Spicy Chewy Noodles (Jjolmyeon: 쫄면)

English name: Spicy, chewy, sweet & sour cold noodles
Korean name: 쫄면
Romanized: Jjolmyeon

Ingredients

Serves 2

1 pound of jjolmyeon noodles, thawed out in the fridge (substitute with any noodles you have)
12 ounces soybean sprouts
2 or 3 cabbage leaves, shredded thinly
¼ cups’ worth carrot, cut into matchsticks
½ of a seedless cucumber, cut into matchsticks
1 sheet of dried seaweed paper (gim), toasted and shredded, kept fresh in a plastic bag
1 hard-boiled egg, cut in halves
1 green onion, chopped
salt
For the seasoning sauce:

1/3 cup hot pepper paste
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon hot pepper flakes
2 tablespoons white or apple vinegar
2 cloves of garlic, minced
2 tablespoons rice syrup (or corn syrup, or sugar)
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon sesame seeds