Official Korean Beef and Vegetable Japchae Tutorial
Official glass noodle, beef, spinach and vegetable japchae. Ingredient amounts and vegetable selection may differ; follow FOOD and its beef cooking safety instructions.
Official cooking video · Maangchi · YOUTUBEKorean Beef Shiitake Spinach Japchae
Four portions of Korean sweet potato glass noodles with beef, shiitake, spinach, carrot, and a sesame-soy glaze.
Ingredients
servings: 4 · Check ingredients
Steps
- 01
Cut 200 g raw beef on a dedicated board and season with 15 ml soy, 5 g sugar, 5 ml sesame oil, 7 g garlic and 0.5 g pepper. Refrigerate. Wash and julienne carrot, onion, shiitake and pepper on a separate board.
- 02
Cook 260 g noodles in boiling water according to package, usually 6–8 minutes, until translucent and tender. Drain, shorten with scissors and toss with 25 ml soy, 12 g sugar and 12 ml sesame oil.
Glass noodles can stick together as they cool. Toss promptly with the allocated 25 ml soy sauce, 12 g sugar and 12 ml sesame oil, then cut overly long strands with clean kitchen scissors. - 03
Heat 15 ml oil over medium-high heat and fry onion and carrot 3 minutes; set in a clean bowl. Fry shiitake and pepper in remaining 10 ml oil 3 minutes, then wilt spinach, scallion and remaining 7 g garlic 2 minutes. Combine vegetables.
- 04
Cook marinated beef in the pan over medium-high heat 4–6 minutes until thoroughly cooked with no raw center. Toss beef, noodles and vegetables in the pan 2 minutes until hot. Finish with 5 ml sesame oil, 8 g sesame seeds and 0.5 g pepper; serve four.
Do not reuse a bowl that held marinated raw beef for the finished japchae. Cook through the thickest strips, not just until their surfaces brown, and combine cooked food with clean tongs.
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Before you cook
Separate raw beef from vegetables and ready-to-eat food, cleaning utensils thoroughly. Cook beef through, follow noodle packet directions, check soy/wheat/sesame allergens and chill leftovers within two hours.
Allergens: soy, wheat (regular soy sauce), sesame
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