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Jajangmyeon (Noodles in black bean sauce)

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It's also slightly spicy, which perfectly balances out the sweetness. Vegetables like onions, cabbage, and zucchini are responsible for jajangmyeon's mild sweetness. The rest of the dish's flavor heavily depends on the type of chunjang (black bean paste) used to make the sauce.
The base of the sauce is made from Korean black bean paste (called chunjang) which is made from soybeans, flour, caramel and fermented. Ingredients like onion, zucchini and pork are sautéed and mixed with the paste along with a cornstarch slurry and water to create a gravy-like consistency that coats the noodles.
The consumer agency noted that the saturated fat and sodium levels are higher in these products than in typical ramyeon because jajangmyeon and bibimmyeon do not have water content of other types of ramyeon. The agency found in a survey of 1,000 people that 36 percent consumed more than one in a single meal.
Jajangmyeon is a simple recipe to whip up at home, and now that halal Korean ingredients are easier to find, there's no excuse not to make this dish! Get your hands on some chunjang or jajang paste and make this to enjoy at home while binge-watching your favourite Korean shows.
Jjajangmyeon is more of a comfort food - it's supposed to be sweet and savory, not intensely flavored. Even though the sauce is based on fermented black bean sauce, there's no funkiness at all.