Alternative names | Beef bone soup |
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Type | Guk |
Place of origin | Korea |
Main ingredients | Beef bones, oxtail, head, trotters, knee cartilage, tripe, intestines, and/or brisket |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 곰국 / 곰탕 |
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Hanja | (none) / 곰湯 |
Revised Romanization | gomguk / gomtang |
McCune–Reischauer | komkuk / komt'ang |
IPA | [kom.k͈uk̚] / [kom.tʰaŋ] |
Gomguk (Korean: 곰국),[1] gomtang[2] (곰탕), or beef bone soup[2] refers to a soup in Korean cuisine made with various beef parts such as ribs, oxtail, brisket, ox's head or ox bones by slow simmering on a low flame.[3] The broth tends to have a milky color with a rich and hearty taste.[4]