Naengmyon

• 2 pounds beef brisket
• 2 pounds beef bones
• 1 carrot, peeled
• 10 thin slices peeled fresh ginger
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled and lightly crushed
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon white wine or rice wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup soy sauce, plus more for serving
• Salt and black pepper to taste
• 1 pound Korean buckwheat and potato starch noodles or Japanese buckwheat (soba) noodles
• 1 cup Lightly Pickled Cucumber (page 455)
• 1 cup daikon kimchi, diced, or sliced daikon, pickled as for Lightly Pickled Cucumber (page 455)
• 1 Asian pear or Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored, and grated
• 2 fresh long red chiles or long green Italian peppers, stemmed, seeded, and minced
• 3 or 4 hard-cooked eggs (page 338), peeled and cut in half
• About 1 teaspoon hot red pepper flakes, preferably Korean
• Hot mustard, like Colmans, for serving

1. Combine the first 6 ingredients in a pot with water to cover; bring to a boil, then adjust the heat so the mixture simmers.
2. Cook, partially covered, for about 2 hours, or until the meat is quite tender; add water if necessary to keep the meat covered.
3. Transfer the meat to a plate; cover and refrigerate.
4. Strain the broth and chill for several hours or overnight; skim off excess fat.
5. You should have about 2 quarts of stock.
6. Add water to make 2 quarts if you have less; if you have more, thats fine.
7. Add the sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, and salt and pepper if necessary; taste and adjust the seasoning the broth should be delicious on its own.
8. Set a large pot of water to boil and add salt.
9. Cook the noodles until tender, just a few minutes.
10. Drain, then run under cold water until cool; drain again and set aside.
11. Put a portion of noodles in each of 6 to 8 large bowls; spoon a portion of broth over them.
12. Thinly slice the beef and put a few slices in each bowl.
13. Garnish with a bit of cucumber, daikon, pear, chile, and 1/2 egg sprinkled with salt and hot red pepper flakes.
14. Serve with mustard and soy sauce.

beef brisket, beef bones, carrot, thin, garlic, sugar, white wine, soy sauce, salt, korean, cucumber, daikon kimchi, asian pear, long red chiles, eggs, hot red pepper, like colmans

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/naengmyon-385877 (may not work)