Bibim Guksu 비빔국수 (Korean Spicy Mixed Cold Noodle)

The weather is quite hot recently.... hubby and I do not have much appetide so I decided to make this simple spicy and sourish mixed cold noodle today :)

Bibim guksu is quite a fast dish to prepare, the ingredients are simple and it's full of green leaves too which is a healthy choice! Usually the type of veggie used in this dish is cucumber but I have a bunch of salad leaves in my fridge so I use salad leaves. Any veggie leaves that gives a crunch texture will goes well with this noodle. ^^

Serving: 2 person
Ingredients:
About 180g of Thin noodle (somyeon or 寿面)
A quarter of medium size Cucumber (sliced thinly)
A bunch of crunchy salad leaves (slightly slice/tear into smaller pieces)
Some sliced carrot (Optional)
1/2 cup of chopped kimchi
1 hard boiled Egg

Sauce:
2 & 1/2 tbsp Gochujang (Korean hot pepper paste)
1 tsp Gochugaru (Korean hot pepper flakes)
1/2 tbsp finely minced Garlic
15 tbsp Kimchi juice
1 tbsp Soy sauce
1 tbsp Vinegar
1 tbsp Sesame oil
1 tsp Sugar (or 1 tbsp Honey)
1 tsp Roasted black/white Sesame seeds

Step by step photos:

 

 

1. Wash and drain the veggies, set a side or keep in fridge for extra cool and freshness.
2. Prepare the sauce by mixing all the sauce ingredients, gochujang, gochugaru, minced garlic, kimchi juice, soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, sesame oil and sesame seeds).  Keep it cool in fridge.
3. Boil a pot of water.  When the water starts to boil, add in noodle and boil for about 5 to 6 minutes or until the noodle becomes cook. 
4. Prepare a big bowl of icy water to cool down the noodle.
5. Off the heat and drain the noodle quickly under running cold water.
6. Place the drained noodle into the bowl of icy water to get chewy and cold noodle.
7. Prepare a bowl, drain the cold noodle by slightly press the noodle with hand after lift up from the icy water.  *I add in a few ice cubes in the bowl because i like my noodle COLD...hehe ;p
8. Place the veggies and hard boil egg on top of the noodle.  Add the sauce, mix and yumm!

*Tip:
- You can use soba (buckwheat noodle) for this dish too.