Korean Japchae 잡채

One of my fav one dish meal .. and it can be meatless or with meat .. so i like to cook this .. and its filling too!~ ..

Ingredients

1.     1/2 pound dried Korean sweet potato noodles

2.     2 1/2 teaspoons sesame oil

3.     1 tablespoon cooking oil

4.     3/4 cup thinly sliced onions

5.     2 carrots, cut into matchsticks

6.     2 cloves garlic, finely minced

7.     3 stalks green onions, cut into 1″ lengths

8.     1/2 cup mushrooms, thinly sliced (I usually use dried Chinese mushrooms)

9.     ½ cup Black Fungus mushroom, thinly sliced

10.  2 tablespoons soy sauce

11.  White pepper powder to taste

12.  Korean Hotbean Paste to taste .. we love it hot and spicy ^_^

Direction

1.     Mix sesame oil, soy sauce, hotbean paste, pepper in a bowl.

2.     In a large pot of water to boil. Add in the noodles after water boils and cook the noodles for 5-7mins. Drain and rinse under cold water to stop cooking process.

3.     In a wok, fried the onion in cooking oil till caramelized.

4.     Add in garlic and cook (do not over cook)

5.     Throw in carrot, mushroom and black fungus and fry for approx. 2 mins

6.     Add the cooked noodles into the above and pour in (1) and stir fry till mixed well.

7.     Finally add in the green onion and give is a final stir fry.

Basic Recipe taken from Steamy Kitchen
http://steamykitchen.com/180-korean-glass-noodles-jap-chae.html