Japchae
by beyondkimchee.com
Japchae is a popular Korean glass noodle stir-fry made with sweet potato noodles and a variety of vegetables. This recipe is vegan or vegetarian adaptable, and gluten-free.
Soak glass noodles
Soak Korean glass noodles in hot water for 15 minutes, then drain and set aside.
Season Beef
Slice beef (or pork) into thin match sticks and season with soy sauce, sugar, and rice wine; set aside.
Make Japchae Sauce
In a mixing bowl, combine all the japchae sauce ingredients and mix well; set aside.
Stir-fry vegetables
Stir-fry onion, carrot, pepper with salt until soft. Add sliced shiitake mushrooms and continue to stir-fry.
Stir-fry beef
Stir-fry the reserved beef until fully cooked. You will see the meat juice coming out from the meat.
Combine veges and meat
Transfer the meat to the large plate with the reserved vegetables, reserving the juice in the pan.
Pour Sauce to Noodles
Add the glass noodles to the meat juice in the pan and coat them well. Pour in the japchae sauce.
cook noodles in sauce
Let the noodles cook until soft and the sauce is mostly absorbed into the noodles.
Toss Japchae together
Add the vegetables and meat back to the pan over the noodles. Add sesame seeds, sesame oil and toss all together.
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YIELD
LEVEL
PREP TIME
Cook TIme
6 servings
Intermediate
15 minutes
35 minutes