Japchae

Japchae is a Korean dish of sweet-potato-starch noodles mixed with cooked vegetables, mushrooms and seasoning. The noodles, called dangmyeon, have a chewy texture. Maangchi’s preparation includes spinach, carrots, onions, scallions, white mushrooms and marinated beef with shiitake mushrooms; pork shoulder can replace the beef. Soy sauce, sugar, garlic, black pepper and toasted sesame oil season the mixture.^[1]

The ingredients are prepared separately before being combined. The spinach is blanched, the noodles boiled and seasoned, and the vegetables and meat cooked in successive batches in a skillet. Thin strips of cooked egg yolk and sesame seeds finish the dish, which is mixed and transferred to a serving plate.^[1]