Chapchae

My first Korean recipe I decided to try cooking at home is chapchae. Chapchae is a noodle and vegetable dish, which is normally served as a side dish.

You need: (2 servings)

Half a carrot (or a whole small carrot)
Half an onion
One big spring onion or 5-7 small ones.
Half a pepper
Beef
2 gloves of garlic
Oyster mushrooms
Spinach
Glass noodles
Seseame oil, olive oil, soy sauce, seseame seeds, sugar and pepper.

I got this recipe from http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/japchae. I changed the amount of ingredients as I live alone. This was enough for two big meals.

1. Cut all the vegetables into small slices. Cut the meat into slices. This is easier when it is part frozen.

2. Boil the noodles until soft. Put in a bowl with 1 tbs of soy sauce and 1 tbs of seseame sauce.Stir and leave aside.

3. Use the water to boil the spinach for 1 minutes. Rinse under cold water then squeeze the juice out. Place in a large bowl. Add 1/2 tbs of soy sauce and 1/2 tbs of seseame oil.

4. Cook the carrot in the frying pan and place in a large bowl. Repeat cooking the onion, spring onion and pepper separately.



 5.Cook the beef and mushrooms. When cooked add the garlic and 1/2tbs of soy sauce and 1/2 tbs sugar.

6. Add 2 tbs of soy sauce, 3 tbs of sugar, 2 tbs of sesame oil, and 1 ts of ground pepper to the vegetables. Mix all ingredients, then sprinkle sesame seeds on top.



Chapchae

I tried the recipe on this website http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/japchae. It was really delicious!!