Cold Spicy Noodles (Leng Mian)

A Korean dish, popular in northern China. I ate this for lunch every day for an entire year when I lived in Jinzhou, China. The cook was certain that eating this cold dish during the cold northern winter would be bad for my stomach, but it never was!

This makes a wonderfully refreshing lunch during the hot summertime.

Step: 1

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes.

Step: 2

Meanwhile, combine ice water, vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, and sambal oelek in a bowl. Refrigerate sauce to chill until spaghetti is cooked.

Step: 3

Rinse cooked spaghetti in cold water until totally cooled off; drain well.

Step: 4

Divide sauce between 2 chilled servings bowls. Add equal amounts of spaghetti, cucumber, kimchi, peanuts, egg, and ham to each bowl. Serve immediately.

Per Serving: 479 calories; protein 22.2g; carbohydrates 70.1g; fat 13.6g; cholesterol 116mg; sodium 2204.3mg.