Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, japchae (stir-fried korean glass noodles). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Japchae (잡채) literally means "mixed vegetables." However, the main ingredient of this classic dish is Korean sweet potato starch noodles (dangmyeon, 당면), also known as glass noodles. Japchae is an essential dish for traditional holidays and special occasions. Korean stir-fried noodles (chap chae or jap chae) is one of the most popular noodle dishes in Korea, and also seems to be the one that Westerners like best. The foundation of the dish is Korean glass noodles, which can be made from mung bean or sweet potatoes Japchae or chapchae (잡채) is a very popular Korean dish.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook japchae (stir-fried korean glass noodles) using 17 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Japchae (Stir-fried Korean glass noodles):
- Make ready sweet potato noodles
- Get Sweet soy sauce mixture
- Make ready hot water
- Get low sodium soy sauce
- Prepare sugar
- Take toasted sesame oil
- Make ready Vegetable
- Prepare carrots, julienned
- Prepare red or green bell pepper, cut into thin strips
- Make ready white onion, cut into thin strips
- Make ready baby spinach, blanched and seasoned with sesame oil
- Get shiitake mushrooms (if using dried, soak for 30 minutes in water, drain, marinate in sauce sauce and sugar)
- Make ready Protein (if desired)
- Get Beef strips (preferably sirloin) marinated in bulgogi sauce
- Make ready Toppings and garnish
- Prepare Spring onions, finely choped
- Get Toasted sesame seeds, about
Everyone that has tried her japchae says it's hands-down the BEST. And I full-heartedly agree without any bias. Japchae (pronounced 'chop chay') is a traditional Korean glass noodle dish made with sweet potato starch noodles, stir fried colorful vegetables, protein, and toss together with a sweet and savory soy based sauce. The literal translation of japchae means mixed vegetables.
Steps to make Japchae (Stir-fried Korean glass noodles):
- For a springy and chewy noodle, soaked potato noodles in warm water for 20 minutes. Drain and cut into shorter pieces.
- Combine the sweet soy sauce ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
- Quickly stir-fry each of the vegetables over high fire, one at a time. Do not cook throughly. We would like to retain the crunch of the carrots and the bell pepper.
- For the onion, sweat it for 20 seconds without browning.
- For the shiitake mushroom, saute for 2 minutes with the marinate.
- If using beef, sauce over high hear for 2-3 minutes with the marinate. Its ideal at medium-rare.
- To put together, heat 1 tbsp oil in pan over low heat and add the noodles. Stir-fry for 20 seconds then add the sweet soy sauce mixture. Stir until well combined.
- Add the vegetables and protein. Stir until evenly combined and the sauce have been fully absorbed. Turn off heat.
- Garnish generously with sesame seeds. Stir until well combined. Garnish with spring onion and a little sesame oil.
- TIP: I usually prepare an extra sweet soy sauce mixture just in case the noodles is still too chewy and need a little more liquid while cooking.
Japchae (pronounced 'chop chay') is a traditional Korean glass noodle dish made with sweet potato starch noodles, stir fried colorful vegetables, protein, and toss together with a sweet and savory soy based sauce. The literal translation of japchae means mixed vegetables. Jap chae, or Korean glass noodles, is a very flavorful and nutritious dish that can be served as a main meal, snack or appetizer. Traditionally, Jap chae is served on holidays or special occasions. The glass noodles ("Dang-myeon") used in this recipe are made from sweet potatoes.
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