Japchae

That noodle dish that always sounds good.

It just makes sense.

Food should make you this happy.

Ingredients:

1. 15 oz sweet potato noodles
2. 3/4 lb of beef (steak, sliced, chuck… whatever you have) sliced thin
3. bag of baby spinach
4. 1 medium carrot, sliced into 3 inch sticks
5. 1 yellow onion, sliced
6. 1 small red bell pepper, sliced
7. 1 egg

Sauce:

1. 1/2 C soy sauce
2. 1/4 C sugar
3. 1/4 sesame seed oil
4. 2 minced garlic cloves
5. couple dashes of black pepper

Directions:

1. Mix together sauce
2. Add 2 Tb of the sauce to sliced meat and marinate while you prepare other veggies
3. Boil sweet potato noodles for 8 minutes and drain
   • Rinse in cold water and randomly cut with scissors
   • Otherwise, these noodles are LOOOONG
4. Sauté each veggie in a frying pan with a little oil and a shake of salt
5. Cook meat and drain
6. Combine noodles, meat and veggies
7. Add sauce and mix

Garnish:

• egg (beat an egg and fry it, thinly spreading it in the pan and thinly slice into ribbons)
• scallions (I use only the green part)
• sesame seeds

Notes:

• easily made into a vegetarian dish (usually a whatever is in the fridge dish for me)
• I like to add this combo for color and texture but onion, spinach and carrots are commonly found in this dish
• do not overcook veggies, you want them to have a bite
• I use baby spinach because its convenient, regular is fine
• if you want it spicy, add Korean chili flakes and sriracha
  • sriracha works really well and keeps the balance in the dish with some sweetness