Japchae

Japchae is a popular Korean dish that’s savory and slightly sweet, made with Korean glass noodles stir-fried with vegetables. This version combines carrots, onion, spinach, mushrooms, and sliced dried black fungus, plus egg slices, all tossed in a soy sauce–oyster sauce blend with cooking wine and brown sugar, then finished with sesame oil and sesame seeds.

Ingredients

• 1 serving Korean glass noodles
  
• 3 dried black fungus (sliced)
  
• 3 mushrooms (sliced)
  
• 1 egg
  
• 1/2 carrot (sliced)
  
• 1/2 onion (sliced)
  
• 1/2 pack of spinach
  
• 4 tablespoons soy sauce
  
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
  
• 4 tablespoons cooking wine
  
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  
• 3 tablespoons sesame oil
  
• 5 g sesame seeds
  

Steps

1. Soak the glass noodles in advance until softens
   
2. Soak black fungus for an hour !!!NEVER SOAK BLACK FUNGUS OVERNIGHT OR TOO LONG!!!
   
3. In a big bowl, pour in boiling water to spinach, leave for 2 minutes and strain it
   
4. Prepare all the vegetables like so
   
5. For the egg, lay flat on pan and roll it up after cooked and cut into slices
   
6. Prepare all the sauces except for sesame oil and sesame seeds in a bowl
   
7. In a heated pan, fry onions and carrots with sesame oil for about 3 minutes/softens
   
8. Then add in black fungus and mushrooms for another 3 minutes/softens
   
9. Add in glass noodles and sauce, turn the heat down to medium low and let simmer for 5 minutes
   
10. As the sauce starts to dry up, add in spinach and egg and mix thoroughly
    
11. Lastly, turn the heat off and add in sesame oil and sesame seeds. Serve and enjoy!
    

Languages

Japchae - Deutsch (German) version
Japchae - Español (Spanish) version
Japchae - Français (French) version
Japchae - Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian) version
Japchae - Italiana (Italian) version
チャプチェ - 日本語 (Japanese) version
잡채 - 한국인 (Korean) version
จับแช - แบบไทย (Thai) version
杂菜 - 简体中文 (Simplified Chinese) version
雜菜 - 香港繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese - Hong Kong) version