![]() A bowl of naengmyeon | |
Alternative names | Raengmyŏn, cold noodles |
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Type | Guksu |
Place of origin | Northern Korea |
Region or state | Pyongyang and Hamhung |
Associated cuisine | Korean cuisine |
Serving temperature | Cold |
Main ingredients | Noodles (flour and starch of buckwheat, potatoes, sweet potatoes) |
Variations | Mul-naengmyeon, bibim-naengmyeon, hoe-naengmyeon |
110 kcal (461 kJ)[1] | |
Korean name (South Korea) | |
Hangul | |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Naengmyeon |
McCune–Reischauer | Naengmyŏn |
IPA | [nɛŋ.mjʌn] |
Korean name (North Korea) | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | |
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Hancha | |
Revised Romanization | Raengmyeon |
McCune–Reischauer | Raengmyŏn |
IPA | [ɾɛŋ.mjʌn] |
Naengmyeon[2] (냉면; 冷麵, in South Korea) or raengmyŏn (랭면, in North Korea) is a noodle dish of northern Korean origin which consists of long and thin handmade noodles made from the flour and starch of various ingredients, including buckwheat (메밀, memil), potatoes, sweet potatoes, arrowroot starch (darker color and chewier than buckwheat noodles), and kudzu (칡, chik). Buckwheat predominates (despite the name, it is not a wheat but rather is more closely related to sorrel). Other varieties of naengmyeon are made from ingredients such as seaweed and green tea.
In modern times, the mul naengmyeon (물 냉면) variant is commonly associated with and popularly consumed during the summer; however, it was historically a dish enjoyed during winter.[3][4][5]