Quick and Easy Bibimmyeon
Delicious Korean cold, spicy and chewy noodles
Equipment
- Pot of boiling water & strainer for the noodles
- Bowl of iced water with plenty of ice cubes to flash cool the noodles
Ingredients
- 200 g noodles of your choice *The Chef has used thin egg noodles
For the Dressing
- 1 teaspoon Gochujang paste
- ½ a medium apple, freshly grated / pureed any sweet eating apple can be used
- 2 teaspoons toasted white sesame seeds black sesame seeds can be used instead
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil you can use olive oil if you don't have toasted sesame oil
- 1 ½ tablespoons any clear vinegar *The Chef has used apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon Any bright Red Pepper powder, coarse or fine grind Can use sweet paprika powder
*The Chef has used Korean red pepper flakes Gochugaaru.
- Salt & Pepper to taste
Garnish / Topping
- ½ Medium cucumber cut into matchsticks or thinly sliced
- ½ Medium eating apple cut into matchsticks you'll need 1 medium sized apple for this recipe. Grate one half of the apple for the dressing and cut the other half for the garnish
- 2 Gochujang Devilled eggs or regular hardboiled eggs cut into half You can find our recipe for gochujang devilled eggs here.
- 6 large cooked prawns *The Chef has used cold chargrilled prawns for a smoky taste You can use cold shredded chicken or any cold cuts of your choice
Instructions
- Make the dressing by combining all the ingredients (1 teaspoon gochujang paste, ½ a medium apple freshly grated / pureed, 2 teaspoons toasted white sesame seeds, 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil, 1 ½ tablespoons any clear vinegar, 1 tablespoon each of sugar and any bright red pepper powder). Adjust seasoning to taste (It's okay if its more on the saltier side as you will be mixing it with non seasoned noodles)
- Boil 200 g noodles of your choice and once they have cooked to your desired done-ness, strain and run the strained noodles under cold water in the strainer to stop them form cooking further. Immediately plunge the strained noodles into the bowl with the iced water and ice cubes and leave in there for 5 minutes stirring occasionally.
- Strain the ice cold noodles and mix well with the dressing.
- Top with the Garnishes (½ medium cucumber, ½ medium eating apple both cut into matchsticks, hardboiled eggs / gochujang devilled eggs and large cooked prawns) and serve. You can find our recipe for gochujang devilled eggs here.Works great eaten later or packed in a lunchbox too. Bon Appetit!
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Notes
You can find our recipe for gochujang devilled eggs here.