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Korean Food: Chapchae (Stir Fried Noodles) in celebration of Chuseok!

September 29, 2012 by hipfoodiemom 5 Comments

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In celebration of a major Korean holiday tomorrow, Chuseok (or Choosuk), I am re-posting one of my favorite Korean dishes, Chapchae! Chuseok celebrates the end of the fall harvest season and a lot of Korean-Americans refer to this holiday as the “Korean Thanksgiving.”

 

I have been eating Chapchae for as long as I can remember. My mom has always made this for me and it wasn’t until late last year that I finally made this dish on my own. Like most Korean food, you’ll learn the measurements for ingredients and exactly what you like the more you cook and soon enough, you won’t even need the measuring spoons because you’ll just know.

 

Chapchae is probably one of the most popular noodle dishes in Korea. The foundation of the dish is the mixture of the noodles, soy sauce, garlic, and sesame oil. . . YUM! Because mung bean or sweet potato noodles both absorb tons of flavor, you can mix and match the vegetables or meat to your liking. I used carrots, spinach, marinated beef*, orange/yellow bell peppers and onion in the recipe below. I think the flavor and color combination is absolutely wonderful! You can also try adding shiitake mushrooms too!

 

Click here to see my original post, where I show step-by-step photos on what to do.

 

I hope you enjoy!

 

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Korean Food: Chapchae (Stir Fried Noodles)

This dish also works great with NO meat at all. . so you can go vegetarian too!
Prep Time30 minutes mins
Cook Time40 minutes mins
Total Time1 hour hr 10 minutes mins
Course: Main
Cuisine: Korean
Servings: 4 -5
Author: Hip Foodie Mom

Ingredients

  • 8 oz mung bean or sweet potato noodles might be called cellophane or glass noodles or Chinese vermicelli; can be found at any Asian/Korean grocery store
  • 1 sweet onion sliced into thin strips
  • 2 cloves garlic finely chopped (or crushed garlic)
  • 1/2 pound baby spinach parboiled
  • 2 carrots julienned
  • Half yellow bell pepper chopped (more to add color to the dish)
  • Half orange bell pepper chopped
  • 3 scallions chopped
  • 2 Tbsp vegetable or olive oil
  • 2 Tbsp sesame oil
  • 3-5 Tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • Salt to taste
  • Sesame seeds optional
  • 6 oz. beef or pork optional**
  • ** Thinly sliced brisket works well in this dish and Korean barbecued beef bulgogi is used often. In a pinch, chunks of rotisserie chicken, strips of egg, or fried tofu pieces are good protein additions.

Instructions

  • *If you have the time, marinate your beef in some soy sauce and sesame oil. I marinated the meat in the morning before I left for work so the meat was marinating all day. Marinating the meat just makes it taste so much better.
  • Get all of your vegetables cut and ready to go
  • Boil the spinach just for 2-3 minutes, rinse, chop up and set aside
  • In a large pan or wok over medium heat, heat vegetable (or olive) oil and 1 Tbsp sesame oil.
  • Add onion slices and garlic and sauté for about 1 minute.
  • Add the rest of vegetables and cook for 4-6 minutes, until the vegetables are half-cooked and still a bit crispy.
  • In a separate pan, cook the beef. I prefer to do this separately to ensure all the meat gets cooked evenly.
  • Cook noodles according to package directions. (usually 4-5 minutes)
  • Turn heat to low and add cooked noodles, meat (if using), soy sauce, sugar, and the remaining sesame oil. Mix to combine and cook for another 2-4 minutes.
  • Add salt or more soy sauce if needed; you can also look at the color of the noodles to see if more soy sauce is needed. Taste. If using sesame seeds, sprinkle them on top, serve and enjoy!

 

 

 

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  1. Heather McCann

    September 30, 2012 at 3:25 am

    YUM! This sounds fantastic

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    • hipfoodiemom

      September 30, 2012 at 5:27 am

      Thank you, Heather! It really is super delicious. . one of my fave Korean dishes!

      Reply
  2. Sandra's Easy Cooking

    October 6, 2012 at 4:09 am

    Wow…looks so delicious! Got to try your recipe..thanks for sharing and I hope you’ve enjoyed the holiday!

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    • hipfoodiemom

      October 6, 2012 at 4:26 am

      Thank you, Sandra! Let me know if you do end up trying it! 🙂

      Reply

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