Thin wheat flour noodles

8 Comments:

1. Fatcat Poland, Warsaw joined 1/17 & has 2 comments

   Posted January 6th, 2017 at 4:00 pm | Log in to reply.

   Hey, isn’t it the same as japanese somen? Can’t find korean one ;(

2. cjenifer California joined 8/10 & has 3 comments

   Posted August 31st, 2010 at 2:15 pm | Log in to reply.

   I have Japanese noodles. It says “tomoshiraga somen.” is this the same thing?

3. sirdanilot Terneuzen, The Netherlands joined 10/09 & has 25 comments

   Posted January 18th, 2010 at 6:03 am | Log in to reply.

   With difficulty I deciphered the Korean letters (using an online hangul chart) on a random bag of noodles I bought at the Korean store: it says GUKSU SOMYEON. Can I use these only for Kongguksu like it says on this page or can I put them in Jajangmyun, Jam Pong, etc. as well? Because I don’t really like the idea of cold noodles (not to mention it’s winter here!).

   • Maangchi New York City joined 8/08 & has 12,003 comments

     Posted January 19th, 2010 at 1:43 am | Log in to reply.

     Somyeon is my favorite noodles. I use it when I make noodle soup or bibimbguksu (mixed noodles with spicy seasoning).

     To make tasty jjajangmyeon and jjampong, these noodles are usually used.
     https://www.maangchi.com/ingredients/jja-jjang-myun-noodles

     But who would care if you use the thin noodles in jjajangmyeon or jjampong? Try it out. Thank you for your question!

   • fridabag15 New Jersey joined 5/10 & has 12 comments

     Posted May 7th, 2010 at 6:41 pm | Log in to reply.

     I’ve made Jjajangmyeon with those exact noodles and it still came out tasty…Uh oh! Now I’m hungry and I want to make some jjajangmyeon. Got to go!!! *Runs to the kitchen and starts chopping vegetables and pork*

     • Maangchi New York City joined 8/08 & has 12,003 comments

       Posted May 7th, 2010 at 6:58 pm | Log in to reply.

       I can almost hear you chopping vegetables, chop chop chop! : )

   • anastasialeehanbyul Seoul, South Korea joined 2/12 & has 2 comments

     Posted February 18th, 2012 at 4:34 am | Log in to reply.

     I could not find special noodles for jjajangmyeon, so I cooked some spaghetti and poured jjajang sauce over it, tasted delicious still!

     • Maangchi New York City joined 8/08 & has 12,003 comments

       Posted February 18th, 2012 at 9:56 am | Log in to reply.

       Yes, spaghetti noodles will work well! Happy cooking!