Main Dishes

Perilla Seed Kalguksu들깨칼국수

Hand-cut noodles served in a rich perilla seed broth made with dried shrimp, anchovies, kelp, radish, onion, and garlic.

Perilla Seed Kalguksu — Korean recipe photo

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Ingredients

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Combine the flour with the starch, cooking oil, salt, egg, and water, and knead into a dough.

  2. 2

    Place the dough in a plastic bag and let it rest.

  3. 3

    Put the dried shrimp, anchovies with the heads and innards removed, onion, kelp, radish, and whole garlic cloves in a pot, boil to make the broth, then strain it through cotton cloth.

  4. 4

    Cut the zucchini into half-moon slices and slice the red chili diagonally.

  5. 5

    Add the ground perilla seeds to the prepared broth and bring to a boil.

  6. 6

    Roll the rested dough from step 2 thinly and cut it into kalguksu noodles. Bring the prepared broth from step 5 to a brief boil, add the noodles and zucchini, and cook. Add the red chili and bring to a boil once more to finish.

Ingredient substitutions

All-purpose flour
A gluten-free flour blend may work, with a different texture.
Starch
Cornstarch and potato starch thicken differently; use the closest one available.
Cooking oil
Any neutral frying oil works.
Salt
Soy sauce can add saltiness but also changes color and flavor.
Egg
For binding, use a commercial egg replacer or a small starch slurry; the flavor and texture will change.

Nutrition & source

Nutrition per serving

Calories
255.6
Protein
7.7
Carbs
37.4
Fat
8.3
Sodium
76.5

Source: Food Safety Korea / Ministry of Food and Drug Safety

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