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Dang myun noodles with raw tuna and kimchi daikon

Dang myun noodles with raw tuna and kimchi daikon

You’ll need to begin this recipe the day before.

Other noodles
In the world of noodles, some things don’t fit neatly into categories. Japanese harusame ‘spring rain’, look like bean thread noodles, but are made from potato and corn starches. Shirataki, also Japanese, are fine strands of a jelly-like paste, konnyaku, made from Japanese yam. Shirataki, meaning ‘white waterfall’, is most commonly used in sukiyaki and sold suspended in water in clear plastic sausage-shaped packaging. Korea’s dang myun, a long greyish noodle, is the final wildcard. Made from sweet potato starch, it’s particularly chewy and good for soaking up broths.

Dang myun noodles with raw tuna and kimchi daikon

Serves 6
Noodles
½   daikon (white radish), peeled, halved lengthways and thinly sliced widthways
1 tsp   ground chilli
½ tsp   minced ginger
1 clove   garlic, minced
2 tbsp   finely chopped green onion
400 gm   dang myun
1 tsp   sesame oil
600 gm   sashimi-grade tuna, cut into 2cm cubes
1   nashi pear, halved and thinly sliced
1   Lebanese cucumber, thinly sliced lengthways, using a mandoline
3   hard-boiled eggs, peeled and halved
To serve:   Chinese mustard
Vinegar dipping sauce
60 ml (¼ cup)   rice vinegar
110 ml   soy sauce
2 tbsp   roasted sesame seeds
1 tbsp   minced ginger
2 tsp   ground chilli
2 tsp   sugar


1 Combine daikon, chilli, ginger, garlic, 1 tbsp green onion and 1 tbsp sea salt in a non-reactive bowl and toss to coat. Cover and stand at room temperature overnight.
2 For vinegar sauce, combine ingredients, stir to dissolve sugar and stand overnight.
3 Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil, add dang myun and return to the boil. Add 1 cup cold water, cover, return to the boil, remove from heat and stand for 3 minutes or until cooked through. To test whether noodles are cooked, cut a noodle and check it is the same colour all the way through. Drain, refresh in cold water, drain again and toss through sesame oil. Divide among serving bowls.
4 Combine tuna, remaining green onion and 2 tbsp vinegar sauce in a bowl, toss to combine and arrange over noodles. Top with nashi, cucumber and egg and serve with remaining vinegar sauce, mustard and kimchi daikon passed separately.


RECIPE Emma Knowles PHOTOGRAPHY Ben Dearnley STYLING Emma Knowles

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