Recipe of Jamie Oliver Japchae

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Bring a pot of water to a boil. 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. Japchae or chapchae (잡채) is a very popular Korean dish.

Japchae is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Japchae is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook japchae using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Japchae:

1. Make ready 90 g baby spinach leaves
2. Get 60 ml (1/4 cup) soy sauce
3. Make ready 1 tbsp caster sugar
4. Prepare 60 ml (1/4 cup) sesame oil, plus extra, to drizzle
5. Get 1 garlic clove, crushed
6. Get 1 egg, lightly beaten
7. Prepare 240 g sweet potato vermicelli (dangmyeon) (see Note) or mung bean vermicelli
8. Get 80 g (about 4) fresh shiitake mushrooms, thinly sliced
9. Take 1 white onion, thinly sliced
10. Prepare 1 zucchini, thinly sliced into matchsticks
11. Take 1/2 cup garlic chives (see Note), cut into 5 cm lengths
12. Take sesame seeds and kimchi (optional), to serve

Japchae is an essential dish for traditional holidays and special occasions. There are many variations using different ingredients, such as Spicy Seafood Japchae and Kongnamul Japchae. For traditional japchae, the chewy and springy noodles are nicely paired with thin strips of beef (or pork) and various vegetables in a slightly sweet and savory. Japchae or chap chae is a popular Korean noodle dish made with sweet potato noodles.

Instructions to make Japchae:

1. Blanch spinach in boiling salted water for 20 seconds or until bright green. Plunge into iced water then drain well. Set aside.
2. Combine soy sauce, sugar, 1 tablespoon of sesame oil and garlic in a bowl and set aside. Heat 2 teaspoons of sesame oil in a wok over high heat. Season egg with salt and pepper and pour into wok, swirling to make a thin layer. Cook for 30 seconds or until set. Cool slightly, roll up and then slice.
3. Cook noodles in boiling salted water for 5 minutes or until tender. Drain well, drizzle with a little sesame oil and toss to combine.
4. Meanwhile, heat remaining 1½ tablespoons of sesame oil in a large wok or frying pan until hot. Add mushroom and onion, and cook for 2 minutes or until tender. Add zucchini and cook for 1 minute or until just tender. Add noodles, soy sauce mixture, spinach and garlic chives, toss to combine and cook until warmed through. Serve scattered with sesame seeds and topped with egg and kimchi, if desired.
5. NOTES - - Sweet potato vermicelli (dangmyeon) is available from Asian food shops. - Garlic chives are available from Asian grocers, substitute regular chives.

For traditional japchae, the chewy and springy noodles are nicely paired with thin strips of beef (or pork) and various vegetables in a slightly sweet and savory. Japchae or chap chae is a popular Korean noodle dish made with sweet potato noodles. Japchae is Korean stir-fried noodles with a unique texture. It means mixed vegetables in Korean, but besides the colorful vegetables, and the well-seasoned beef, it is the bouncy and slippery sweet potato glass noodles called dangmyeong that set it apart from others. Korean japchae, sweet potato starch noodles stir fried with vegetables, is a popular and delicious dish that pretty much everyone likes.

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