Japchae (stir fried noodles with vegetables)

Ingredients:

* Starch noodles (“dangmyun”)
* 150 grams of beef
* 1 bunch of spinach
* 1 medium size carrot
* 1 medium size onion
* 5 dried shitake mushrooms
* 1 package of white mushrooms
* 3 cloves of garlic
* 7-8 green onions
* soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar, pepper, and sesame seeds


How to prepare your ingredients before stir frying:

1. Soak 5 dried shitake mushrooms in warm water for a few hours until they become soft. Squeeze the water out of them and slice thinly.
2. Slice a package of white mushrooms (2 cups’ worth).
3. Cut a carrot into thin matchstick-shaped pieces 5 cm long.
4. Cut 7 -8 green onions into 7 cm long pieces.
5. Slice one onion thinly.
6. Slice 150 grams of beef into thin strips.

Now let’s start!

1. Boil 2 bunches of noodles in boiling water in a big pot for about 3-5 minutes or until soft, drain and put in a large bowl.

2. Cut the noodles several times by using scissors and add 1 tbs of soy sauce and 1 tbs of sesame oil. Mix well and set aside.

3. In the boiling water, add a bunch of spinach and stir it gently for 1 minute. Then take it out and rinse it in cold water. Squeeze it gently to get the water out, then cut it into 5 cm pieces.

4. Add ½ tbs soy sauce and ½ tbs sesame oil and mix it and place it onto the noodles.

5. On a frying pan, heat a few drops of olive oil and your carrot strips and stir fry for 2-3 minutes or until cooked. Pour on top the noodles.

6.On a frying pan, heat a few drops of olive oil and add the sliced white mushrooms. Stir it for a bit and it on top the noodles.

7. On a frying pan, heat a few drops of olive oil and add the sliced onion. Stir fry until translucent then add green onion cook for a minute. Pour it on top the noodles.

8. On a frying pan, heat a few drops of olive oil add the sliced beef and shitake mushrooms. Stir fry until beef no longer pink, then add 3 cloves of minced garlic, ½ tbs soy sauce and ½ tbs sugar. Stir for another 30 seconds and then pour it into the noodles.

9. Add 2 tbs of soy sauce, 3 tbs of sugar, 2 tbs of sesame oil, and 1 ts of ground pepper to the noodles mixture. Mix until all well coated, then sprinkle 1 tbs of toasted sesame seeds on the top.

10. Serve with rice and Kimchi, or as a side dish.



Source: maangchi.com