Homemade Kansui Noodles in a Korean Beef Bulgogi style sauce

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    **Bulgogi**

    Ingredients|Metric|US|Notes
    :–|:–|:–|:–
    Beef, thinly sliced|200 g|8 oz|Flat Iron @ 3 mm
    Pear, shredded|6 tbsp|6 tbsp|Any pear but these are Asian Pear, local tree
    Soy Sauce|4 tbsp|4 tbsp|I used full sodium but low sodium is fine
    Brown Sugar|2 tbsp|2 tbsp|Other sweeteners should work
    Sesame Oil|2 tbsp|2 tbsp|Quality fresh if you can get it
    Garlic Minced|1 tbsp|1 tbsp|Super fine mince
    Ginger Minced|1 tbsp|1 tbsp|Super fine mince
    Gochujang|1 tbsp|1 tbsp|Red Chili Paste
    Doenjang|1 tbsp|1 tbsp|Bean Paste – optional

    **Day before**
    * Chill meat to near frozen and slice to 3 mm
    * Mix all the marinade items
    * Mix beef and marinade and refrigerate for 24 hours
    * Make noodles

    **Day of**
    * Fry beef in batches on high heat. Strain the batches to remove some juice
    * Boil Noodles and drain. Stir in a little oil to keep noodles separate and keep warm
    * Fry beef a second time on high heat right at plate up
    * Plate noodles and beef and garnish with green onion and sesame seeds

    **Noodles**

    Ingredients|Metric|US|Notes
    :–|:–|:–|:–
    Bread Flour|300 g|10.6 oz|All purpose works but less chewy
    Water, very warm|118 ml|½ cup|48C / 118F
    Kansui|1 tsp|1 tsp|Koon Chun Lye Water

    * Mix everything and knead for 5 minutes. I use a stand mixer with dough hook.
    * Make a tight ball, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for a few hours
    * By Hand: Roll out dough as thin as can and knife cut super thin noodles
    * By Pasta maker:
    * Run the dough through decreasing thicknesses while folding it back on itself
    * Use the thin pasta cutter and keep separated and dusted until ready to boil

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