 pound Beef Brisket
2 tablespoons fine ground gochugaru
2 tablespoons
Soup
1/2 lb bean sprouts
1 12 oz package dangmyeon
1 16 oz package gossari (fern sprouts/fern brakken–often labeled as fern brake in Korean stores)
4 eggs
Optional
2 each small to medium white or yellow onion
4 each fresh red chili peppers
4 each green chili peppers
Garnish
1 bunch green onions
2 tablespoons sesame seeds

Directions
Soak dried gosari for about one hour.
Soak the noodles in cold water for about one hour.
Cut brisket into large chunks.
Bring deep beef stock to a boil.
Lower heat to medium low and add brisket. Cook at a simmer for about one hour, skimming foam and oil as needed. Add water as needed to maintain original volume.
Remove brisket and let cool.
Remove broth from heat.
Shred the meat into strips.
Drain and rinse the noodles.
Rinse bean sprouts in cold water, trimming “tails” and removing any loose shells.
Crack eggs into a mixing bowl and break all yolks, then swirl two or three times to get streamers of yolk into the whites.
Optional
Cut onion in half from top to bottom, then slice each half into about 1/8 inch thick slices.
Slice peppers on a diagonal.
Garnish
Cut green onions on a diagonal in about 1 inch sections.

Final
Return stock to a rolling boil over high heat.
Add gossari, meat, fine ground chili powder, and optional onions, if desired, and cook on high heat for 20 minutes.
Add bean sprouts and optional peppers if desired and continue cooking for 5 minutes.
Add noodles and egg to soup and cook for another 5 minutes.
Remove from heat and transfer to a large family or individual serving bowl(s), garnish and serve.