Chapche
Description
The dish is prepared without unnecessary complications. Making japchae is quite easy. The only important thing is to find all the ingredients required for this Asian dish—such as sesame oil, glass noodles, and sherry. Traditionally, japchae is made with mirin (a sweet rice wine), but in our local stores, sherry is easier to find and works perfectly as a substitute for mirin. Cook with pleasure and explore the cuisines of different countries. This japchae recipe is specially for you. The finished dish is ready to be served.
Instructions
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Step 1
Peel and finely chop the onion and ginger. Place the beef, cut into pieces, into a bowl. Pour sherry over the beef, squeeze in the garlic, and add half of the chopped onion and ginger. Season with pepper. Let it marinate for an hour.
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Step 2
First, pour cold water over the glass noodles so they separate and don't turn into mush. Then place the glass noodles into boiling water and cook for 3 minutes. After that, cool them again in cold water.
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Step 3
Cut the carrots and bell pepper into thin strips. Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan and sauté the vegetables in it, including the remaining onion and ginger.
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Step 4
Add the marinated beef to the vegetables in the pan.
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Step 5
Cut the apples into thin strips. You can leave the skin on. Add them to the meat.
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Step 6
Pour sesame oil over glass noodles, add brown sugar. Then add more brown sugar. When the meat is almost done, or already cooked, add the noodles and simmer everything together for about 3 minutes. Serve garnished with chopped green onions.