Food Detective / South Korea / Dwaeji-gukbap
Dwaeji-gukbap (pork and rice soup) · 돼지국밥
돼지국밥 · Dwaeji-gukbap
Sliced pork in a long-simmered pork broth served with rice, a Busan speciality.
- Kind
- Soup & stew, Meat, Rice
- Cooking
- In broth, Boiled
- Taste
- Salty, Filling meal, Easy to eat alone · Not spicy
- Served · texture
- Hot · Rich pork broth with tender sliced meat
INGREDIENTS
Ingredients, including hidden ones
- Main ingredient
- Pork, Rice
- Usually included
- Vegetables
- Can be in the sauce or broth
- Shrimp paste, salted or dried shrimp
- Often seasoned at the table with salted shrimp (saeu-jeot) — ask if you avoid shrimp.
Basis: General recipe. Shops differ and unlisted ingredients can be present; this is not an allergy guarantee.
CHAINS
Which chain, which menu item
Prices in local currency (KRW).
No chain with a confirmed menu item yet. Find restaurants on Google Maps ↗
“Signature” is used only when the brand itself says so. No sales ranking is invented, and no dish is judged tastier than another.
PRICE GUIDE
General price guide · One bowl
- Budget
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- Typical
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- Premium
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Separate from chain menu prices. Premium reflects setting and service, not a rip-off.
SIMILAR
How it differs from similar dishes
| Difference | Sundae-guk | Dwaeji-gukbap |
|---|
| In the bowl | Blood sausage and pork offal | Sliced pork meat |
| Texture | Mix of soft sausage and chewy offal | Tender meat, simpler |
| Where | Everywhere | Busan speciality, now nationwide |
| Pick it if | You are fine with offal | You want just meat |
ORDERING
Phrases to show when ordering
- 새우는 빼 주세요
- Please leave out shrimp (saeu-neun ppae-juseyo)
- 해산물은 빼 주세요
- Please leave out seafood (haesanmul-eun ppae-juseyo)
- 멸치 육수나 액젓이 들어가나요?
- Is there anchovy broth or fish sauce in it? (myeolchi yuksu-na aekjeot-i deureoganayo?)
- 돼지고기는 못 먹어요
- I can’t eat pork (dwaeji-gogi-neun mot meogeoyo)
- 소고기는 못 먹어요
- I can’t eat beef (so-gogi-neun mot meogeoyo)
- 계란은 빼 주세요
- Please leave out egg (gyeran-eun ppae-juseyo)
- 견과류 알레르기가 있어요
- I’m allergic to nuts (gyeongwaryu allereugi-ga isseoyo)
- 안 맵게 해 주세요
- Not spicy, please (an maepge hae-juseyo)
- 알레르기가 있어요
- I have an allergy (allereugi-ga isseoyo) — then say the ingredient
A request, not a guarantee the ingredient can be removed.
Recipe sources: Wikipedia — Dwaeji-gukbap (2026-10-18). Photos are Google results AMS does not vouch for; check opening status on Google Maps.