Japchae

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Fuentes:Encyclopedia of Korean CultureEncyclopedia of Korean Folk CultureEncyclopedia of Korean Culture (dangmyeon)Seoul Metropolitan Government

Preparación según:MaangchiMy Korean Kitchen10000recipe

1. 1

   Prep the vegetables, beef and sauce

   Cut the carrot into matchsticks and thinly slice the onion. Cut the scallions into 2-inch pieces, first splitting any thick white parts lengthwise. Stem the mushrooms and slice them ¼ inch thick, and cut the beef into thin 2-inch strips. In a small bowl, stir together 3½ tbsp soy sauce, 3 tbsp sugar, 2 tbsp sesame oil, 2 tsp garlic, 1 tbsp sesame seeds and a little black pepper until the sugar dissolves.

   El punto de inflexión de Seong-jae en el episodio 9: deja de cortar los hongos pino silvestres con cuchillo y los desgarra siguiendo la fibra, porque desgarrados a mano conservan su aroma. Si usas hongos ostra, desgárralos a mano de la misma manera.
2. 2

   Cook the noodles and spinach

   Bring about 5 cups of water to a boil in a large nonstick pan and cook the noodles until soft and completely translucent, 6–8 minutes. Drain, rinse under cold running water and drain well. Snip them a few times with kitchen scissors into 6–7-inch lengths, then toss them with 3 tbsp of the sauce in a large bowl. Boil 2 cups of water in the same pan and blanch the spinach just until it wilts. Cool it in cold water, squeeze out the water, chop it a couple of times and season with a pinch of salt.
3. 3

   Stir-fry the noodles, then the vegetables

   Heat ½ tbsp oil in the pan and stir-fry the seasoned noodles over medium to medium-high heat, stirring often, until glossy and a little sticky, about 4 minutes. Return them to the bowl. Add another ½ tbsp oil and stir-fry the carrot with a pinch of salt for about a minute. Push it to one side, add the onion with a pinch of salt and cook until translucent, then stir in the scallions for a few seconds. Add the vegetables to the noodles.

   Cook from light colors to dark (onion and carrot first, mushrooms and beef last) and you can use one pan without washing it in between. Keep the vegetables crisp; don't let them go soft.
4. 4

   Cook the beef and mushrooms

   Add the beef and mushrooms to the pan with 2 tbsp of the sauce and stir-fry over medium-high heat until the beef is cooked through, 2–3 minutes. Add them to the bowl.
5. 5

   Mezcla y sirve

   Add the spinach and the rest of the sauce to the bowl and toss everything well, with salad servers while it is hot and then by hand once it cools a little. Taste, and add more soy sauce or sugar, ½ tsp at a time, if needed. For the optional garnish, cook the beaten egg white and yolk separately into thin sheets over medium-low heat, roll them up, slice thinly and scatter on top.

   Sírvelo sobre un bol de arroz y se convierte en japchae-bap, un clásico de los menús de los restaurantes coreano-chinos.

Para un restaurante coreano-chino, una mesa de fiesta o tu propia cocina.

4 frases para probar

잡채 좀 더 주세요 japchae jom deo juseyo Un poco más de japchae, por favor. Escuchar

잡채밥 하나 주세요 japchae-bap hana juseyo Un japchae-bap (japchae sobre arroz), por favor. Escuchar

당면이 쫄깃해요 dangmyeon-i jjolgitaeyo Los fideos están tan elásticos. Escuchar

이 잡채, 유죄예요! i japchae, yujoe-yeyo! ¡Este japchae es culpable (de estar demasiado bueno)! Escuchar

Any large nonstick pan works; Korean Bapsang boils the noodles and stir-fries everything in the same one. This is the 5-quart sauté pan we link to.