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Pyongyang Mul-Naengmyeon
Pak Jung-ho
Head chef, Ojinmun Myeonok, Seoul, KR
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Pyongyang Mul-Naengmyeon

15 h total90 min hands-onServes 2Hard

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Broth chilled to a slush, buckwheat noodles cut by hand, and nothing to hide behind.

WHAT YOU GET

  • The chef's hidden note — the technique no cookbook prints
  • Every component built from scratch, each with its own spec
  • Films on choosing and judging the produce before you buy it
  • Gross and net gram weights for every ingredient, per portion
  • Time and temperature at each stage, as run in the restaurant
  • A photo at every step that can go wrong
  • Substitutions for anything hard to find where you live
  • What usually goes wrong, and what to do about it

Yours for good once bought. Updates from the chef included.

BEFORE YOU BUY

Equipment
Noodle press or pasta extruder, Stockpot, Fine muslin, Freezer-safe container
Allergens
Gluten, Egg, Mustard
Method
31 steps · 24 photographed · 7 filmed
Components
3 made from scratch
Films
3, 18 min

3 RECIPES INSIDE THIS RECIPE

Each with its own weights, steps and timings

The sauce, the cure, the dough, the dressing — a restaurant makes these itself, and so will you. Every one below is a full sub-recipe: its own ingredient list, its own method, its own yield and shelf life. Nothing says «use shop-bought».

Dongchimi brine

Film

Radish fermented in lightly salted water with pear, garlic and ginger until sour and fizzy.

This is half the broth and it cannot be bought. It takes a week, and its sourness is what makes the dish read as naengmyeon and not cold beef soup.

  • Korean radish000 g
  • Korean pear000 g
Steps
7
Time
7 days
Hands-on
40 min

Makes 2 L · keeps 2 months refrigerated

Start 7 to 10 days ahead

Weights and method unlock on purchase

Clear beef broth

Film

Brisket and shank simmered barely below a tremble, skimmed constantly, then chilled and defatted.

A rolling boil emulsifies the fat and the broth goes grey. Naengmyeon broth is judged on clarity before flavour.

  • Beef brisket000 g
  • Beef shank000 g
Steps
8
Time
4 h
Hands-on
35 min

Makes 2 L · keeps 4 days refrigerated

Up to 2 days ahead — it must be cold anyway

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Buckwheat noodles

Film

Buckwheat and potato starch worked with hot water, rested, and pressed straight into boiling water.

Dried packets are mostly wheat with buckwheat colouring. Fresh dough has the snap that survives being served in ice.

  • Buckwheat flour000 g
  • Potato starch000 g
Steps
6
Time
50 min
Hands-on
35 min

Makes 2 portions · cook immediately

No — pressed straight into the pot

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WEIGHED

INGREDIENTS

A taste of the list · the rest locked

A few ingredients to show you what the dish is built on. Every one on the full list carries a gross and a net weight per portion, and a note on what you can swap it for where you live.

  • Buckwheat flour000 g
  • Potato starch000 g
  • Beef brisket000 g
  • Beef shank000 g
  • Dongchimi brine000 g
The full list, weighed, unlocks on purchase

WATCH BEFORE YOU SHOP

3 films · 18 min

Most of what goes wrong is decided at the counter, before you cook anything. These are filmed by the chef: what to buy, how to tell it is good, and how to set your own kitchen up for it.

CHOOSING7:00

Buckwheat percentage: what the packet is not telling you

TECHNIQUE5:00

Rinsing noodles in three waters

KIT6:00

Making slush broth in a domestic freezer

METHOD

STEP BY STEP — 31 STEPS

24 photographed · 7 filmed

Written the way a restaurant writes a technical card: one operation per step, each with its own time and temperature. 24 of the 31 carry a photo of what it should look like at that moment, and 7 carry a short clip for the parts a still cannot show.

Hardest step: getting the broth to slush without freezing solid — step 19 of 31.

  1. 01

    Read the whole method before you start, then weigh everything out. Every timing below assumes the next ingredient is already within reach.

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  2. 02
  3. 03
  4. 04
  5. 05
  6. 06
  7. + 25 more steps, timed and photographed

WHERE IT USUALLY GOES WRONG

3 things Pak Jung-ho watches for every service. You can read what they are right now — the answer to each one comes with the recipe.

  1. 01

    Scissors at the table, and why

    What to do about it
  2. 02

    Vinegar and mustard oil before the first bite, not after

    What to do about it
  3. 03

    What to do when the noodles clump

    What to do about it
The chef's hidden note

The dongchimi-to-beef ratio in the broth, and the freezing schedule that makes slush rather than a block.

Written by Pak Jung-ho. Visible only to people who bought this recipe.

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NOTES FROM THE KITCHENS

15 verified cooks · 89% said it worked

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