These thick noodles are for special dishes like JjaJangMyun (자장면), Udong (우동), or JjamBbong (짬뽕). You can get them dried, frozen, or fresh. Personally, I like the fresh noodles the most and dry noodles the least. Cook the noodles in boiling water for about 6 to 8 minutes, unless the directions for your noodles tell otherwise. Then rinse the noodles quickly in cold water several times before you serve them – that will make the noodles more chewy and elastic.
- Use:
JjaJangMyun, Udong, JjamBbong- Storage:
Keep in the cabinet (dry noodles), refrigerator (fresh noodles), or freezer (frozen noodles).- Types:
Dried Noodles, Fresh Noodles, Frozen Noodles
I wonder what these are called in Chinese, because I can’t find any Korean brand of this type of noodles in Chinese shops here 🙁
Hi gbb,
If you can go to a Korean grocery store, write down the name for the dish, jajangmyun or udong…and ask the owner… you want thick noodles for them. If you go to a Chinese store.. I think. thick noodle will work for it. sorry I don’t know the Chinese words.
Thank you. We don’t have any Korean stores here, only Chinese, but they have some Korean foods. I think I’ll take a piece of paper with the name of the dish written in Chinese 🙂
hi gbb,
aha… i hope u can find some soon… thanks
Hello! i wanted to make JaJangMyun but i have to get noodles first! I was wondering how do the fresh noodles look like? do they come in a package like the frozen?
hi Tina,
yes.. they will be similar.. just see the noodles as you can see in the picture.. ^^ thanks
I wasn’t able to find this brand in the store. Could udon be used as a substitute in jajyangmyun?
hi lisa,
You mean.. that thick but soft noodle for Japanese Udon ?? if that’s what you are asking.. I will say no..because it will be too soft. Maybe you can use thick spaghetti noodles instead… that texture will be better than udon noodle..
Hi Aeri I used your method to cook and it taste very great!!!! I awesome!!
Here is a picture of it. =D Thank you so much for posting it online~
http://twitpic.com/3y7ofs
hi Jasmine,
Sorry but I couldn’t see your picture. It says.. error… ^^:; I want to see your picture. thanks