Cold Korean Bibim Noodles with Tomatoes, Cucumbers, and Chickpeas
104K views · 5.3K reactions | IT’S STILL SUMMER! ..and these cold noodles really bring me back to my childhood 🥹 - my umma would make this with kimchi for me as a snack and it was my favorite ever. This version is a twist with the abundance of tomatoes & cukes from the garden, chickpeas for extra protein 💪 Hope you love it as much as I do ☀️ #sessy | Chef Esther Choi cooked this in a Facebook video. SeeMeCook wrote it up from the video as a full recipe and added ingredient weights and nutrition.
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A refreshing summer variation on classic Korean bibim guksu, made with chilled somen noodles tossed in a sesame-gochujang sauce. Tomatoes, cucumbers, and chickpeas add freshness, texture, and extra protein.
- Time
- 20 minutes
- Equipment
- Stovetop
- Good for
- Lunch or dinner
- Cuisine
- East Asian
- Contains
- Gluten, sesame, soy, and alcohol
- Diet
- Vegan
Diet and allergen details are read from the ingredient names and are not certified.
Ingredients
- 180 g
- 30 g
- 30 g
- 15 g
- 15 g
- 150 g
- 150 g
- 120 g
- 6 g
- 2 g
Weights are estimates.
Steps
Cook the somen noodles, then cool them. The source does not specify the cooking time or cooling method.
Combine the sesame gochujang, sesame premium soy sauce, sesame oil, and rice vinegar to make the classic Korean bibim sauce.
Add the cooked, cooled noodles directly to the sauce.
Toss the noodles thoroughly with the sauce until they are evenly coated; this mixing step is bibyeo, meaning “to mix.”
Add the tomatoes, cucumber, and chickpeas described in the post, if using this summer variation, and toss to distribute.
Top with toasted sesame seeds and gim.
Finish with an additional drizzle of sesame oil and serve cold.
Notes
The source provides no ingredient quantities, noodle cooking time, or detailed sauce proportions. The post mentions tomatoes, cucumbers, and chickpeas, while the transcript specifically names the sauce ingredients, noodles, sesame seeds, and gim. The creator also mentions that kimchi, sugar, and sesame oil were used in a childhood variation, but they are not included in this version because the post describes a tomato-cucumber-chickpea variation.
Nutrition
These are estimates per serving, worked out from the ingredients.
- Calories
- 381
- Protein
- 14 g
- Carbs
- 57 g
- Fat
- 11 g
- Fiber
- 9 g
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