Naengmyeon (Naengmyeon)

Name: Naengmyeon
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 120 min
Total time: 150 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: South Korea
Ingredients: 400 g naengmyeon buckwheat noodles; 1 l chilled beef broth and 500 ml dongchimi brine; 150 g cooked beef brisket, thinly sliced; 1/2 cucumber and 1/2 Asian pear, cut in strips; pickled radish slices; 2 boiled eggs, halved; vinegar, hot mustard, sugar and salt

Overview

Naengmyeon is a Korean cold noodle soup, served in a metal bowl of icy, slushy broth. Long, thin and chewy noodles made from buckwheat and starch are cooked, rinsed in cold water and coiled in the bowl. The broth is a clear beef stock, chilled and mixed with the tangy brine of dongchimi, a radish water kimchi, so it is savoury, slightly sweet and sour. On top go slices of cold beef, thin strips of cucumber and Asian pear, pickled radish and half a boiled egg. Diners add vinegar and hot mustard at the table, and the noodles are often cut with scissors.

History

Naengmyeon was a winter dish of the north of the Korean peninsula, especially Pyongyang, where people ate cold noodles in heated rooms. During and after the Korean War, refugees from the north opened naengmyeon restaurants in Seoul and Busan, and it became a favourite summer food in the south. Pyongyang-style naengmyeon is still served at summit dinners between the two Koreas.

Main ingredients

Buckwheat noodles, cold beef broth, radish water kimchi, cucumber, asian pear, boiled egg. The soup is built on chilled beef and dongchimi broth and is usually served cold. Diet: contains meat; not usually gluten-free.

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Recipe

4Serves

2h 30m30 prep · 120 cook

~450kcal / serving

MediumDifficulty

Method

1
Mix the cold broth with the dongchimi brine, season with vinegar, sugar and salt and chill until slushy.
2
1 min
Cook the noodles for 1 minute, rinse well in cold water and drain.
3
Coil the noodles in bowls and pour over the icy broth.
4
Top with beef, cucumber, pear, radish and egg and serve with vinegar and mustard.
✓
Serve. About 2h 30m from start to bowl.

Sources

Naengmyeon (Wikipedia)

Description, history and recipe written by SoupWiki and checked against the sources above. Calories and times are rough estimates.