Korea

Mul naengmyeon

Name: Mul naengmyeon
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: Beef, brisket, in one piece; 1 1/2 litres water; 1 small onion; 3 cloves garlic; a few slices ginger; Radish (daikon radish, mooli), Korean radish, thin slices; 3 tbsp plus more at the table vinegar; 2 tbsp sugar; 1 tsp salt; 2 tsp soy sauce; Soba noodles, naengmyeon (buckwheat) noodles, or soba; Cucumber, matchsticks; Pear, Korean or Asian pear, thin slices; 2 hard boiled and halved egg; Prepared mustard, Korean mustard (gyeoja) or Dijon; a handful ice cubes

Icy, tangy beef broth with chewy buckwheat noodles. The bowl Korea reaches for in a heatwave.

90 minTime

49 gProtein each

mildSpice

Cold noodles2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayBuckwheat noodles in icy beef broth with pear, radish and egg.

The original

736kcalsame

49 gproteinsame

8 gfibresame

90minutessame

Mul naengmyeon.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Beefbrisket, in one piece

Water1½ litres

Onion1 small

Garlic3 cloves

Gingera few slices

Radish (daikon radish, mooli)Korean radish, thin slices

Vinegar3 tbsp, plus more at the table

Sugar2 tbsp

Salt1 tsp

Soy sauce2 tsp

Soba noodlesnaengmyeon (buckwheat) noodles, or soba

Cucumbermatchsticks

PearKorean or Asian pear, thin slices

Egg2, hard boiled and halved

Prepared mustardKorean mustard (gyeoja) or Dijon

Ice cubesa handful

Method

5 steps

1Simmer the beef with the onion, garlic and ginger in the water for 60 minutes, skimming. Lift out the beef and strain the broth.
2Toss the radish with 1 tbsp each of vinegar and sugar and a pinch of salt and leave 20 minutes.
3Season the cooled broth with soy, the remaining salt, sugar, vinegar and the radish brine. Chill, then freeze 1 hour until slushy.
4Slice the beef thinly. Boil the noodles 1 minute, then rinse hard under icy water, rubbing to remove starch.
5Coil noodles in chilled bowls, pour over the slushy broth with ice, and top with beef, pear, cucumber, radish and egg.

Serve it like this

Serve in a chilled steel or brass bowl, noodles coiled with the broth and ice poured over. Top with beef, pear, cucumber, radish and half an egg; mustard and vinegar at the table.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Korea

Mul naengmyeon

Icy, tangy beef broth with chewy buckwheat noodles. The bowl Korea reaches for in a heatwave.

90 minTime

49 gProtein each

mildSpice

Cold noodles2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayBuckwheat noodles in icy beef broth with pear, radish and egg.

The original

736kcalsame

49 gproteinsame

8 gfibresame

90minutessame

Mul naengmyeon.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Beefbrisket, in one piece

Water1½ litres

Onion1 small

Garlic3 cloves

Gingera few slices

Radish (daikon radish, mooli)Korean radish, thin slices

Vinegar3 tbsp, plus more at the table

Sugar2 tbsp

Salt1 tsp

Soy sauce2 tsp

Soba noodlesnaengmyeon (buckwheat) noodles, or soba

Cucumbermatchsticks

PearKorean or Asian pear, thin slices

Egg2, hard boiled and halved

Prepared mustardKorean mustard (gyeoja) or Dijon

Ice cubesa handful

Method

5 steps

1Simmer the beef with the onion, garlic and ginger in the water for 60 minutes, skimming. Lift out the beef and strain the broth.
2Toss the radish with 1 tbsp each of vinegar and sugar and a pinch of salt and leave 20 minutes.
3Season the cooled broth with soy, the remaining salt, sugar, vinegar and the radish brine. Chill, then freeze 1 hour until slushy.
4Slice the beef thinly. Boil the noodles 1 minute, then rinse hard under icy water, rubbing to remove starch.
5Coil noodles in chilled bowls, pour over the slushy broth with ice, and top with beef, pear, cucumber, radish and egg.

Serve it like this

Serve in a chilled steel or brass bowl, noodles coiled with the broth and ice poured over. Top with beef, pear, cucumber, radish and half an egg; mustard and vinegar at the table.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Mul naengmyeon

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Mul naengmyeon

Make it your way

Ingredients

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