{"id":13635,"date":"2019-03-05T14:30:28","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T22:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kimchimari.com\/?p=13635"},"modified":"2020-11-30T15:26:45","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T23:26:45","slug":"bibim-guksu-korean-spicy-cold-noodles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimchimari.com\/bibim-guksu-korean-spicy-cold-noodles\/","title":{"rendered":"Bibim Guksu – Korean Spicy Cold Noodles in 20 minutes!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bibim Guksu is a great simple cold noodle dish that just hits the spot when you are craving something delicious yet light and refreshing. My Sweet Spicy Apple Gochujang <\/em>bibim\u00a0sauce has the perfect balance of spicy, sweet, tangy and umami and it’s simply made in the blender too!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bibim Guksu (Spicy Korean Cold Noodles)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bibim Guksu or Korean mixed noodles with spicy gochujang sauce was our family’s most favorite summertime weekend lunch menu when we lived in Florida many years ago. On weekend mornings, I remember sitting around with my husband trying to come up with lunch ideas and then every time I mention Bibim Guksu – he lights up and says YES!!!<\/p>\n

When it’s so hot that you don’t even want to go outside and when any little bit of cooking just makes you too hot and sweaty (even with the AC going!), it’s really hard to find menu ideas that are appetizing but also easy to cook at the same time. But Bibim Guksu and Bibim Naengmyeon were always among our top choices. Just something about these COLD SPICY noodles!!\ud83d\ude0b\ud83d\ude0b<\/p>\n

And because it was so easy to make, I just loved\u00a0making it. The only thing about it was that I had to come up with something for my daughter to eat since she was just a toddler way back when. My\u00a0usual solution was to make her what I LOVED eating when I was a kid. Cold noodles with sweet sesame soy sauce.<\/strong> Will share a quick recipe later.<\/p>\n

So if you have kids or someone who cannot eat spicy, make this quick noodle dish with the same noodles. Just add some soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil and sesame seeds. So easy, you don’t even need a recipe but I bet your kids will love you for it.<\/p>\n

Bibim Guksu History<\/h2>\n

Did you know that Bibim Guksu was not always spicy?? \ud83d\ude09Koreans started making spicy bibim\u00a0noodles with gochujang only after the Korean war. Before the war, Bibim Noodles did not have gochujang in it and was seasoned with mainly soy sauce.\u00a0And the toppings included things like pear, beef or pork, chestnuts and more. BTW, this non-spicy more classic version was called Goldongban \uace8\ub3d9\ubc18 and its records go back all the way to the\u00a0Chosun era.<\/p>\n

What Noodles to use for Bibim Guksu<\/h2>\n

Bibim Guksu is usually made with either THIN (around 1 mm in diameter) white flour noodle called Somyeon \uc18c\uba74<\/strong> or buckwheat noodles called Maemil Myeon \uba54\ubc00\uba74<\/strong>. Somyeon is further divided into machine made<\/strong> vs handmade<\/strong>. In my experience, there isn’t a HUGE difference between different somyeon but I found this one I bought to be quite good. It is ‘handmade’ noodles that have been made over 34 hr period in a 8-step process.<\/p>\n

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Thin Dry Korean Somyeon Noodles_<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BTW, Guksu (\uad6d\uc218) = Myeon (\uba74\u00a0\u9eb5). Myeon is based on the Chinese character for noodles while Guksu is the pure Korean Hangeul word.<\/p>\n

Rinse your Somyeon Noodles thoroughly<\/h2>\n