Japchae (잡채)
Recipe by Nate Chu · View original
🍳 1 cook · 🥄 5.0 avg
Ingredients
- 600g g Noodles — dry
- 80g g Sesame oil
- 100g g Soy sauce
- 30g g Dark soy
- 80g g Brown sugar
- 35g g Garlic — minced
- 10g g Salt — plus additional to taste while cooking
- 4g g Black Pepper
- 350g g Spinach
- 600g g Pork — thinly sliced
- 100g g Wood ear mushroom — sliced
- 400g g Onion — sliced
- 130g g Scallion — cut into 2-inch pieces
- 120g g Carrot — julienned
- 480g g Bell pepper — sliced
Steps
- 1
Mince the garlic finely.
- 2
In a bowl, combine soy sauce, dark soy, brown sugar, minced garlic, sesame oil, salt, and black pepper. Mix well to create the japchae sauce and set aside.
- 3
Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add the glass noodles. Cook until tender, about 5-7 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water to stop cooking. Set aside.
⏱ 7 min - 4
Thinly slice the pork into bite-sized pieces.
- 5
Thinly slice the wood ear mushrooms, keeping them separate.
- 6
Thinly slice the onions and keep separate.
- 7
Thinly slice the bell peppers and keep separate.
- 8
Julienne the carrot into thin matchstick pieces.
- 9
Cut green onions (scallions) into 2-inch pieces and keep separate.
- 10
Bring a separate pot of salted water to a boil. Blanch the spinach for 1-2 minutes until wilted. Drain, squeeze out excess water, and set aside.
⏱ 2 min - 11
Heat a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat. Add the sliced pork and cook until browned, about 3-4 minutes. Season with salt to taste. Transfer to a plate.
⏱ 4 min - 12
In the same skillet, add the sliced wood ear mushrooms and cook for 2 minutes. Season with salt to taste. Transfer to the plate with pork.
⏱ 2 min - 13
Add the sliced onions to the skillet and cook for 3-4 minutes until softened. Season with salt to taste. Transfer to the plate.
⏱ 4 min - 14
Add the julienned carrot to the skillet and cook for 2-3 minutes. Season with salt to taste. Transfer to the plate.
⏱ 3 min - 15
Add the sliced bell peppers to the skillet and cook for 3-4 minutes until tender-crisp. Season with salt to taste. Transfer to the plate.
⏱ 4 min - 16
Return the skillet to medium heat. Add the cooked glass noodles, all cooked vegetables and pork, and the blanched spinach. Pour the prepared sauce over everything.
- 17
Toss everything together over medium heat for 2-3 minutes until the noodles are well coated with the sauce and everything is heated through. Add the green onions and toss to combine.
⏱ 3 min - 18
Taste and adjust seasoning with additional salt and black pepper if needed. Transfer to a serving platter and serve immediately.