Japchae / Korean Glass Noodles Stir Fry

 


Japchae (or Chapchae/잡채) is one of my must order dishes when eating at Korean restaurants. (another one is sea food pancake!) I love the chewy texture of Korean style glass noodles and the taste with various ingredients (meat, vegetables, eggs…). Have heard Japchae is Korean classic dish particularly for festive days or special occasions, but I believe nowadays you can enjoy Japchae whenever you want. I think the method is not difficult, but it takes time to prepare and cook the ingredients one by one before you mix everything together. Here is how I made this Japchae :

 

Ingredients :

-Korean sweet potato starch noodles / glass noodles / Dangmyeon (당면)

(You can buy it from oriental supermarkets, if not, use rice noodles as substitute but be aware it won’t have the same chewy taste.)

-Carrots, thinly sliced.

-Shiitake mushroom, thinly sliced. (I used wild mushrooms)

-Red pepper, cut into strips.

-Spinach.

-Pork belly, cut into strips.

-1 to 2 eggs.

-Roasted white sesame seeds.


To marinate the meat :

-Soy sauce, 2 tbsp.

-Sugar, 1 tbsp.

-Vinegar, 2 tbsp.

-Sesame oil, 2 tbsp.

-White pepper, 1 tsp.

-Minced garlic

Mix pork belly strips with above sauce mixture and leave it for about 15 minutes.

 

To make egg garnish :

-Crack the eggs and lightly whisk.

-Add oil into a non-stick pan over a low heat, swirl the oil around to make sure the pan is fully covered.

-Add beaten eggs to the pan, swirl to create a thin layer and cook both sides for about 1-2 minutes.

-Transfer to a plate, once cooling down, cut into strips.

 

 To get the rest ingredients ready :

-Cook spinach in boiling water for 30 seconds, then rinse under cold water and drain.

-Add oil into a non-stick pan over medium heat, add carrots and stir fry until soften. Set aside.

-Repeat the same process to stir fry sliced mushrooms, red peppers, and marinated pork belly strips. (follow the order if you can)

-Cook Korean glass noodles in boiling water for about 10 minutes, then drain and set aside.

(you can cut into noodles randomly with kitchen scissors to shorten them)

 

To make the sauce for Japchae :

-Soy sauce, 4 tbsp.

-Sugar, 2 tbsp.

-Sesame oil, 3 tbsp.

-White pepper, 2 tsp.

Mix above well until sugar is dissolved.

 

To mix and serve :

-Mix Japchae sauce, glass noodles and all the cooked ingredients together.

(mix all together by hand if you can, make sure the noodles has cooled down enough before you do it by hand.)

-Sprinkle with roasted white sesame seeds.

*You can adjust Japchae sauce to taste by adding a little bit more of soy sauce or sugar if necessary.




本來用英文寫了落落長的食譜,結果竟然字數太多沒辦法POIG上。。。雜菜冬粉真的是我去韓料店的必點之一,而且它竟然也是我來英國之後才知道的一道韓式料理!(以前在台灣都只知道烤肉飯)特別喜歡韓國冬粉那種QQ的口感,而且自己在家裡做雜菜冬粉其實不會很難,費工費時的是每個食材都要事先切好,然後個別分開拌炒(不要問我為什麼不全部一起炒,韓國人都是這樣弄的),只是每次在韓超買韓式冬粉對我來說實在是一大困擾,因為那包裝真的滿佔地方的 (有買過的就應該懂我在說甚麼),我後來則比較常買中國的紅薯粉絲替代,煮起來的口感也很類似,重點是它的麵體是一球一球的,要煮的話比較方便。

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