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(쫄면) is either a type of Korean noodle with a very chewy texture made from wheat flour and starch, or a cold and spicy dish () made with the noodles and vegetables. can add many vegetables such as cabbage and bean sprouts. The spicy and hot sauce is a combination of (
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(쫄면) is either a type of Korean noodle with a very chewy texture made from wheat flour and starch, or a cold and spicy dish () made with the noodles and vegetables. can add many vegetables such as cabbage and bean sprouts. The spicy and hot sauce is a combination of (chili pepper
Chili peppers (also chile, chile pepper, chilli pepper, or chilli), from Nahuatl '' chīlli'' (), are varieties of the berry-fruit of plants from the genus ''Capsicum'', which are members of the nightshade family Solanaceae, cultivated for ...
paste), vinegar, sugar, and minced garlic. It is also a type of (mixed noodles).
The chewy texture of jjolmyeon noodles owes to its manufacturing process in which the dough is heated to 130-150 degrees Celsius and extruded by a machine under high pressure, in a manner similar to rice cake production.
Etymology
The first syllable of the name comes from the sound symbolism () inKorean
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, which means "chewy", while is a hanja
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word meaning "noodles". Thus, the name literally means "chewy noodles".
History
is one of the most popular noodle dishes inSouth Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...
, especially among young people at (Korean snack restaurants). It is a representative dish of Incheon, where originated in the early 1970s by a mistake made while making . Noodles larger than regular noodles were made at a factory and instead of being thrown out, were given away to a nearby . The owner mixed the noodles with sauce and was born.
See also
* Korean noodlesReferences
External links
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