Easiest Way to Cook Tasty Korean Noodle ‘Japchae’ 잡채

Korean Noodle ‘Japchae’ 잡채. Japchae or chapchae (잡채) is a very popular Korean dish. It is the number one sought after dish particularly during the Korean festive holidays (e.g. New Year's day and Harvest festival) but it is also enjoyed on any other common day as well.

Korean Noodle ‘Japchae’ 잡채 Mother's special recipe- everyone says she makes the BEST japchae! Japchae (잡채), is a Korean glass noodle stir fry dish that's super popular during holidays, special occasions, and everyday meals. It is sautéd with your choices of vegetables, eggs, and meat in a sweet and savory sauce. You can cook Korean Noodle ‘Japchae’ 잡채 using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Korean Noodle ‘Japchae’ 잡채

  1. You need of sliced beef.
  2. It's of small onion.
  3. It's of small carrot.
  4. Prepare of green pepper.
  5. Prepare of dried shiitake mushroom.
  6. Prepare of sesame seeds.
  7. It's of Korean Japchae noodle (sweet potato starch noodles).
  8. Prepare of Noodle sauce.
  9. Prepare of soy sauce.
  10. It's of Mirin(optional).
  11. It's of sesame oil.
  12. You need of corn syrup.
  13. It's of grated ginger.
  14. It's of grated garlic.

The noodles are bouncy and chewy while the vegetables are fresh and crunchy. Japchae (잡채; 雜菜) is a savory and slightly sweet dish of stir-fried glass noodles and vegetables that is popular in Korean cuisine. Japchae is typically prepared with dangmyeon (당면, 唐麵), a type of cellophane noodles made from sweet potato starch; the noodles are mixed with assorted vegetables, meat, mushrooms, and seasoned with soy sauce and sesame oil. Japchae (잡채 - or chapchae) is a savory, sweet and nutty Korean stir fried noodle recipe.

Korean Noodle ‘Japchae’ 잡채 step by step

  1. Mix sauce ingredients..
  2. Shred vegetables, beef and soaked shiitake mushrooms. Mix 1 tablespoon Japchae sauce with beef and shiitake mushroom. And stay for 15 minutes..
  3. Boil Japchae noodles for 5 minutes and drain colander. Wash in cold water and sprinkle sesame oil (1 tablespoon option).
  4. Fry vegetables and season salt and pepper..
  5. In big bowl mix fried beef, vegetables and mushroom. And season with Japchae sauce to taste..
  6. Enjoy 💕.

However, instead of egg or rice based noodles, the pasta of choice is a clear noodle - sometimes referred to as Korean glass noodles (more on those in a second). My mom was making japchae so I quickly got out my camera to film it. It was a bit difficult since she was going back and forth doing different things all at. 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.

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