Oh Hai Guys! I spent one of my Saturdays making my very own Japchae. I was really in the mood of cooking. Japchae is a Korean dish made from sweet potato noodles, stir fried in
sesame oil with various vegetables, sometimes served with beef or chicken (whoever cooks it no judging!) and
flavored with soy sauce and sugar.
If you want to make this just scroll down. A fairly easy delicious dish!
What you need:
-Korean Vermicelli Noodles (can be brought at your local Korean Store (Wang Mart).) It is quite different with our version of vermicelli noodles.
The noodles are like light brown in color. As I mentioned above, it can be bought at Korean stores (less than a hundred pesos) or grocery (I saw Robinsons selling it around the same price. Not sure with other huge groceries but to be sure Korean store! :] )
-Garlic
-Onions
-Carrots
-Spinach
-Beef (I bought mine at Wang Mart which are thinly sliced)
-Sesame seeds
-Sesame oil
-Shitake mushroom ( I used canned, but if you are going to use dried shitake, place it on water and
when it's ready squeeze the water out from it)
-Sugar
-Soy sauce
-Olive oil
-Salt
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Procedure:
-Chop garlic and onions
-julienne carrots and set aside
-in a pan, drizzle olive oil and saute garlic with a pinch of salt then set aside.
-saute onion with a pinch of salt. When translucent, set aside.
-saute carrots with a pinch of salt and set aside
-saute shitake mushroom with a pinch of salt and set aside
-brown beef and season with a little bit of salt and set aside
-in a pan, drizzle olive oil and saute garlic with a pinch of salt then set aside.
-saute onion with a pinch of salt. When translucent, set aside.
-saute carrots with a pinch of salt and set aside
-saute shitake mushroom with a pinch of salt and set aside
-brown beef and season with a little bit of salt and set aside
-blanch spinach and squeeze excess water and set aside
-in a small bowl, place a tablespoon of soy sauce, sugar and sesame oil. When sugar is dissolved, place the spinach and mix and set aside.
-cook noodles in boiling water. When cooked, drain and cut it (because the noodles are really long)
-heat pan and add soy sauce with sugar mixture and sesame oil.
-add noodles and fry.Add more soy and sugar or sesame oil mixture if needed to achieve desired taste.
-Add garlic, onion, carrots, spinach, shitake mushroom, and beef.
-Sprinkle with sesame seeds when plated.
-in a small bowl, place a tablespoon of soy sauce, sugar and sesame oil. When sugar is dissolved, place the spinach and mix and set aside.
-cook noodles in boiling water. When cooked, drain and cut it (because the noodles are really long)
-heat pan and add soy sauce with sugar mixture and sesame oil.
-add noodles and fry.Add more soy and sugar or sesame oil mixture if needed to achieve desired taste.
-Add garlic, onion, carrots, spinach, shitake mushroom, and beef.
-Sprinkle with sesame seeds when plated.
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That's about it! It only involves setting aside but it's not that hard.
If you wish to try this out let me know what you think. By the way you can also place thinly sliced scrambled eggs on top for garnish. Instead of beef, you can put chicken (thinly sliced thigh fillet I guess would be the best )
Enjoy and Happy Eating!
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