Cold Spicy Noodles (Leng Mian)
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Description
A Korean dish, popular in northern China. I ate this for lunch every day for an entire year when I lived in Jinzhou, China. The cook was certain that eating this cold dish during the cold northern winter would be bad for my stomach, but it never was! This makes a wonderfully refreshing lunch during the hot summertime.
Ingredients
- 4 ounces spaghetti, or as needed
- 2 cups very cold ice water
- ½ cup white vinegar
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 2 teaspoons sambal oelek (chile paste)
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cucumber, cut into matchsticks
- ½ cup kimchi
- ¼ cup roasted peanuts
- 1 hard-cooked egg, halved
- 2 slices deli ham, cut into bite-sized pieces
Directions
- 1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes.
- 2. Meanwhile, combine ice water, vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, and sambal oelek in a bowl. Refrigerate sauce to chill until spaghetti is cooked.
- 3. Rinse cooked spaghetti in cold water until totally cooled off; drain well.
- 4. Divide sauce between 2 chilled servings bowls. Add equal amounts of spaghetti, cucumber, kimchi, peanuts, egg, and ham to each bowl. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts
serving: 2 bowls
calories: 479.1 kcal
carbohydrates: 70.1 g
protein: 22.2 g
saturated fat: 2.8 g
cholesterol: 116 mg
sodium: 2204.3 mg
fiber: 4.5 g
sugar: 19.1 g
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