Japchae – the bright, colourful Korean noodle dish made with an abundance of vegetables, juicy bits of marinated beef and a sesame-forward dressing. Made with sweet potato noodles which have a unique slippery, chewy texture, this is sort of a stir fry, sort of a noodle salad, and 100% YUM!
Freshly made Japchae – Korean noodles
Japchae
Japchae is a famous Korean noodle dish that I describe as sort of a stir fry, sort of a salad. It’s a cross between the two in my mind because stir fried vegetables are tossed with noodles and sauce in a bowl rather than on the stove, and served barely warm.
You start by mixing the sauce in a giant bowl, then pile all the ingredients in one after the other – the noodles, a giant mound of cooked vegetables then lastly the seared marinated beef. Then finally, you give it a big toss to mix it all together in the bowl. This part is really satisfying, getting really stuck into it! (Just make sure you use a really big bowl else you’ll be cursing!).
The sauce is mixed in the bottom of the bowl then noodles are added on top
Big bowl of vegetables for Japchae – Korean noodlesThen all the vegetables and beef are piled on top before mixing it all together
Bowls of Japchae – Korean noodles
Ingredients in Japchae
Here’s what you need to make Japchae. I’ve broken it up into:
Noodles and sauce
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