Cold Buckwheat Noodle Soup

Name: Cold Buckwheat Noodle Soup (Naengmyon)
Prep time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Makes 6 to 8 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: About 1 teaspoon hot red pepper flakes, preferably Korean red pepper flakes; Hot mustard, like Colman’s, for serving; Hot mustard, like Colman’s, for serving; 1 cup daikon kimchi, diced, or sliced daikon, pickled as for Lightly Pickled Cucumber; 1 cup daikon kimchi, diced, or sliced daikon, pickled as for Lightly Pickled Cucumber; 1 Asian pear or Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored, and grated; 1 Asian pear or Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored, and grated; 2 fresh long red chiles or long green Italian peppers, stemmed, seeded, and minced; 2 fresh long red chiles or long green Italian peppers, stemmed, seeded, and minced; 3 or 4 hard-cooked eggs, peeled and cut in half; About 1 teaspoon hot red pepper flakes, preferably Korean red pepper flakes; 2 pounds beef brisket; 1 tablespoon white wine or rice wine vinegar; 1 tablespoon white wine or rice wine vinegar; 2 garlic cloves, peeled and lightly crushed; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1 onion, peeled; 10 thin slices peeled fresh ginger; 2 pounds beef bones; 1 carrot, peeled; 1 cup Lightly Pickled Cucumber; 1 cup daikon kimchi, diced, or sliced daikon, pickled as for Lightly Pickled Cucumber; 1 pound Korean buckwheat and potato starch noodles or Japanese buckwheat (soba) noodles; 1 pound Korean buckwheat and potato starch noodles or Japanese buckwheat (soba) noodles; Salt and black pepper to taste; 1 pound Korean buckwheat and potato starch noodles or Japanese buckwheat (soba) noodles; ¼ cup soy sauce, plus more for serving; Salt and black pepper to taste

Naengmyon

Preparation info

Makes
6 to 8
servings

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

The Best Recipes in the World

By Mark Bittman

Published 2005

About

Here’s an unusual dish: a grand cold soup that is essentially a whole meal. (You might, if you have the inclination and want to be wholly authentic, serve with Kong Namul; Black Beans with Soy; or other panchan.) Pickle the cucumber and daikon in advance if you can or substitute kimchi. Though this dish contains some chiles, it is not meant to be blazing hot, so use mild long red chiles if you can find them or t

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Korea
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