"Cold noodles" - this is how Nenmyeon is translated from Korean. This famous dish appeared several centuries ago and is still being prepared in North Korea. Cooking noodles quickly, despite a large list of ingredients.
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You will need
- - 400 g of buckwheat noodles;
- - 300 g of beef;
- - 100 g daikon;
- - 1 hot pepper;
- - ½ eggplant;
- - 4 eggs;
- - 1 cucumber;
- - 2 tomatoes;
- - 4 tbsp vegetable oil;
- - sesame seeds;
- - ½ cup soy sauce;
- - 2 tsp Sahara;
- - 2 tbsp vinegar
- - cilantro, salt, black pepper.
Instruction manual
1
First you need to prepare fresh vegetables. Peel the tomatoes and seeds and cut into thin strips. Cucumbers, previously peeled, cut into strips. Finely chop the daikon and greens.
2
Rinse the meat under running water and boil. Cut the finished meat into small strips. Do not pour the broth!
3
Cook the eggs and cut them into 2 or 4 pieces. Cook the noodles, rinse and add a little oil. Buckwheat noodles are cooked very quickly - just two minutes is enough.
4
Pour oil into a pan and fry boiled meat and eggplant, cut into cubes, adding 1 tablespoon of soy sauce and a little broth. Excess broth should be evaporated.
5
Bring the broth (main part) to a boil, add soy sauce, hot pepper and various spices, a little sugar and vinegar. Cool.
6
Arrange the cooked noodles, meat with eggplant, fresh vegetables and cover with broth. Put half the boiled egg in a plate and sprinkle with sesame seeds. The dish is served only cold. You can add a few ice cubes.
note
Some manufacturers sell buckwheat noodles with concentrated broth as a set. To prepare the dish, the concentrate must be diluted with cold water and add it to the finished noodles. If you are preparing a full-time nenmen, do not use concentrate.