Soon-dae Pork Sausage 순대

Soondae is a pork sausage, filled with mixed with sweet rice and sweet potato vermicelli noodles.  It is a traditional Korean sausage and popular snack food sold by various restaurants as well as street vendors.  Unlike meaty American or European sausages, soondae is lightly spicy in taste and steamed to a moist, soft roll which is then cut into oval slices. It has great texture and guaranteed to melt in one’s mouth.  A mixture of salt, ground pepper and gochugaru (red chili pepper flakes) is served alongside this dish for flavoring. Soondae is usually served with kimchi like cubed radish, kkakdugi, along with a warm miso-type soup or udon.