🍜 Bibim naengmyeon (spicy cold noodles)

Name: Bibim naengmyeon (spicy cold noodles)
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Korea · Korean Peninsula
Ingredients: 300 g buckwheat noodles for naengmyeon; 3 tbsp gochujang; 1/2 Asian pear: half grated, half thinly sliced; 2 tbsp rice vinegar; 1 tbsp sugar; 1 garlic clove, grated, and 1 tsp chilli flakes; 1/2 cucumber, cut into thin strips; 2 eggs, hard-boiled and halved; 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds

Origin: Korea · Korean Peninsula

680kcal

per serving · 400 g

170kcal

per 100 g

24 gProtein6 g / 100 g

12 gFat3 g / 100 g

116 gCarbs29 g / 100 g

Bibim naengmyeon is a bowl of thin, very chewy buckwheat noodles served ice-cold and coated in a spicy-sweet gochujang sauce sweetened with grated Asian pear. It is topped with crunchy cucumber, slices of pear, half a boiled egg and toasted sesame seeds. The noodles are traditionally cut with scissors at the table, and the bowl is mixed thoroughly so every strand is red with sauce.

Diets

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Vegetarianno meat or fish in a typical recipe

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No pork

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Dairy-freeno milk, cheese, butter or yogurt in a typical recipe

Not veganbecause of: egg

Contains glutenbecause of: buckwheat noodles, gochujang

Not keto29 g carbs per 100 g

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Gluten ⚠ Eggs ⚠ Soy ⚠ Sesame

What it is made of

buckwheat noodlesgochujangcucumberpeareggsesame seeds

Recipe

2 servings30 min

Ingredients

300 g buckwheat noodles for naengmyeon
3 tbsp gochujang
1/2 Asian pear: half grated, half thinly sliced
2 tbsp rice vinegar
1 tbsp sugar
1 garlic clove, grated, and 1 tsp chilli flakes
1/2 cucumber, cut into thin strips
2 eggs, hard-boiled and halved
1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds

Method

Mix the gochujang, grated pear, vinegar, sugar, garlic and chilli flakes into a sauce and let it rest in the fridge while you prepare the rest.
Boil the noodles for 1–2 minutes, or according to the package, until just tender.
Drain and rinse them very well in cold water, rubbing to remove the starch, then chill in ice water and drain.
Twist the noodles into nests in two bowls and spoon the sauce on top.
Add the cucumber, pear slices and egg halves, sprinkle with sesame seeds and mix well before eating.

How to make it lighter

Use a smaller nest of noodles and double the cucumber and pear to keep the bowl large and refreshing.
Grated pear sweetens the sauce naturally, so the sugar can be cut to 1 tsp — each teaspoon of sugar is about 16 kcal.
Go easy on the sesame seeds: 1 tsp per bowl is enough for aroma.

History

Naengmyeon, or cold noodles, come from the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, and the spicy mixed style is often associated with the city of Hamhung. People who moved south during and after the Korean War brought these noodles with them, and today bibim naengmyeon is a summer staple across South Korea.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →