COLD SPICY NOODLES (LENG MIAN)

Cold Spicy Noodles (Leng Mian) image

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.

Provided by Tussah

Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian Korean

Time 30m

Yield 2

Number Of Ingredients 12

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

Steps:

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.
Meanwhile, combine ice water, vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, and sambal oelek in a bowl. Refrigerate sauce to chill until spaghetti is cooked.
Rinse cooked spaghetti in cold water until totally cooled off; drain well.
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 : Calories 479.1 calories, Carbohydrate 70.1 g, Cholesterol 116 mg, Fat 13.6 g, Fiber 4.5 g, Protein 22.2 g, SaturatedFat 2.8 g, Sodium 2204.3 mg, Sugar 19.1 g