Japchae

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Description

This is one of my favorite Korean recipes. It’s authentic, healthy, and absolutely delicious.

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 ½ tablespoons white sugar
  • 2 tablespoons sesame oil
  • 2 teaspoons minced garlic
  • 8 ounces sweet potato noodles
  • 4 ounces lean beef, cut into 2-inch long strips
  • 6 ounces fresh spinach
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, divided
  • 1 small sweet onion, thinly sliced
  • 4 mushrooms, stemmed and sliced
  • 1 small carrot, cut into matchsticks

Instructions

  1. Whisk soy sauce
  2. sugar
  3. sesame oil
  4. and garlic in a bowl until sugar is dissolved into sauce.
  5. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook sweet potato noodles in the boiling water
  6. stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite
  7. 6 to 7 minutes. Rinse noodles under cold water and drain. Transfer noodles to a bowl
  8. add 2 tablespoons sauce
  9. and toss to coat.
  10. Squeeze beef under running water until juices run clear. Mix beef and 1 tablespoon sauce together in a bowl.
  11. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Cook spinach in the boiling water until just wilted
  12. about 1 minute. Drain quickly and transfer spinach to a bowl of cold water to stop the cooking process. Squeeze excess water from spinach
  13. place spinach in a large bowl
  14. and season with salt and pepper.
  15. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; cook onion until fragrant but crisp
  16. 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer onion to the bowl with spinach. Heat another 1 teaspoon oil in the same skillet. Cook mushrooms in the hot oil until lightly browned but still firm
  17. 1 to 2 minutes; add to onion mixture. Heat remaining 1 teaspoon oil in the same skillet. Cook carrot in the hot oil until lightly browned but still crisp
  18. 1 to 2 minutes; add to onion mixture.
  19. Cook and stir beef in the same skillet until browned
  20. 1 to 2 minutes; add to onion mixture. Cook and stir noodles in the same skillet until heated through
  21. 1 to 2 minutes; add to beef-onion mixture. Add remaining sauce to beef-noodles mixture and toss to coat using your hands.

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 45 mins

Servings: 8

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