Korean · Lunch or dinner

Bibim Guksu

Cold thin wheat noodles, tangy-spicy gochujang sauce, cucumber and egg.

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Bibim Guksu, plated, photographed from above.
Prep
15 min
Cook
10 min
Makes
2 servings
Skill
Beginner
Heat
Medium, adjustable
Vegetarian Halal Contains gluten Contains soy Contains sesame Contains eggs
Maui says

The cold-water rinse on the noodles is non-negotiable - it stops cooking AND tightens the starch so each strand stays slippery and chewy. Warm bibim guksu is a different (worse) dish.

Ingredients

Everything below makes 2 servings.

  • 6 ozsomyeon (thin wheat noodles)
  • 2 tbspgochujang
  • 1 tspgochugaru (Korean chile flakes)
  • 1 tbspsoy sauce
  • 2 tbsprice vinegar
  • 1 tbspsugar
  • 1 tbsptoasted sesame oil
  • 2garlic clovesgrated
  • ½english cucumberjulienned
  • ½carrotjulienned
  • 1scallionssliced
  • 2large eggs
  • 1 tsptoasted sesame seedstoasted
  • 1 sheetnori (seasoned)torn into strips

In the app these rescale to however many people you're feeding.

Nutrition

Per serving, as written.

  • 531calories
  • 21gprotein
  • 75gcarbs
  • 17gfat

Swaps move these numbers. A different protein or base changes them.

Instructions

Knife work first, then the stove. Nothing below asks you to chop while something burns.

Before you start
  1. Whisk gochujang and gochugaru and soy and rice vinegar and sugar and sesame oil and garlic for the sauce.
  2. Julienne cucumber and carrot. Slice scallions. Tear nori.
1

Boil eggs

Place eggs in small saucepan, cover with cold water. Bring to boil, cook 8 min for jammy yolk. Transfer to ice bath; peel; halve.

8 min · hands off
2

Boil noodles

Bring small pot of water to boil. Add somyeon; cook 3-4 min stirring (they break easily). Drain, rinse under COLD running water 30 sec until ice-cold and slippery. Drain hard.

4 min · hands on
3

Toss

In a large bowl, toss noodles with the gochujang sauce until every strand is coated red. Add cucumber and carrot; toss once more.

1 min · hands on
4

Plate

Divide into 2 bowls. Top each with halved egg, scallion, toasted sesame seeds, nori strips.

2 min · hands on

Make it yours

Every swap here is one Maui already knows how to make, including what it does to the timing.

Instead of boiled egg Marinated tofu

Press and dice 6 oz extra-firm tofu, pan-fry in sesame-soy 3 min. Adds about 5 minutes.

Instead of boiled egg No protein

Skip egg and tofu - sauce and cucumber is plenty. Saves about 5 minutes.

Instead of served as a complete bowl With kimchi banchan

Add kimchi alongside.

Vegan Marinated tofu for large eggs

What keeps

Cold noodle dish - assemble and eat. Sauce keeps 5 days fridge, perfect for solo lunches; boil fresh noodles to order.

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