What is the name of the Korean spicy beef soup with vegetables?

What is the name of the Korean spicy beef soup with vegetables? Yukgaejang is the answer. It is a hot, richly seasoned soup made with shredded beef, scallions, and vegetables such as bean sprouts, gosari bracken fern, taro stems, onion, or sweet-potato glass noodles.

Its red, spicy character comes from chili powder, chili oil, garlic, soy sauce, and sesame or perilla oil. The ingredients are simmered together so the beef becomes tender and the broth takes on a deep, savory flavor. Yukgaejang is generally served with rice and kimchi.

The dish belongs to the broader family of Korean beef soups known as gomguk. Its name and culinary history are linked to gaejang, an older spicy stew made with dog meat; yukgaejang developed as a beef-based alternative, with yuk meaning meat and commonly implying beef in this context.

Historical references to the dish appear in an early-19th-century Korean cookbook. A Daegu-style version helped spread its popularity, and the soup later became common across Korea. Dak-yukgaejang is a related variation made with chicken rather than beef.