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Sundae (순대)

Street Food & Bunsik

Korean blood sausage with glass noodles — dip it in seasoned salt.

Korean name
순대
Spice level
Not spicy
Flavor
savory · rich
Typically contains
pork, glass noodles
Vegetarian / vegan
Not vegetarian — meat or seafood is core to the dish
Typical price
₩4,000–₩7,000 per portion checked 2026-07 — varies by area
Good to know
Beginner-friendly ●●○○○ Solo dining ●●●●● Kid-friendly ●●○○○
Also written as
soondae, korean blood sausage, sundae sausage

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.

Sundae (순대)

What is Sundae?

Sundae is Korean blood sausage the street-food way: pig intestine packed with glass noodles, pork blood and aromatics, steamed soft, sliced, and eaten dipped in seasoned salt — with steamed liver and lung as standard sidekicks. It's tteokbokki's dark partner at every bunsik cart, and a fierce regional dialect of dips.

How to eat it

  1. Dip in the seasoned salt (Seoul), ssamjang (Gyeongsang) or chili-vinegar depending on region — dips are regional identity.
  2. Eat the liver and lung slices too, or ask 'naejang bbaego' (내장 빼고) to skip organs.
  3. At tteokbokki stalls, dunk sundae in the red sauce — encouraged.

Good to know

  • It's blood sausage plus organ meats — know before you point-and-order.
  • Best from busy stalls; sundae quality collapses when it sits.

Fancy regional versions (Byeongcheon, Abai) use natural casing and more blood — a different league from convenience sundae.

Nutrition

Calories187 kcal
Carbohydrate35.73 g
Protein2.75 g
Fat3.64 g
Sodium604 mg

Per serving (~220g): ≈411 kcal · sodium ≈1,329 mg (66% of the WHO daily guideline, 2,000 mg)

Per 100g · total serving 220g · Official data: National Integrated Food Nutritional Information Standard Data (Korea MFDS) (DB item: 순대, synced 2026-07-17). Values vary by recipe and portion.

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