Not Just for Lonely Hearts: Korean Black Bean Noodles

Your Recipe of the Day No Images? Click here Jajangmyeon (Korean Black Bean Noodles) When Black Day arrives each year in South Korea, jajangmyeon, a wheat-noodle dish borrowed from Chinese immigrants to South Korea, is the carb-laden comfort food par excellence for singles looking to drown their sorrows. Though the components of the sauce vary widely—pork, zucchini, onions, and potatoes are all common ingredients—it's the hearty, glutamate-rich black bean sauce that furnishes the dish's satisfying umami flavor and its murky, somber tones. Read More → The Kitchen Essential Wok  Some black bean sauce comes pre-stir-fried. We recommend finding one that doesn't, so you can pop it in your wok and stir-fry it yourself. Shop Now   More Noodle Dishes for Real Noodleheads Pressure Cooker Chintan Shoyu Ramen  Singapore Noodles Stir-Fried Chow Mein With Four Vegetables 30-Minute Pressure Cooker Pho Ga     Serious Eats 88 35th St Ste 602 Brooklyn, NY 11232 Click Preferences to control which emails you receive from Serious Eats. Clicking Unsubscribe will remove you from all Serious Eats emails…which would be sad. Preferences  |  Unsubscribe