Neng
Myung (Cold Noodle)
(Takes time and effort)
Ingredients: |
12
oz
chunk of beef meat for stock, ¼ of Chinese radish (daicon), Neng Myung noodle
(buck wheat noodle)
for 4, 2 whole green onions, 4 garlic cloves,
a chunk of ginger (about a thumb size), ¼ of daicon, half onion, 2
eggs, 1 Tsp of finely ground red pepper, salt, vinegar, sugar, yellow
wasabi(gyeu–ja), ½ cucumber, Asian pear |
Directions: |
Soup
Base Leave
meat in water for 30 minutes, letting excessive blood out. On
high heat place meat in a pot with 10 cups of water. When it
starts to boil, reduce from high to medium heat for about an hour. Take out fat
and foam on the surface of soup while boiling. Take out
meat, and slice into flat pieces. Save
it for topping. Take out vegetables. Soup Base
Seasoning (choose one) 1) Add soy
sauce and salt into the soup. (ratio of 5 soy sauce: 1salt). 2)
The best way is to add Dongchimi (Water Kimchi). Add 2 cups of Dongchimi water
and add salt, if desired. 3) Grind garlic, half
chilly pepper, cucumber, onion, daicon, pear separately and mix.
Add the mixture into the soup base and add salt if desired. Put the soup
base into the refrigerator and cool it. Making
Ko-myung (tops) Cut daicon
into 2 inch X 1 inch size pieces. Sprinkle
salt, and leave it for a while. Squeeze water out, and add finely ground red
pepper. Use your hand to mix them
well. Add a little bit of sugar and vinegar. Cut cucumber
into thin strips. Add salt and leave it for a while.
Squeeze water out. Cut pear into
thin piece. Boil an egg and cut it half. Noodle Boil water in
a big pot, and add Neng Myun noodle (buck wheat). Separate noodle chunks before
boiling them. In about a minute, take out one string and if it is chewy,
turn off the heat and wash under cold water. Serve In a big
bowl, place noodle, and add meat slices, daicon mixture, cucumber, pear piece,
and half of a boiled egg. Pour cold soup base over it until noodle is 2/3
covered with soup. Serve with vinegar
and yellow wasabi, not green wasabi. Gyeu-ja,in Korean.
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Alternatives : There are instant Neng-myun packages in a Korean market. It is certainly easier… |