Japchae simply means mixed vegetables in Korean. It is a dish consisting of thick glass vermicelli stir-fried with an assortment of veggetables. It is more than often eaten as a side dish or appetiser. This is another quick and easy Korean recipe which you can easily make them at home!
Marinate the meat mix by combining meat, garlic, black pepper, soy sauce and sesame oil. Cover and let rest in the fridge for 10-15 minutes.
Mix the egg in a mixing bowl and prepare a medium hot non stick frypan with a little oil. Set the eggs then let rest and shred when room temperature.
Prepare a large pot of boiling water and put you noodles and cook the noodles (approx 7 minutes) or until cooked and chewy. Strain and set aside.
In a hot frypan or wok, saute the onion, carrot, when onions are soft, add in the mushroom, spring onions and capsicums. Cook until carrot is tender. Set aside.
In a hot frypan, sear of the meat until cooked.
In a mixing bowl assemble the meat, vegetable, shredded eggs and noodles together. Add garlic, soy sauce, sugar, black pepper, sesame oil and sesame seeds.
Mix thoroughly and serve.
Notes
Use only Dangmyun noodles which is a Korean sweet potatoes noodles that is thick and translucent in color
For vegetarian option, omit the meat in the recipe