(chopping and cheery music)
Hi everybody! Today's recipe is so quick!
And a one-bowl meal. And also, my favorite.
So easy and fast, that's why I make it all the time.
What is it? Bibim-guksu.
Spicy mixed noodles. I'm using kimchi.
So you can say kimchi bibim-guksu.
You need fermented kimchi. Which means it tastes sour.
Tastes sour so with the seasoning mixture it will go well together.
If I don't eat this for 2 weeks I have a severe craving for this.
That much I love this.
Actually 11 years ago I went on my "Let's Go" program, in Korean: "Gapshida"
(laughs) I went to the Netherlands.
With one of my readers, her name is Susanne, Suzanne and me, we filmed this
She was hosting all my Netherlands fans.
Rotterdam fans.
And so many people came over together.
I have a really good memory, talking about Korean food
that's already 11 years ago!
(laughs) Time flies, time flies!
The video I filmed with Susanne in Rotterdam, Netherlands, will never go away.
It will be on my website.
You can just search "bibim-guksu".
And you will see today's recipe
and on the right side you will see the link. And you can click
And you'll be able to watch the video.
So anyway, now I'm just boiling water.
I need one egg.
I'm cooking 8 minutes, so it's not a hard boiled egg.
I feel like something a little less cooked.
Semi boiled egg.
And if you want a hard boiled egg, 10 minutes.
Just a small cucumber. I want to slice this.
Around a half cup.
Next, kimchi. We need kimchi. MMM!
Smells very sour taste.
My homemade kimchi. Around 4 ounces.
4 ounces. Around this amount.
A half cup.
Slice.
And let's put this into the bowl.
So kimchi brine around a quarter cup I need.
If your kimchi is dry, just use water.
One garlic clove.
Soak in cold water.
Now add gochujang around 2 tablespoons.
But it depends on your taste. If you can't eat too much spicy food just use less.
This kimchi is sour tasting, we need sugar. 1 teaspoon.
If you don't like to add sugar just skip it.
And then 1 tablespoon sesame oil.
And mix.
Oh my, smells so good. Spicy, a little sweet, and chunks of crispy kimchi.
And also a lot of sesame oil smell.
Toasted sesame seeds, about 1 tablespoon.
I just grind my sesame seeds.
Set aside here.
These are noodles we are going to use.
And I always use this somyeon. Somyeon is thin, wheat noodles.
When you go to a Korean grocery store, find these really thin noodles.
That's it, that's somyeon.
And use any brand.
Let's see, I think this is around 4 ounces.
And, add like this...
Stir.
Over medium high heat.
And then cover.
I'm going to cook around 3 minutes.
But I will keep an eye on this.
As you know, you guys probably cooked noodles, you know that
Suddenly - whoo! - boiling over.
Ok even after 1 minute, they are really boiling over.
I will just stir this again.
I cooked 3 minutes, let's taste.
You guys can use chopsticks. (laughs)
30 seconds more.
Very chewy!
Ok, done. I cooked 3 minutes 30 seconds.
Let's drain.
So remove all this slippery stuff, which is starch.
So that it's kind of chewy and firm.
These noodles, let's put these noodles into this kimchi mixture.
Usually I don't wear this glove.
I use my own bare hand. Why am I doing this?
Just, you know, for nice visually, it looks better.
My hands after doing this I need to wash with soap.
Otherwise orange colored hands.
Let's mix.
Cold and nice.
Wow looks so good!
Mmm..
We gotta garnish these noodles.
And this is just an egg.
And then this cucumber.
Nice nice. We make a nest.
Let's cut.
Ok, this is a bonus. (laughs)
Ok, sesame seeds.
I made eomuk-guk, fish cake soup.
To eat with this. These are cold noodles
and hot delicious broth with fish cake soup really goes well together.
So if you have some party idea, just make this, just like me.
I made this anchovy kelp stock.
Nice.
Like this.
Let me taste!
Save this... oh whoo wow!
Look at that! Mmm mouth-watering!
Taste...
Mmm! Mmm!
It's already mixed, so easily you can eat it.
Spicy and cold
and after eating I take some of this savory broth
and then really, all this spiciness is just removed (laughs)
Mmm, so good!
This bibim-guksu was actually my aunt's
My aunt was really good at cooking.
She cooked all kinds of delicious food.
She had so many children, and then we went there.
Our family went there, with my mom,
suddenly she had to feed tens of people.
And then she made these noodles in front of us.
And she had a big basin
and then she boiled a lot of noodles
and of course she doesn't measure like me.
We were all surrounding her
because it smells so good
Korean gochujang, a lot of gochujang, kimchi, and drizzling sesame oil
and she just mixed mixed with both hands.
Already my mouth was watering!
She knew, how to save, and how to feed good food to her family.
Anyway, my noodles are a little bit soggy because of my story
but it's ok, you guys are waiting for my story
So just enjoy my story, and make
really spicy and delicious noodles, think about me when you eat.
"Oh Maangchi eats every other week she said that!"
You will know why.
Today we made bibim-guksu. Enjoy my recipe.
See you next time! Bye!