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Spicy Noodle Salad

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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine Korean
Servings 6
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Buy the sauce ingredients here.

Ingredients
  

  • 10 oz Somyeon or buckwheat (soba) noodles Traditionally Somyeon 소면 is used. But we like to make it with buckwheat noodles. Also Angel Hair pasta works really well.
  • 3 Eggs optional for hard boiled eggs topping

For Sauce

  • 1 Onion, Large chopped
  • 1 TBS Cooking oil
  • 1 cup Gochujang
  • 1 cup Sugar (or sugar substitute) I know that’s a lot of sugar. But it tastes really good this way but you can reduce it if you like.
  • 1.5 TBS Soy Sauce
  • 1 TBS Garlic minced
  • 1 cup Vinegar amount may vary
  • ¼ cup Sesame Oil
  • 1 tsp Sesame Seeds optional
  • 1 tsp Sea salt I use sea salt but you can use your own salt but amount may vary.

Vegetables (Can replace with your fav veggies)

  • 4 oz Green cabbage julienned
  • 2 oz Red cabbage julienned
  • 8 oz Cucumber julienned
  • 3 oz Carrot julienned
  • 4 oz Red leaf lettuce julienned
  • 3 oz Perilla leaves julienned
  • 2 Chili peppers sliced

Instructions
 

  • Boil water to cook noodles towards the end.
  • Preheat a pan on medium heat and add cooking oil
  • Saute onion on medium heat until soft
  • Add gochujang and cook for 5 min while stirring. (Make sure you don't burn it.)
  • Add sugar, garlic, soy sauce and cook until sugar is completely dissolved.
  • Let it cool.
  • Add vinegar, sesame oil, sesame seeds.
  • Taste and add salt as needed. It should taste a little salty (imagine past sauce) to season pasta and veggies.
  • Cut all veggies.
  • Cook pasta according to the package and wash in cold water until noodles are completely cold. Drain water.
  • Arrange noodles and veggies on a plate or a tray with the sauce on the side.
  • Add the sauce and mix before eating. Add the sauce gradually while tasting.

Notes

Note: Technically you can make the dressing without cooking the gochujang and it will be fine. But, cooking will a create smoother and richer taste and remove a hint of bitterness. Also if you are NOT cooking the sauce, reduce onion by a lot or don’t add onions.
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Keyword Healthy, noodles, Salad, Spicy
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