Sundae Guk (순대국)

Hearty pork broth loaded with Korean blood sausage.

Korean name: 순대국
Spice level: Mild
Flavor: savory · rich
Typically contains: pork
Vegetarian / vegan: Not vegetarian — meat or seafood is core to the dish
Typical price: ₩8,000–₩11,000 per person checked 2026-07 — varies by area
Good to know: Beginner-friendly ●●○○○ Solo dining ●●●●● Kid-friendly ●○○○○
Also written as: sundae gukbap, soondae guk, blood sausage soup, sundaeguk

Spice and flavor are editorial assessments of the standard version — individual restaurants and recipes vary. Ingredient notes are typical, not guaranteed: always check with the restaurant for allergies or dietary needs. Eating and cooking notes describe common practice in Korea; our first-hand deep-dives live in the Eat Like a Local guides.

What is Sundae Guk?

Sundae-guk (순대국) is a hearty pork soup loaded with sundae (Korean blood sausage), pork offal, and meat in a milky bone broth, seasoned at the table with salted shrimp, perilla powder, and chili paste. It is quintessential gukbap — cheap, filling, open late, and beloved as both a workman's lunch and a post-drinking restorative. The flavor is deep and porky; the seasoning ritual is half the experience.

How to eat it

Season the pork broth with the salted shrimp (saeu-jeot), perilla powder and chili paste at the table — it arrives plain.
Add rice in, gukbap-style.
Pick out sundae slices and organ meats; dip in the seasoned salt if you prefer them dry.

Good to know

Standard bowls include liver and lung slices — order 'sundae-man' (순대만) for sausage-only if offal isn't your thing.
Perilla powder (deulkkae) is near-universal here; mention allergies.

The quintessential cheap-and-filling meal — market sundae-guk rows are a genre of their own.

Seen on Screen

This food appears in popular Korean dramas and movies — every connection verified and sourced.

Reborn Rich (재벌집 막내아들, 2022) — Sundae-gukbap as a class statement — the chaebol family eating the people's soup.

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Nutrition

Calories	85 kcal
Carbohydrate	14.95 g
Protein	2.35 g
Fat	1.75 g
Sodium	330 mg

Per serving (~600g): ≈510 kcal · sodium ≈1,980 mg (99% of the WHO daily guideline, 2,000 mg)

Per 100g · total serving 600g · Official data: National Integrated Food Nutritional Information Standard Data (Korea MFDS) (DB item: 순대국, synced 2026-07-17). Values vary by recipe and portion.