Do you like Korean food? This Yummy Japchae recipe is super easy to make yet flavorful! The secret to this recipe is the Marinade that is made with Soy Sauce, Sugar, Sesame Oil, Water, Mirin, Sake, Garlic and Salt and Pepper.

What is Japchae?

Japchae is a Korean’s essential dish for traditional holidays and special occasions and is made of sweet potato noodles (dangmyeon, 당면) stir-fried with colorful vegetables, eggs and chicken or beef. Japchae is sometimes called ‘chapchae’ or glass noodles. The noodles are transparent after it is cooked.

This Yummy Japchae Recipe is made with Chicken. Instead of chicken, this dish can also be made with Bulgogi Beef. While this recipe has a longer cooking time and quite a handful of ingredients, it’s really easy to make. Once you have all the ingredients ready, you just assemble it.

Where to buy Sweet Potato Noodles ((dangmyeon, 당면):

You can find the Sweet Potato Noodles (aka Korean Glass Noodles) in any Asian Supermarket. This is the brand of sweet potato noodles that I use in this recipe. At the back of the bag, there is instruction on how to make Japchae.

Ingredients for the Marinade:

The Secret to this Yummy Japchae Recipe is the Marinade:Cup Soy Sauce

• Soy Sauce
• Sesame Oil
• Sugar
• Water
• Mirin: a Japanese sweet rice wine that adds a mild acidity to a dish. This is similar to sake, but is lower in sugar and alcohol (14%)
• Sake: (Wikipedia) saké (/ˈsɑːki, ˈsækeɪ/ SAH-kee, SAK-ay) also referred to as Japanese rice wine),is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran.
• Garlic (or home-made Garlic Oil)
• Salt/Pepper

Other Ingredients:

• Sweet Potato Noodles (dangmyeon, 당면)
• Chicken Breasts
• Red Onion (Julienne)
• Red and Orange Peppers (Julienne)
• Carrot
• Mushroom (button or shitake)
• Eggs
• Thai Chili Pepper (optional)

Watch How to Make This Recipe:

How to Make Yummy Japchae Recipe:

Firstly, mix all the 8 Marinade ingredients together and warm up the marinade on low heat just to dissolve the sugar.

Then, cut the chicken breasts into cubes and marinade (save some for the noodles) for at least 1 hour or overnight.

Next, soak shitake in warm water at least couple hours, or overnight. Use a small plate to put on top of the water to ensure that the mushroom is fully soaked under the water.

Cut off stem from the mushroom and thinly slice the shitake mushroom and soak in water until ready to stir-fry.

Meanwhile, julienne the red onion, peppers, carrot.

Stir fry carrot and peppers with a little marinade sauce and a pinch of salt/pepper. Then set aside.

Stir fry red onion and shitake mushroom and set aside.

Next, do eggs the omelette style, thin, slice into strips. Then Set aside.

Then, stir-Fry the chicken in a pan until golden brown. Make it in 2 batches.

How to Boil Sweet Potato Noodles (Glass Noodles) for this Yummy Japchae Recipe:

Next boil noodles 8-10 min. Rinse in cold water and drain.

Then add some marinade to coat noodles well.

Lastly, combine everything, garnish with eggs, green onion and sesame seeds. However, we don’t have green onion and sesame seeds when we made this recipe. Therefore green onion and sesame sees are optional.

This Yummy Japchae Recipe also makes great leftovers, so this recipe is perfect for batch cooking or meal prep.

Voilà! Enjoy this flavorful Yummy Japchae!

Equipment used in this Yummy Japchae Recipe:

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