사천짜장면 Sahcheon-Jajangmyeon – Sahcheon (사천) means Szechuan.Traditionally, it contains 3 kinds of seafood like squid, sea cucumber and shrimp in addition to pork and veggies. 삼선간짜장면 Samseon-Gan-Jajangmyeon – ‘sam’ means 3 and ‘seon’ means taste.짜장면 Jajangmyeon – water or broth added to Gan Jajang, so it’s milder in flavor.간짜장면 Gan-Jajangmyeon – more intense flavor because the sauce is condensed (just black bean paste and vegetables, little water) also more expensive.I think it also has to do with the fact that you can’t help get your face all messy eating this black noodle dish and if you are a single, what do you care? LOL. And Jajangmyeon is the most popular black food to eat this day.
Well, Korean singles decided to make 4/14th Black Day!! And on this Black day, singles get together wearing black and eating something black. White Day is for the boys to buy girls gifts. So Valentine’s day is when Korean girls buy gifts for boys they like. In Korea, there’s an additional day called White Day on 3/14th. So you know about 2/14 being Valentine’s Day. Why do you eat Jajangmyeon on Black Day 4/14th? If you are up late working in the office or if you have friends over but not sure what to eat, then Koreans order this ultimate comforting dish. I think in many ways, this noodle dish is equivalent to America’s Pizza.
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A few days ago, in one of my TV favorite show – “ Dad, where are you going?“(아빠 어디가? Appa Uh-diga?)- I watched this yummy black noodles being delivered to a rice field!!? Whaat? Even the dads were surprised to see the food when it came. For every Korean neighborhood, there’s always a Chinese restaurant nearby and delivery is a must. There’s even a saying among Koreans about how a move to a new home is not complete unless you order Jajangmyeon at the end of a long moving day. And they are always delivered in a version of the steel carrier above which is now sometimes a plastic box. So… also did you ever notice? In almost every Korean drama, you will see characters devour this black sauce noodle dish-ending with black sauce all around their mouths. Pictures of Incheon Chinatown including Jajangmyeon Museumįrom top left to right: picture of Incheon Chinatown and tourists the chef + delivery man sculpture in front of the museum the inside of the most famous Jajangmyeon restaurant (feels like I was in a Chinese martial arts movie) antique steel carrier used for delivering Chinese food. In 2012, I visited Incheon and also visited the Jajangmyeon museum and here are some pictures that I took. The other story says that no one knows for certain who introduced it first but the dish came about because the Chinese immigrants who worked at the Incheon pier in the 1890’s needed something quick and cheap to eat. History of JajangmyeonĪccording to one story was introduced in 1905 by a Chinese chef at Gonghwachun ( 공화춘 共和春), a Chinese restaurant in Incheon Chinatown settled by early Chinese immigrants from the Shandong Province of China. Since then, it has fully become part of the Korean culture, invoking all sorts of memories for many Koreans young and old. And if you are allergic to MSG, my version does NOT need any so you are good there. When I gave it to my daughter for tasting, she happily chanted “Your Jajangmyeon tastes better than the one at the restaurant we visited!”. My recipe has evolved quite a bit over the years and I have to say I’m quite happy with this one.
I have been making this dish at home since 91′ after I got married (over 20 years?!) at the request of my husband. Unfortunately, the fresh hand-pulled noodles are very hard to find anymore. Hand-pulled means that you pull and stretch the dough and fold and repeat until you get hundreds of thin strands of the dough. The noodles for this dish was traditionally hand-pulled and thus called Suta Jajangmyeon 수타 짜장면. This dish is very popular among Koreans, especially children because it’s not spicy but delicious. Jajangmyeon (짜장면) or Jjajangmyeon is a Chinese Korean noodle dish that is topped with a thick savory black bean sauce with meat and/or seafood and vegetables. A great one-dish meal any time or any day of the week! Noodles in Black Bean Sauce (Jajangmyeon) What is Jajangmyeon? Jajangmyeon is a very popular noodle dish in Korea that is made with Chinese black bean paste (Chunjang), meat and veggies.
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