Golbaengi Muchim
Korean Korean - Seafood

Golbaengi Muchim

Est. Time: 35-45 min  •  6 Preparation Steps

Chef's Menu Description

Sustainably sourced fresh fish fillet pan-seared with a crisp skin, served with garlic herb butter, seasonal vegetables, and lemon.

Ingredients

  • • 400 g tinned golbaengi (sea whelks), drained and thinly sliced
  • • 1 cucumber, julienned
  • • 80 g somyeon noodles, boiled
  • • 3 tbsp gochujang
  • • 1 tbsp gochugaru
  • • 1 tbsp sugar
  • • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • • 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil and 1 tsp sesame seeds
  • • 2 spring onions, sliced

Preparation Steps

1
Phase 1

Rinse the whelks and slice them thinly; reserve 2 tbsp of the can liquid.

2
Phase 2

Boil the somyeon, rinse in cold water, drain, and cut into short lengths.

3
Phase 3

Salt the cucumber 10 minutes and squeeze out the water.

4
Phase 4

Mix the gochujang, gochugaru, sugar, garlic, sesame oil, and reserved can liquid.

5
Phase 5

Combine the whelks, noodles, cucumber, and dressing evenly by hand.

6
Phase 6

Top with spring onions and sesame seeds, chilled or at room temperature.