Yobodish - Grandma's Rainy Day Kimchi Noodle Soup

Ingredients- Sriracha sauce (Optional but highly recommended.)
- 16 Ounce bag of fresh Chinese egg noodles (LoDirections
mein noodles)In a large pot add vegetable oil and garlic and
- 3 Tablespoons vegetable oilsauté until soft. Add pork and cook until it is slightly
- 6 Cloves garlic, mincedbrowned. Season with salt, pepper and rice wine
- 8 Ounces pork tenderloin, thinly slicedvinegar and stir for 2 minutes. Add kimchi and
- 2 Teaspoons rice wine vinegarsauté for 3 minutes.
- 6-8 Cups waterAdd the water, soy sauce, dashida, and ginger. Stir
- 3 Tablespoons soy sauceand simmer on low heat for about 15 minutes. Add
- 2 Tablespoons dashida powder (Beef flavored soupthe mushrooms and tofu and turn up the heat to
stock)medium. Cook for 3 minutes.
- 2 Teaspoons ginger, gratedCarefully add the egg noodles, bok choy and just
- 2 Cups cabbage kimchi, chopped in big piecesenough water to cover all of the ingredients. Stir
- 4 Ounces shitake mushrooms, thinly slicedgently and scrape the bottom of the pot to make
- 7 Ounces firm tofu, cut into 1-inch squaressure the noodles are not sticking. Season with salt
- 4 Baby bok choy, quarteredand pepper. Simmer for 3 minutes.
- 2 Scallions, thinly slicedPutting It All Together
- 2 Teaspoons dark sesame seed oilEqually divide the soup in four large bowls. Drizzle the
- Salt and pepper to taste (Add a little salt andsesame seed oil and top with scallions. For that extra
pepper at a time and taste as you go. The kimchikick and flavor, add sriracha sauce (For those who
and soy sauce may be enough salt for your taste.)can handle the heat).