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Japchae

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45 min

Japchae

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Time

45 min

Serving

8 persons

Calories

201

Rating

4.00★ (25)

Author: Victoria Buriak
This is one of my favorite Korean recipes. It's authentic, healthy, and absolutely delicious.

Ingredients

  • soy sauce: 3 Tbsp
  • ½ tablespoons white sugar: 2 piece
  • sesame oil: 2 Tbsp
  • garlic: 2 tsp (minced)
  • ounces sweet potato noodles: 8 piece
  • ounces lean beef, cut into 2-inch long strips: 4 piece
  • ounces fresh spinach: 6 piece
  • salt and ground black pepper: (to taste)
  • vegetable oil: 1 Tbsp (divided)
  • sweet onion: 1 piece (sliced)
  • mushrooms, stemmed and: 4 piece (sliced)
  • carrot: 1 piece (cut into matchsticks)

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Stages of cooking

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  1. Whisk soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, and garlic in a bowl until sugar is dissolved into sauce.
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  2. 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.
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  3. Squeeze beef under running water until juices run clear. Mix beef and 1 tablespoon sauce together in a bowl.
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  4. 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.
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  5. 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.
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  6. 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.
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