Soybean Soup Plus Clams and Chiles

You can find soybean paste soup at most Korean restaurants, or you can buy it to go from Hannam Chain Supermarket. There the soup is so freshly made that it’s still hot when set out in the deli section. The base is broth flavored with soybean paste. To this, Hannam adds cubed tofu, clam meat, zucchini, mushrooms, long beans, green onions and enough sliced jalapenos to make it one spicy bowl of healthful food.

Soybean paste soup, $3.50 a quart at Hannam Chain Supermarket, 2740 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles. (213) 382-2922.