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Simple Korean Soy Sauce Noodles (Ganjang Bibim Guksu)

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Posted:2/12/20226 Comments
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Simple yet absolutely delicious Korean Soy Sauce Noodles (Ganjang Bibim Guksu) is every Korean kid’s favorite dish growing up. It’s nutty, salty and of course, sweet. Just need 4 seasoning ingredients besides the noodles but full of fabulous flavors. Ready in 10 min or less!!

soy sauce bibim guksu noodles picked up with chopsticks
soy sauce bibim guksu noodles picked up with chopsticks

Ganjang Bibim Guksu 간장 비빔국수 or Korean Soy Sauce Noodles (lack of a better name..) is basically Korean’s version of Butter spaghetti that you make for your little picky eaters. I loved this as a kid and now that I think about it, I think this was probably the first dish that I started making for myself (sorry, I am changing my story from making Spaghetti meat sauce as my first dish). But of course, an adult cooked the noodles for me cause I was probably like 7 or 8.

It’s such a simple dish that it never crossed my mind to share it on my blog but recently I was asked to come up with a recipe that highlights sesame oil and boy, what better dish to highlight the wonderful sesame oil than this dish!

If you asked anyone who grew up in Korea in the 70’s and 80’s, I bet you, they would all say that they grew up eating this when they were kids 😝. It’s the perfect quick lunch or afternoon snack when moms don’t feel like cooking. Kids love it because it’s a perfect balance of salty and sweet but not at all spicy (although I will share later how you can spice it up!). And usually, you don’t add any vegetables but please feel free to add a soft boiled egg, green onions, kimchi, perilla, ssukat.. whatever you wish.

For Yummy Korean Soy Sauce Noodles, Use Best Sesame Oil and Jin Ganjang (soy sauce)

Because this dish is such a simple recipe, using the best quality sesame oil and soy sauce (jin ganjang) will make a difference in flavor. You can read my Ultimate Guide to Sesame Oil and also my Know Your Soy Sauce post to find the best tasting and high-quality oil and sauce for this recipe.

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  • Serve with Kimchi, Korean Lettuce Salad (Sanchu Geotjeori) and Chrysanthemum Tea and everyone will love you for it!!

How to make Korean Soy Sauce Noodles (Ganjang Bibim Guksu)

Servings: 2 Cook Time: 8 minDifficulty: Easy

Ingrdients

  • 200 g Somyeon 소면 (thin korean dried noodles) or 2 cups cooked thin noodles
  • Sauce
    • 1.5 Tbsp soy sauce (Jin Ganjang)
    • 1.5 Tbsp sugar
    • 1 Tbsp sesame oil
    • 1/2 Tbsp sesame seeds
    • 1/2~1 tsp gochukaru (korean red chili powder) – optional
    • 1 green onions, sliced (optional)

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. Measure dry noodles by either weighing it or by using your fingers. measuring 2 servings dry noodles with fingers Although everyone’s finger lengths are different, you can get into the habit of measuring with your fingers. For me, 2 servings is when I can fit the noodles in the circle that I make with my thumb and index finger. noodles cooking in pot foaming
  2. Boil a pot of water (about 5 cups for 200g noodles). Add the dried noodles and cook on medium high per package directions. For ssal somyeon, you just need to cook for 4 minutes. Cook with no lid and if it looks like it’s going to boil over (lilke in the picture), pour about 1/2 cup of cold water and the foam will quickly go down. You may need to repeat as necessary until you reach 4 minutes. rinsing noodles in cold water
  3. Prepare a big bowl of cold icy water and dump the hot cooked noodles into the cold water bath. Rinse noodles until it’s completely cooled down. Drain. seasonings in little bowls laid out in front of bowl of noodles4 pics of adding seasonings to noodles in bowl
  4. In a bowl, add the noodles, add sesame oil, soy sauce, sugar, sesame seeds and mix well. Taste and adjust as needed.
  5. That’s it!! That’s all you need to do to make Korean soy sauce noodles! Optionally, add some sliced green onions or some gochukaru to your Ganjang Bibim Guksu to make a grown-up version 😝! It will add a great fresh zingy flavor that I personally like better. Here’s how that looks – I hope you try it cause it’s extra yummy!!!
close up of soy sauce bibim noodles picked up with chopsticks with gochukaru and green onions
soy sauce sesame oil noodles with gochukaru and green onions – closeup

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soy sauce bibim guksu noodles picked up with chopsticks

Korean Soy Sauce Noodles (Ganjang Bibim Guksu)

Korean Soy Sauce Noodles (Ganjang Bibim Guksu) is the simplest noodle dish that's ready in 10 min or less! Just need 5 ingredients!
Prep: 2 minutes
Cook: 6 minutes
Total Time: 8 minutes
serves: 2 servings

Ingredients

  • 200 g Somyeon 소면 thin korean dried noodles or 2 cups cooked thin noodles

Sauce

  • 1.5 Tbsp soy sauce Jin Ganjang
  • 1.5 Tbsp sugar
  • 1 Tbsp sesame oil
  • 1/2 Tbsp sesame seeds
  • 1/2 tsp red chili powder (gochukaru) korean red chili powder – optional
  • 1 green onions sliced (optional)

Instructions

  • Boil a pot of water (about 5 cups for 200g noodles). Add dried noodles to pot and cook per package directions. For ssal somyeon, you just need to cooke for 4 minutes. Keep the lid off and if it looks like it will boil over, add a splash of cold water and the foam will go down.
    measuring 2 servings dry noodles with fingers
  • Prepare a big bowl of cold icy water and dump the hot cooked noodles into the cold water bath. Rinse noodles until it’s completely cooled down. Drain.
  • In a bowl, add the noodles, add sesame oil, soy sauce, sugar, sesame seeds and mix until noodles are evenly coated. Taste and adjust seasoning as needed.
    4 pics of adding seasonings to noodles in bowl
  • That’s it!! If you want, you can add some sliced green onions or some gochukaru, it will help to add another layer of fresh zingy flavor.

Tips & Notes:

  • The sodium level on this dish is quite higher than the actual dish because the noodles will lose a lot of sodium after it’s boiled in water and rinsed. 
  • Feel free to try other toppings to this very basic noodle dish. You can add a soft boiled egg, more cooked veggies, whatever you want to try!
  • Noodles – I like to use Sempio Ssal Somyeon 쌀소면 which is gluten-free and delicious. But you can use any other thin wheat Somyeon noodles or even angel hair pasta. You can read more about Somyeon HERE.

Nutrition Information:

Calories: 539kcal (27%)| Carbohydrates: 104g (35%)| Protein: 9g (18%)| Fat: 8g (12%)| Saturated Fat: 1g (6%)| Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g| Monounsaturated Fat: 3g| Trans Fat: 1g| Cholesterol: 1mg| Sodium: 1372mg (60%)| Potassium: 36mg (1%)| Fiber: 1g (4%)| Sugar: 13g (14%)| Vitamin A: 208IU (4%)| Vitamin C: 1mg (1%)| Calcium: 26mg (3%)| Iron: 1mg (6%)
Author: JinJoo Lee
Course:Lunch, noodles
Cuisine:Korean
Keyword:somyeon
KoreanCategory:Guksu, Myeon(면)
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6 Comments
  1. Amy M says

    Posted on 23 May 2022 at 12:34 pm

    Hello~
    Just wondering, how well do these pack? Say if I wanted to make them in the evening for my lunch the next day, would they still be fine or would they dry out/stick together?

    Reply
    • JinJoo says

      Posted on 23 May 2022 at 1:30 pm

      I would say it would be best if you made the sauce separately and then mix it before you eat lunch. You could still cook the noodles the day before and try coating it with just sesame oil to prevent it from sticking together. Then just add soy sauce and sugar before eating? Hope that helps.

      Reply
  2. Shirley says

    Posted on 27 March 2022 at 11:33 pm

    I tried it for my 6yo daughter for her lunch. She loves it, it’s such a simple and
    Yet delicious lunch . Now I have one more quick fuss free recipe for her lunch ideas . Thank you. Hope to see more kid friendly dishes.

    Reply
    • JinJoo says

      Posted on 28 March 2022 at 4:41 pm

      Wonderful!! It was definitely my favorite when I was 6! Yup, will try to do more kid friendly dishes – thank you!

      Reply
  3. Tina says

    Posted on 16 February 2022 at 9:48 am

    Yum! Excited to try this! Never had this growing up though (80s korean-american kid), gotta ask my mom about it.

    Ps. The “chef’s tip” section in this post is about about beef stock and tteok guk 😉

    Reply
    • JinJoo says

      Posted on 17 February 2022 at 3:08 pm

      Yay!! Yes, ask your mom and she would know what I mean.. and thank you for letting me know. Not sure what happened but the editor just swapped out my chef’s tip from my previous post.. sigh.. will add the proper one back in. Enjoy!

      Reply

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