Japchae is very
well known among Korean foods. All most everybody loves it. However the preparation
of cutting vegetables and stir-frying every ingredient is too much work for
most people. Here I tell you the recipe for a quick and easy way to prepare
Japchae. You have to have a rice cooker.
Jaepchae in a rice cooker
(Serves
2~4)
200g Dangmyeon
(potato starch noodle), 2~4 blocks of frozen spinach en branche, 100g of shredded
carrots, 4~5 each Judas ear mushroom, one~two onions
Seasoning:
100ml water, 1 Tbsp Vegetable oil 4 Tbsp soy sauce, 2 tsp sugar, 2 Tbsp sesame
oil, sesame grains, pepper (optional)
Preparation:
1. Soak the dried Damgmyeon and the dried
mushroom in a container filled with water. Make sure everything is well in the
water. Keep them in 20 minutes. Drain them.
2. Cut the onions in julienne.
Cooking:
1. In a rice cooker, layer first the
mushrooms, second the noodles cut in half length wise second, third the frozen
spinach, fourth the onions and last the carrots.
2. Pour the seasoning into the rice cooker
over the ingredients.
3. Turn on the rice cooker in “cooking mode”
for 20 minutes
4. Turn off the “cooking mode” and turn on “keep
warm mode” for 10 minutes.
5. Turn off the machine. Take the inner pot
out. Mix well with hands in plastic cloves, fork or long chipsticks.
6. Season with additional soy sauce and
sesame sauce according to your taste.
7. Set 5~10 minutes before serving.
Tips:
Keep the soaking time and cooking time
strictly.
Just after cooking, the noodles are stick
together. You separate them well and mix with other vegetable ingredients.
This recipe is not recommendable for a big
portion.
