Spicy chilled Korean noodles with vegetables

Fall may be upon us but my craving for Asian chilled noodles never ceases. Even on the coldest day of winter you can find me eating a bowl of zaru soba or anything made with sweet potato noodles. Clear and thicker than soba noodles, they are a popular staple in Korean cooking.

One of my favorite presentations (aside from japchae) are these chilled Korean noodles served with a spicy gochujang sauce and topped with colorful veggies. It’s surprisingly refreshing despite the obvious kick of heat coming from the fiery red sauce!

I love the combination of slippery cold noodles and crunchy veggies – so healthy and satisfying! This recipe also doesn’t cost much to make; a big bag of sweet potato noodles will cost about $7 and last 4-6 meals and you can use any type of veggies for this.

Hot pepper paste (gochujang) is also inexpensive, costing around $5 for a big tub. The rest is pretty standard: fish sauce, rice vinegar and soy. With ingredients like these sitting in your pantry, there’s a lot of flavor and texture combinations you can achieve.

I’ll mix Thai, Korean and Japanese together sometimes and pull switcheroos with noodles if say, I run out of a particular popular one.

Once you’re familiar with basic Asian flavor combinations, the door to innovative cooking will swing right opened.

Not only will you be able to mix Japanese and Vietnamese, you’ll cross continents and begin incorporating Asian flavors into American and European dishes (like this Japanese-French clam chowder).

The options truly are endless and cooking becomes experimental and exciting.

Chilled Korean noodles are wonderful on their own if you are on a diet or feel like having something light for dinner. I usually serve this as a main accompanied with other Korean classics such as jijimi (Korean pancakes) and cucumber kimchi.

Korean spicy chilled noodles

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• Author: Caroline Phelps
• Prep Time: 15 minutes
• Cook Time: 10 minutes
• Total Time: 25 minutes
• Yield: 2 1x
• Category: Noodles
• Method: Boiling
• Cuisine: Korean

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Description

Spicy chilled Korean glass noodles served with a rainbow of vegetables. It’s the best!

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Ingredients

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• 12 ounces sweet potato noodles
• 1 red bell pepper (seeded and thinly sliced)
• 12 stalks asparagus (ends trimmed, cut into thirds)
• 3 scallions (thinly sliced)
• 1 medium carrot (thinly sliced)
• shredded nori for topping ((optional))

For the sauce:

• 1/4 cup gochujang (hot pepper paste)
• 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup mirin
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce

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Instructions

1. Cook noodles according to package (about 8 to 10 minutes). Drain and rinse under cold water.
2. Bring a small pot of salted water to boil (about 1 tsp salt). Add asparagus and cook for 3 minutes. Drain and shock in cold water. Leave in water until cold. Drain.
3. Put all the ingredients for the sauce in a bowl and stir well. Set aside.
4. Divide noodles evenly among four bowls.
5. Top with veggies, nori and sauce. Serve.

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Notes

You can adjust seasoning with soy sauce, sriracha sauce or fish sauce.

Nutrition

• Serving Size:
• Calories: 349
• Sugar: 41.4 g
• Sodium: 2863.8 mg
• Fat: 0.5 g
• Saturated Fat: 0.1 g
• Carbohydrates: 80.9 g
• Fiber: 11.1 g
• Protein: 4 g
• Cholesterol: 0 mg

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