It’s summer time and we all want some ice cold food!
When you thinking of ice cold food for the hot weather… what comes in your mind first?
Ice cream, lemonade, shaved ice… what about savory and main meal for ice cold?
When the weather gets hot, first thing I crave is cold noodles. Homemade cold kimchi noodles is even better!
So here is one of the easiest cold noodles you can make at home, cold kimchi noodles!
Combine the Korean stock, kimchi juice, salt, sugar and vinegar and mix well. Adjust the salt, sugar and vinegar amount to your kimchi’s saltiness and sourness. You could use chicken, beef, veggie or Japanese dashi stock from store- like I used store bought Korean stock. You can also can make Korean stock or Japanese dashi stockfrom scratch by following my recipe down below!
Ultimate Korean Stock : Basic Korean Stock Recipe for All Korean Food
To your taste, you can place in a freezer (in that case, place the stock mixture in a freezer safe airtight container) for a couple hours for a slush like soup. If you can’t wait for a couple hours (like myself), just season the soup base a bit more strongly now so we can add some ice later.
Combine kimchi, gochujang, sugar, sesame oil and sesame seeds in a mixing bowl and set aside. You could pass this seasoning the kimchi part, if your kimchi is already very salty and pungent.
You can buy kimchi easily from stores now days, so either use your favorite store bought kimchi or make your own! Check out my napa cabbage kimchi recipes down below!
Bring a pot of water to boil and cook egg about 7 to 8 minutes or until it’s hard boiled. Remove the egg from the boiling water, let it cool then peel and set aside.
In the same boiling water, add somyun or angel hair pasta. Cooking by following the direction of the package you are using. I like to add ice cubes while boiling, it make the noodles more elastic and chewier texture which is perfect for cold noodles.
Drain the noodles and rinse under cold water until it’s completely cooled then drain.
Roll the noodles nicely as a large ball and place on a serving bowl.
Pour the ice cold stock mixture around the noodles. Add some ice in the soup, if your soup didn’t get slush. You can also shave ice in a Vitamix like I did!
Top the noodles with kimchi mixture, cucumber and halved hard boiled egg and finally, garnish with black sesame seeds. (yes, you can use regular sesame seeds, I used it for only color purpose! lol )
Serve immediately and enjoy!
- 1 cup Korean stock, dashi stock, chicken stock or veggie stock
- ½ cup kimchi juice
- 1 tsp salt, adjust to your kimchi’s saltiness
- 3 tsp sugar
- 3 tsp vinegar, adjust to your kimchi’s sourness
- ½ cup kimchi, cut into bite size as needed
- 1 tsp gochujang
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp sesame seeds
- 3 oz cucumber, julienne
- 1 egg
- 1 serving size dried somyun or angel hair pasta
- black sesame seeds
- Combine the Korean stock, kimchi juice, salt, sugar and vinegar and mix well. Adjust the salt, sugar and vinegar amount to your kimchi’s saltiness and sourness. To your taste, you can place in a freezer (in that case, place the stock mixture in a freezer safe airtight container) for a couple hours for a slush like soup. If you can’t wait for a couple hours (like myself), just season the soup base a bit more strongly now so we can add some ice later.
- Combine kimchi, gochujang, sugar, sesame oil and sesame seeds in a mixing bowl and set aside. You could pass this seasoning the kimchi part, if your kimchi is already very salty and pungent.
- Bring a pot of water to boil and cook egg about 7 to 8 minutes or until it’s hard boiled. Remove the egg from the boiling water, let it cool then peel and set aside.
- In the same boiling water, add somyun or angel hair pasta. Cooking by following the direction of the package you are using. I like to add ice cubes while boiling, it make the noodles more elastic and chewier texture which is perfect for cold noodles.
- Drain the noodles and rinse under cold water until it’s completely cooled then drain.
- Roll the noodles nicely as a large ball and place on a serving bowl. Pour the ice cold stock mixture around the noodles. Add some ice in the soup, if your soup didn’t get slush. You can also shave ice in a vita mix like I did!
- Top the noodles with kimchi mixture, cucumber and halved hard boiled egg and finally, garnish with black sesame seeds. (yes, you can use regular sesame seeds, I used it for only color purpose! lol ) Serve immediately and enjoy!
