Recipe: Appetizing Japchae (Stir-fried Korean glass noodles)

Japchae (Stir-fried Korean glass noodles).

You can cook Japchae (Stir-fried Korean glass noodles) using 17 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Japchae (Stir-fried Korean glass noodles)

1. Prepare 300 g of sweet potato noodles.
2. You need of Sweet soy sauce mixture.
3. You need 1/2 cup of hot water.
4. It's 1/2 cup of low sodium soy sauce.
5. Prepare 1/4 cup of sugar.
6. Prepare 2 tbsp of toasted sesame oil.
7. It's of Vegetable.
8. It's 1 of carrots, julienned.
9. You need 1 of red or green bell pepper, cut into thin strips.
10. It's 1 of white onion, cut into thin strips.
11. It's 1 bundle of baby spinach, blanched and seasoned with sesame oil.
12. Prepare 4-5 of shiitake mushrooms (if using dried, soak for 30 minutes in water, drain, marinate in sauce sauce and sugar).
13. You need of Protein (if desired).
14. It's of Beef strips (preferably sirloin) marinated in bulgogi sauce.
15. It's of Toppings and garnish.
16. It's of Spring onions, finely choped.
17. You need 1/2 cups of Toasted sesame seeds, about.

Japchae (Stir-fried Korean glass noodles) instructions

1. For a springy and chewy noodle, soaked potato noodles in warm water for 20 minutes. Drain and cut into shorter pieces..
2. Combine the sweet soy sauce ingredients in a bowl and set aside..
3. 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..
4. For the onion, sweat it for 20 seconds without browning..
5. For the shiitake mushroom, saute for 2 minutes with the marinate..
6. If using beef, sauce over high hear for 2-3 minutes with the marinate. Its ideal at medium-rare..
7. 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..
8. Add the vegetables and protein. Stir until evenly combined and the sauce have been fully absorbed. Turn off heat..
9. Garnish generously with sesame seeds. Stir until well combined. Garnish with spring onion and a little sesame oil..
10. 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..