Jjolmyeon

A bowl of boiled jjolmyeon
Type	Korean noodles
Place of origin	Korea
Region or state	Incheon
Main ingredients	Noodles ( wheat flour, starch), sauce ( gochujang, vinegar, sugar (optional), garlic), vegetables
Media: Jjolmyeon

Jjolmyeon ( Korean: 쫄면) is either a type of Korean noodle with a very chewy texture made from wheat flour and starch, or a cold and spicy dish bibim-jjolmyeon (비빔쫄면) made with the noodles and vegetables. ^[1] Jjolmyeon can add many vegetables such as cabbage and bean sprouts. The spicy and hot sauce is a combination of gochujang ( chili pepper paste), vinegar, sugar, and minced garlic. It is also a type of bibim guksu (mixed noodles).

The chewy texture of jjolmyeon noodles owes to its manufacturing process in which the dough is heated to 130-150 degrees Celsius and extruded by a machine under high pressure, in a manner similar to rice cake production. ^[2]

Etymology

The first syllable of the name comes from the sound symbolism jjolgit-jjolgit (쫄깃쫄깃) in Korean, which means "chewy", while myeon is a hanja word meaning "noodles". Thus, the name literally means "chewy noodles". ^[3]

History

Jjolmyeon is one of the most popular noodle dishes in South Korea, especially among young people at bunsikjeom (Korean snack restaurants). ^[4] It is a representative dish of Incheon, where jjolmyeon originated in the early 1970s by a mistake made while making naengmyeon. Noodles larger than regular naengmyeon noodles were made at a factory and instead of being thrown out, were given away to a nearby bunsikjeom. The owner mixed the noodles with gochujang sauce and jjolmyeon was born. ^{[5] [6]}

See also

• Korean noodles

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jjolmyeon.

• Jjolymyeon recipe
• (in Korean) Jjolmyeon recipe at Naver Kitchen