Jaengban Guksu (Korean-style Soba Noodles with Spicy Dressing)
Author Notes: This is a perfect throw-together dish and customizable using your favorite vegetables. —Rach Kim
Food52 Review: First, the dressing: It's a lovely coral color, creamy, and it lives up to the "spicy" title. I'd like to try it with a variety of vegetables, or use it as the binding sauce for bibimbap. I made the salad with only one bundle of noodles, romaine lettuce, and a fridge-cleaning variety of vegetables—butternut squash, a potato, carrots—precooked; and peppers, onions, and an odd ear of corn. The apple lightens, freshens, and brightens everything else. Altogether a pleasure, and a new door opened to future variations. —The Editors
Serves 2
For the noodles:
- 2 bundles soba noodles (Japanese buckwheat noodles)
- 3 cups assorted greens (baby spinach, baby kale, spring mix, chopped romaine, etc.; whatever your preference)
- 2 cups chopped variety of vegetables (carrots, red onion, cucumber, zucchini, bell peppers, mushrooms, all work well here)
- 1/2 apple, sliced
For the sauce:
- 1 1/2 tablespoons hot pepper paste (gochujang)
- 1 teaspoon hot pepper flakes (gochugaru)
- 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1/4 apple, grated
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger
- Cook the noodles in boiling water according to package instructions, then drain and rinse under cold water to stop the cooking process.
- Reserving a handful of greens, add the noodles, greens, vegetables, and apple to a large bowl.
- In a separate small bowl, mix together all of the sauce ingredients until well-combined. Pour the sauce over the noodles and vegetables and toss to coat.
- Scatter the reserved greens onto a platter and then pile the seasoned noodles and vegetables on top. Serve immediately.
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Savory Apples
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12 months ago Mama Brunnochio
I was craving these noodles and was in search of especially the dressing recipe. Thanks so much for the delicious recipe!
12 months ago Michele Farley
This is a bit annoying. I just read here how to cook soba noodles and it explained about washing them first, cold baths, aggressive rubbing to get rid of starch etc. And yet no reference to those details in this recipe. Why not?
12 months ago Rach Kim
Hi, this is my recipe. I never do any of that when I make soba noodles. Like I say above, I just cook my noodles and then rinse under cold water. But if you want to go all out and do the aggressive rubbing or whatever, it's up to you.
(I don't understand why it's annoying that I explain my own process and Food52 has a different process. I don't think they necessarily have to agree.)
about 1 year ago susan g
The sauce was just what I wanted for a bibimbap-style dinner tonight.
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