page_title: Guk
section_title: Gomguk
hierarchical_section_title: Guk / Types / Gomguk
caption_attribution_description: 설렁탕
context_page_description: Guk, also sometimes known as tang, is a class of soup-like dishes in Korean cuisine. Guk and tang are commonly grouped together and regarded as the same type of dish, although tang can sometimes be less watery than guk. It is one of the most basic components in a Korean meal, along with bap, and banchan. In Korean table setting, guk is served on the right side of bap, and left side of sujeo.
  Guk is a native Korean word, while tang is a Sino-Korean word that originally meant "boiling water" or "soup". Tang has been used as an honorific term in place of guk, when it denotes the same meaning as guk as in yeonpo-tang, daegu-tang, or jogae-tang. Generally, the names of lighter soups with vegetables are suffixed with -guk, while heavier, thicker soups made with more solid ingredients used in jesa are often referred to as tang. Gamja-guk and gamja-tang are different dishes; the potato soup can be called gamjeo-tang.
context_section_description: Beef
  Gomguk/gomtang (곰국/곰탕, [koːmk͈uk, koːmtʰaŋ]):
  Sagol gomtang (사골곰탕), pale-bone broths garnished with oxtail or sliced brisket
  Kkori gomtang (꼬리곰탕), ox tail soup
  Seolleongtang (설렁탕): ox leg bone soup simmered for more than 10 hours until the soup is milky-white. Usually served in a bowl containing somyeon and pieces of beef.  Sliced scallions and black pepper are used as condiments
  Galbitang (갈비탕), made with galbi or beef ribs
  Yukgaejang (육개장), beef soup with red chili flakes, soy sauce and bean sprouts
  Doganitang (도가니탕), soup from knuckles and bones
  Chicken and pork
  Samgyetang (삼계탕), a soup made with Cornish game hens that are stuffed with ginseng, a hedysarum, glutinous rice, jujubes, garlic, and chestnuts; the soup is traditionally eaten in the summer
  Gamjatang (감자탕, "potato stew"), a spicy soup made with pork spine, vegetables (especially potatoes), and hot peppers; the vertebrae are usually separated, and the dish is often served as a late night snack but may also be served for lunch or dinner
  Dwaeji gukbap (돼지국밥), a representative regional hearty pork-parts soup with rice of coastal Gyeongsang-do
caption: Seolleongtang, one of the types of gomguk
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