Korean
Kongguksu (Cold Soybean Noodle Soup)
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Kongguksu (Cold Soybean Noodle Soup) is Korean home cooking, eaten at lunch. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Boil the noodles according to the package, then drain and rinse thoroughly under cold water until fully chilled.
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Blend the soy milk with the sesame seeds and salt until smooth and chill well.
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Julienne the cucumber and halve the tomatoes.
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Divide the noodles among bowls, pour the chilled soy milk broth over, and top with cucumber and tomatoes.
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Serve ice cold, a summer lunch that needs no stove once the noodles are boiled.
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Serve it with
A Korean lunch is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Kongguksu (Cold Soybean Noodle Soup), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Kongguksu (Cold Soybean Noodle Soup) carries gluten, soy, and sesame. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Godeungeo-gui (Salt-Grilled Mackerel) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Godeungeo-gui (Salt-Grilled Mackerel) |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | Yes | Bossam (Boiled Pork Belly Wraps) |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 290 kcal
- Protein
- 13 g
- Carbs
- 45 g
- Fat
- 6 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 290 mg
- Saturated fat
- 0 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Kongguksu (Cold Soybean Noodle Soup) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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