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Japchae (Korean Stir-Fried Glass Noodles)
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Japchae is a beloved Korean dish featuring stir-fried vegetables, mushrooms, and meat with chewy glass noodles made from sweet potato starch. It's a colorful, nutritious dish perfect for gatherings.
00:45:00 total
Serves 4
medium
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Ingredients
- filet mignon or pork - watch the video to see (can use more mushrooms for a vegetarian version)
- dried shiitake mushrooms - watch the video to see (soaked for two hours)
- garlic - 1 clove (minced)
- sugar - watch the video to see (white or brown)
- ground black pepper - watch the video to see
- soy sauce - watch the video to see
- sesame oil - watch the video to see
- egg - 1 (separated)
- salt - watch the video to see (a pinch)
- spinach - watch the video to see (cleaned)
- sweet potato starch noodles - 4 ounces (or cellophane noodles)
- green onions - 2 or 3
- onion - 1 cup
- white mushrooms - watch the video to see
- carrot - 3/4 cup
- red bell pepper - watch the video to see
Instructions
- Marinate the beef: Combine beef, minced garlic, sugar, ground black pepper, soy sauce, and sesame oil in a bowl. Refrigerate while preparing other ingredients.
- Prepare the egg garnish: Separate the egg yolk and white. Add a pinch of salt to each and fry in a thin layer. Let cool and slice into thin strips.
- Blanch the spinach: Cook spinach in boiling water for 30 seconds to 1 minute, then squeeze out excess water. Season with soy sauce and sesame oil.
- Cook the noodles: Boil sweet potato starch noodles until chewy. Drain and cut into manageable lengths.
- Stir-fry vegetables and meat separately: Stir-fry onions, green onions, mushrooms, carrot, and red bell pepper individually with a pinch of salt. Then stir-fry the marinated beef and mushrooms. Combine all in a large bowl.
- Mix everything: Add the cooked noodles to the bowl with vegetables and beef. Season with sesame oil, soy sauce, and sugar. Mix well.
