Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Super Quick Homemade Korean Glass Noodles (chapjae or jabcha)

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Many things affect the quality of taste from Korean Glass Noodles (chapjae or jabcha), starting from the type of ingredients, then the selection of fresh ingredients, the ability to cut dishes to how to make and serve them. Don't worry if you want to prepare Korean Glass Noodles (chapjae or jabcha) delicious at home, because if you already know the trick then this dish can be used as an extraordinary special treat.

As for the number of servings that can be served to make Korean Glass Noodles (chapjae or jabcha) is 4 servings. So make sure this portion is enough to serve for yourself and your beloved family.

Just in addition, the time it takes to cook Korean Glass Noodles (chapjae or jabcha) estimated approx about an hour.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have Korean Glass Noodles (chapjae or jabcha) using 22 ingredients and 34 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Always wanted to try this? No idea how? Here is a step by step on how to do this. This is rather time consuming, but oh so worth it. I made this one more veggie heavy, rather than noodle heavy, at least to give the impression it is a tad healthier 😊. I found in restaurants it is mostly noodles, because they are cheaper I suppose. Here is a note about this dish. Required, soy sauce and sesame oil. These two are the major flavor factors. Next is the glass noodles, which offer a slightly chewy texture which is hard to duplicate. But if only rice noodles or regular spaghetti noodles are available, go ahead and use that. The texture will be different, but the flavors should be good still. Sugar and garlic round out the flavors of this dishs basic flavors. Meat is actually optional, tofu can be used also, as well as chicken, pork, etc., Or none at all. The veggies are completely up to you. But the onions are pretty much a staple. The egg is usually for looks, and some only use the yolk for that bright yellow splash of color. This is typically NOT spicy, so it works for a lot of people. It can be a main course, or a side dish. The choice is yours.

Ingredients and spices that need to be Take to make Korean Glass Noodles (chapjae or jabcha):

1. Meat
2. 4-6 Oz. Meat
3. Handful sliced dried shiitake mushrooms (optional)
4. 2-3 cloves garlic
5. 1 Tbl. Sugar
6. 2 Tbl. Soy sauce
7. 2 Tbl. Sesame seeds
8. Main
9. 1 egg
10. 2-4 stalks green onion
11. 1/4 medium onion
12. 4 Oz. Button mushrooms
13. 1 bunch spinach
14. 1 Bell pepper (red or yellow)
15. 1 medium carrot
16. Soy sauce
17. Sesame oil
18. 4 Oz. Glass noodles
19. Salt
20. Ground Black pepper
21. Garnish
22. Sesame seeds

Steps to make to make Korean Glass Noodles (chapjae or jabcha)

1. Soak dried shiitake mushrooms according to package instructions.
2. When mushrooms are soft, drain
3. In a small bowl, add drained shiitake mushrooms
4. Cut meat to bite sized pieces
5. Add to mushroon bowl
6. Clean and chop garlic, add to meat bowl
7. Add rest of meat ingredients to bowl, mix, cover, set aside
8. Break egg into small bowl, mix it up with a pinch of salt
9. Set a skillet on medium heat. When it is hot, turn off heat. Put egg into skillet in a thin pancake
10. Cook about 30 seconds, flip, cook 30 seconds, remove, set aside
11. Wash, clean, trim, spinach, thaw if frozen
12. Cook or blanch spinach until just wilted, or use frozen spinach. Remove water by squeezing.
13. Take your cooled spinach, cut it in half, then across that into thirds, makes it easier to mix, eat, etc.
14. Using a large bowl, this will be the final bowl everything ends up in, put spinach in, add a splash of soy sauce and sesame oil, say a teaspoon of each, mix
15. I like to mix the bowl contents as I go along, I think it is easier and results in a well mixed end product.
16. Chop green onions, if the whites are large, split in half lengthwise, cut about 1 1/2 inches long
17. Finely slice onion, break apart rings. I like to make 1/8 inch slices, then quarter those
18. Add oil to skillet as needed for each step, typically doesn't take much, add onions on medium heat. Pinch of salt.
19. Cook onions until just translucent. Grind of black pepper.
20. Add to bowl with spinach. Mix in.
21. Cut carrots into match sticks. Hopefully you are better at it than I am.
22. Now, I am not fan of Bell peppers, so I chose to use Anaheims instead, another very mild pepper.
23. Cut Bell pepper into match sticks.
24. Add carrots to skillet on medium heat. Pinch of salt. Cook about 2 minutes.
25. Add Bell pepper to carrots, pinch of salt, cook until done to your liking. Topically 3-6 minutes. Add to bowl.
26. These are the noodles I am using this time
27. This is what they look like dried
28. Cook noodles about this time, depending on the noodles you are using. Rinse and add splash of sesame oil and soy sauce. I like to take scissors to them to cut them in half at this point. Mix, add to bowl.
29. Slice button mushrooms, add to skillet. Typically cook until browned. Add a pinch of salt, grind of pepper. Add to bowl when done. Mix.
30. Add meat to skillet, cook until just done. Add to bowl. Mix.
31. Add sugar, soy sauce and sesame oil. About 1/2 teaspoon black pepper. Mix well.
32. Fold egg "pancake" in half, thinly sliced across into ribbons. Add to bowl, mix in.
33. Typically this is a "room temperature" dish. So if you were concerned about keeping it warm, don't bother.
34. Garnish with sesame seeds. Serve

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