Japchae

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• sauce:
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 1/2 tablespoons white sugar
• 2 tablespoons sesame oil
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic
• stir fry ingredients:
• 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

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Ready Time: 45 mins


• whisk soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, and garlic in a bowl until sugar is dissolved into sauce.
• bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. cook sweet potato noodles in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 6 to 7 minutes. rinse noodles under cold water and drain. transfer noodles to a bowl, add 2 tablespoons sauce, and toss to coat.
• squeeze beef under running water until juices run clear. mix beef and 1 tablespoon sauce together in a bowl.
• bring a pot of water to a boil. cook spinach in the boiling water until just wilted, about 1 minute. drain quickly and transfer spinach to a bowl of cold water to stop the cooking process. squeeze excess water from spinach, place spinach in a large bowl, and season with salt and pepper.
• heat 1 teaspoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; cook onion until fragrant but crisp, 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, 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, 1 to 2 minutes; add to onion mixture.
• cook and stir beef in the same skillet until browned, 1 to 2 minutes; add to onion mixture. cook and stir noodles in the same skillet until heated through, 1 to 2 minutes; add to beef-onion mixture. add remaining sauce to beef-noodles mixture and toss to coat using your hands.