Japchae
Japchae is a popular Korean dish using glass noodles, which are made out of sweet potato starch. The noodles are stir fried and tossed with beef, vegetables, and egg in a sweet and salty sauce. All of the ingredients are cooked separately instead of stir frying together.
Ingredients
- 8 oz sweet potato starch noodles
- 1 carrot julienned
- 1/2 medium onion sliced
- 2 green onions chopped
- 4 oz sirloin julienned
- 4 oz oyster mushrooms sliced
- 6 oz spinach
- vegetable oil for frying
Sauce
- 4 tbsp soy sauce
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
- 2 tsp garlic minced
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
Garnish
- 2 large eggs beaten
Instructions
- Mix together the sauce ingredients. Set aside.
- Bring a pot of water to boil. Add on the noodles. Boil for 8 minutes. You will want these noodles cooked through, not al dente.
- Drain the noodles. Shock in cold water to stop the cooking process. Place in a large bowl and toss with 2 tbsp of the sauce.
- In the same pot, blanch the spinach for 1 minute. Shock in cold water. Squeeze out any excess water and give the spinach a rough chop. Set aside.
- Heat up 2 tbsp of vegetable oil in a large sauté pan or wok over medium high heat. Stir fry the noodles for 4 minutes. Return the noodles to the bowl.
- Heat up another tbsp of vegetable oil. Stir fry the carrots for a minute. Add in the onion and green onion. Stir fry for another minute. Place on top of the noodles.
- Heat up another tbsp of oil. Stir fry the mushrooms and beef for 1 minute with 2 tbsp of the sauce. Place on top of the noodles.
- Heat up a tbsp of oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Pour in the eggs. Let firm up for a minute or two, then flip.
- Roll the omelette and cut thin ribbons. Add 2/3 of the egg to the noodles.
- Add the spinach and the rest of the sauce to the bowl. Gently toss all of the ingredients together.
