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Korean Japchae (Chap Chae) noodles with eggs and hot sauce in a white bowl with red checkered napkin

Japchae (Chap Chae)


  • Author: Breghan
  • Total Time: 50 minutes
  • Yield: 8 people 1x
  • Diet: Gluten Free

Description

Japchae is a Korean beautiful vibrant plant based noodle dish with sweet potato noodles.


Ingredients

Units Scale



  • 14 oz Sweet Potato Noodles


  • 3 cups Spinach (loosely chopped)
  • 2 cloves Garlic
  • 1 ea Small Onion (thinly sliced)
  • 1 ea Red Bell Pepper (chopped)
  • 1/4 cup Purple Cabbage (thinly sliced)
  • 1/4 cup White Cabbage (thinly sliced)
  • 3 cups Cauliflower Rice
  • 8 oz Shiitake Mushrooms, fresh (sliced)
  • 3 cups Carrots (thinly sliced)
  • 36 tbsp Avocado Oil

Optional Toppings

  • Grilled Sirloin
  • Egg
  • Toasted Sesame Seeds
  • Siracha

Sauce

  • 34 tbsp Sesame Oil
  • 34 tbsp Gluten Free Soy Sauce
  • 1/4 tsp Tumeric
  • 3 tbsp Maple Syrup
  • 23 tbsp Nut Butter (optional)
  • 12 tbsp Garlic (minced)
  • 1 tbsp Nutritional Yeast (optional)
  • Salt & Pepper to taste

Instructions



  1. Chop: all vegetables or use a food processor to thinly slice all veggies.
  2. Sauté: place onions, bell peppers and garlic in a pan and sauté until onions aretranslucent.
  3. Vegetables: in a medium size pot add the white and purple cabbage. Once the cabbages aretender about 3-4 minutes add the rest of the vegetables (except carrots andspinach) and cook another 1-2 minutes.
  4. Sauce: mix all ingredients together and set aside.
  5. Sweet Potato noodles: In a large pot, bring water to boil. Place your noodlesin the pot and take a spoon to push all the noodle under water. Cook exactly 6minutes. Drain noodles in a colander and run under cool water to stop thenoodles from continuing to cook. Place back into your large pot and add thesauce. With kitchen scissors cut the noodles so they are manageable to eat.
  6. Combine:Add the vegetable to your noodles and stir. Add the carrots and spinach andstir until spinach is lightly wilted.
  7. Top with any of the optional topping you desire and enjoy!

Notes



  1. Add the carrots and spinach last to keep their nutrients in and giving this dish a nice crunch from the al dente carrots.
  2. This dish makes for great leftovers or make ahead and enjoy on a busy weekday night.
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Category: Dinner/Lunch
  • Method: Stovetop
  • Cuisine: DF, GF, paleo

Keywords: Japchae, Chap chae, noodles, korean noodles