Japchae - Korean Noodles
Recipe video above. Sort of a stir fry, sort of a noodle salad, this big, colourful Korean noodle dish is tossed together in a bowl rather than on the stove and served barely warm. Made with chewy, slippery sweet potato noodles (dangmyeon) which are available in large grocery stores, though can be s
Ingredients
5 servings
Instructions
- Cut beef into strips that are ~ 5mm thick, 1cm wide and about 5cm long (1/5" x 2/5" x 2"). If using shortribs, trim excess fat, cut the meat off the bone. Then cut each piece in half lengthwise (to form 2 "steaks") then slice into 5mm thick. (See step photos in post or video at 0.11s, Note 6)
- Marinate - Put beef in a bowl. Add marinade ingredients, then mix. Set aside marinate while you proceed with recipe, ~15 - 20 minutes is all it needs. (Note 5)
- Sauce - Mix the Sauce ingredients in a very large mixing bowl.
- Noodles - Cook sweet potato noodles per packet directions (normally 8 min in boiling water). Drain, briefly rinse under tap water then shake off excess water well. Add noodles into the bowl with the dressing. DO NOT MIX.
- Batch 1 - Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large non-stick pan (30cm/12") over high heat. Cook the brown onion, white part of green onion and shiitake mushrooms with 1/2 tsp salt for 2 1/2 to 3 minutes, stirring constantly, just until starting to soften but not going golden. Pour on top of the noodles - don't mix yet!
- Batch 2 - Using the same pan still on high heat, heat 1 tbsp oil then cook the carrot and capsicum for 1 1/2 minutes, constantly stirring. Add spinach, green onion and the final 1/2 tsp salt. Keep cooking for 1 1/2 minutes until the spinach is wilted. Transfer into the noodle bowl - still don't mix!
- Cook beef - In the same pan, heat the final 1 tbsp of oil still on high heat. Add beef and cook for 1 1/2 minutes until very lightly golden and just cooked through. Add to the noodle bowl. Don't mix!
- Mix! Add most of the sesame seeds (reserve some for topping). NOW you can mix! Toss, toss, toss.
- Serve - Transfer into a serving bowl, sprinkle with remaining sesame seeds. This is meant to be eaten warm, not piping hot. Eat!
Nutrition per serving
Protein18g
Carbs58g
Fat24g
504kcal
18gProtein
58gCarbs
24gFat
💰 Cost Estimate
Total Ingredients
$3756.00
$3756.00
Per Serving
$751.00/serving
$751.00/serving
🏠 Savings
~$7512.00 vs buying!
~$7512.00 vs buying!
📋 Price Breakdown (96% ingredients detected)
| Ingredient | Amount | Subtotal |
|---|---|---|
| /1.2lb bone-in beef short ribs *RECOMMENDED* | 600 g | $1056.00 |
| /10 oz boneless beef short ribs *RECOMMENDED* | 300 g | $528.00 |
| /10oz scotch fillet / boneless rib eye | 300 g | $1453.00 |
| soy sauce | 2 tsp | $10.00 |
| white sugar | 2 tsp | $1.00 |
| finely minced garlic | 2 tsp | $15.00 |
| black pepper | 0.5 tsp | $11.00 |
| soy sauce | 0.25 cup | $60.00 |
| white sugar | 2 tsp | $1.00 |
| finely minced garlic | 0.5 tsp | $4.00 |
| sesame oil | 0.5 tbsp | $7.00 |
| cooking/kosher salt | 0.5 tsp | $1.00 |
| black pepper | 0.5 tsp | $11.00 |
| / 8oz sweet potato noodles | 250 g | $66.00 |
| vegetable oil | 4 tbsp | $48.00 |
| cooking/kosher salt | 1 tsp | $2.00 |
| onion | 1 | $50.00 |
| reen onion stems | 3 g | $1.00 |
| /7oz fresh shiitake mushrooms | 200 g | $263.00 |
| carrots | 2 | $74.00 |
| red capsicum/bell pepper | 1 | $88.00 |
| 2 cups | - | |
| white sesame seeds | 2 tbsp | $6.00 |
*Estimated market prices, may vary by region
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