Jap Chae/Korean Glass Noodles

We went to Michigan, as you know, for Christmas to surprise our daughter and her family. Our son-in-law, Keith, already knew we were coming up. He kept our secret very well.

Their next door neighbor made us some wonderful Korean dishes, we had a wonderful dinner with them. So, she and I made a trip to the Korean Market. What fun! I tried different things, I bought Kim Chi, glass noodles, Korean coffee, barley tea. I especially loved the noodle dish we ate at their home, so I searched for a recipe and made one on Friday night.

Here are the pictures:

This is an interesting dish and is much more beautiful than the pictures show. I really enjoyed eating this. I did put the low-sodium soy sauce on the table so we could add some to our own individual dishes and I did add some to mine. I kept finding myself humming while eating which usually means I Love it!

Here is the recipe:

Jap Chae Korean Glass Noodles
1/2 lb. dried Korean sweet potato noodles (available in Asian markets)
3/4 onion, thinly sliced
2 carrots, julienned
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 scallions, cut into 1” lengths
1/2 cup mushrooms, thinly sliced (shitake, wood ear) I used shitake
1/2 lb spinach, washed well (I actually used kale because that was what I had)
2 T soy sauce
2 tsp sugar, I used agave nectar
2 1/2 tsp sesame oil (I used this to stir fry with instead of other oil and instead of tossing the noodles with it.)
1 T sesame seeds

In large pot, boil water – when water is boiling, add noodles and cook for 5 minutes. Check for doneness near the 5 minute mark – noodle should be soft but still firm. Drain and rinse with cold water. Toss with 1 tsp of the sesame oil (I didn’t do this). Use kitchen shears to cut noodles into shorter pieces. Set aside.
In bowl, mix soy sauce & sugar(agave) together. Set aside.
In a wok for frying pan, heat 1 T cooking oil until hot (this is where I used the sesame oil). Fry onions and carrots, until soft, about 1 minute. Add garlic, scallions and mushrooms, fry 30 seconds. Then add spinach, noodles, soy sauce, sugar. Fry 2-3 minutes until noodles are cooked through. Turn off heat, toss with sesame seeds and remaining 1 1/2 tsp of sesame oil.
*rehydrate your mushrooms if you are using dried

Wonderful dish. Please try it.

Happy, Healthy Eating

Jackie V.