Korean Soy Sauce Noodles (Ganjang Bibim Guksu)
Korean Soy Sauce Noodles (Ganjang Bibim Guksu) is the simplest noodle dish that's ready in 10 min or less! Just need 5 ingredients!

- Prep time
- 2 min
- Cook time
- 6 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 200 g Somyeon 소면 (thin korean dried noodles or 2 cups cooked thin noodles)
- 1.5 Tbsp soy sauce (Jin Ganjang)
- 1.5 Tbsp sugar
- 1 Tbsp sesame oil
- 1/2 Tbsp sesame seeds
- 1/2 tsp red chili powder (gochukaru) (korean red chili powder - optional)
- 1 green onions (sliced (optional))
Instructions
- 1
Boil a pot of water (about 5 cups for 200g noodles). Add dried noodles to pot and cook per package directions. For ssal somyeon, you just need to cooke for 4 minutes. Keep the lid off and if it looks like it will boil over, add a splash of cold water and the foam will go down.
- 2
Prepare a big bowl of cold icy water and dump the hot cooked noodles into the cold water bath. Rinse noodles until it's completely cooled down. Drain.
- 3
In a bowl, add the noodles, add sesame oil, soy sauce, sugar, sesame seeds and mix until noodles are evenly coated. Taste and adjust seasoning as needed.
- 4
That's it!! If you want, you can add some sliced green onions or some gochukaru, it will help to add another layer of fresh zingy flavor.