Alternative names | Noodle soup |
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Type | Guksu |
Place of origin | Korea |
Main ingredients | Noodles (wheat flour, eggs), broth (dried anchovies, shellfish, dasima), vegetables (often aehobak, potatoes, and scallions) |
Variations | Bajirak-kal-guksu |
Korean name | |
Hunminjeongeum | 칼국수 |
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Revised Romanization | kal-guksu |
McCune–Reischauer | kal-guksu |
IPA | [kʰal.ɡuk̚.s͈u] |
Kal-guksu[1] (Korean: 칼국수, lit. 'knife noodles') is a Korean noodle dish consisting of handmade, knife-cut wheat flour noodles served in a large bowl with broth and other ingredients. It is traditionally considered a seasonal food, consumed most often in summer. Its name comes from the fact that the noodles are not extruded, pulled, or spun, but cut.[2]