Japchae (잡채)
Japchae (잡채) is a popular Korean cuisine of stir-fried glass noodles with assorted vegetables, meat then seasoned with soy sauce and sesame oil. Then, the next question you will ask what is glass noodles? Korean glass noodles also called sweet potato noodles that they are pale grey, semi-transparent, chewy and elastic noodles made from sweet potato starch. Also, most of time noodles are dried and need to be soaked in water before cooking.
Normally, japchae serves as hot or cold. Besides, it is great for party or pot luck to feed lots of people. Making japchae is not hard; however, it requires lots of chopping and stir fried. In addition, you always taste it and add soy sauce to your taste. Personally, I like to add chili sauce that give more flavor to the noodles.
Ingredients:
Glass noodle (sweet potato noodles) dried 16 oz
Carrot 2
Beef steak style 1 (around 1/2 lb)
Eggs 2
Onion 1
Green onion 3 sitck
Dried shiitake mushroom (medium size) 4
Spinach 1 bunch
Red bell pepper 1
Sesame oil 1 teaspoon (add to spinach)
Vegetables oil 1 tablespoon (for stir fry vegetables)
Salt (sprinkle for stir fried vegetables)
Rotated sesame seed 1/2 teaspoon (sprinkle on top)
Marinated sauce for beef :
Oyster sauce 2 tablespoons
Soy sauce 1 tablespoons
Brown sugar 1 tablespoon
Sesame oil 1/2 tablespoon
Seasonings for noodles:
Sesame oil 4 tablespoons
Soy sauce 4 tablespoons
Instructions:
1. Soak dried shiitake mushrooms few hours before cooking. Until it’s soft, then slice it.
2. Slice and cut carrots, onion, red bell pepper, green onion and mushroom into strips
3. After that, slice beef into small strips, add 2 tablespoons oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon Brown sugar, and 1/2 tablespoon sesame oil then marinated for a few minutes before cooking.
4. Beat 2 eggs and cook like scramble eggs but make sure it’s flat like a sheet. Then, cut it into strips.
5. Wash and soak spinach to remove dirt. Then, boil a pot of water. When the water is boiling, add spinach and cook for around 2-3 mins
6. Drain water and rinse with cold water. Then, squeeze the cooked spinach to remove excess water, add 1 teaspoon sesame oil and sprinkle some salt mix with the spinach and set them aside.
7. Add some oil into non-stick pan, turn fire to medium-high. After that, add onion and stir fried them few minutes. Sprinkle some salt and set aside.
8. Repeat step 7, then stir fried for red bell pepper, carrot, green onion (don’t over stir fried green onion) and set them aside.
9. Pour some vegetable oil into non-stick pan turn on medium to high fire. Then, add marinated beef stir fired a little bit and add mushroom. Cover a lid for a minute and stir fried them until the beef is cooked. (Sauce will come out from the meat and mushroom. Don’t discard them, add to the noodles later.)
10. Boil a pot of water. When the water is boiling, add the glass noodles and let it cook for 5-10mins. Then, until it is soft and drain water.
11. In a mixing bowl, put the cooked glass noodles. Next, add 4 tablespoons of sesame oil and soy sauce and mix them well. (You can add more or less soy sauce to your taste). Also, use a scissor to cut the noodles a few times, so the noodles won’t be too long.
12. After that, add all the cooked vegetables, eggs and beef into the noodles.
13. Next, mix the noodles and topping with roasted sesame seed.
Japchae Korean Stir Fried Glass Noodles
Ingredients
- 16 oz Glass noodle (sweet potato noodles) dried
- 2 Carrot
- 1/2 lb Beef steak style
- 2 Eggs
- 1 Onion
- 3 stick Green onion
- 4 Dried shiitake mushroom (medium size)
- 1 bunch Spinach
- 1 Red bell pepper
- 1 teaspoon Sesame oil (add to spinach)
- 1 tablespoon Vegetables oil (for stir fry vegetables)
- Salt (sprinkle for stir fried vegetables)
- 1 teaspoon Roasted sesame seeds (sprinkle on top)
MARINATED SAUCE FOR BEEF:
- 2 tablespoons Oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon Soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon Brown sugar
- 1/2 tablespoon Sesame oil
SEASONINGS FOR NOODLES:
- 4 tablespoons Sesame oil
- 4 tablespoons Soy sauce
Instructions
- Soak dried shiitake mushrooms few hours before cooking. Until it’s soft then slice it.
- Slice and cut carrots, onion, red bell pepper, green onion and mushroom into strips
- Slice beef into small strips add 2 tablespoons oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon Brown sugar and 1/2 tablespoon sesame oil and marinated for a few minutes before cooking
- Beat 2 eggs and cook like scramble eggs but make sure it’s flat like a sheet. Then cut it into strips.
- Wash and soak spinach to remove dirt. Then, boil water. Put the spinach into boiling water and cook for around 2-3 mins
- Drain water and rinse with cold water. Then, squeeze the cooked spinach to remove excess water add 1 teaspoon sesame oil and sprinkle salt mix the spinach and set aside.
- Add some oil into non-stick pan turn fire to medium-high add onion stir fried few minutes and sprinkle some salt then set aside.
- Repeat set 7 stir fried for red bell pepper, carrot, green onion (don’t over stir fried green onion) then set them aside.
- Pour some vegetable oil into non-stick pan turn on medium to high fire. Then, add marinated beef stir fired a little bit and add mushroom. Cover a lid for a minute and stir fried until the beef is cooked. (Some sauce will come out from the meat and mushroom don’t discard them, add to the noodles later.)
- Boil a pot of water, add glass noodles when the water is boiling and let it cook for 5-10mins until it is soft and drain water.
- In a mixing bowl, put the cooked glass noodles add 4 tablespoons of sesame oil and soy sauce and mix them well (You can add more or less soy sauce to your taste). Use a scissor to cut the noodles a few times, so the noodles won’t be too long.
- Add all the cooked vegetables, eggs and beef into the noodles
- Mix the noodles and topping with roasted sesame seed
Notes
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