4ea.dried black fungus mushroomor dried wood ear mushroom
½cupsliced onion½ medium-sized onion
½cupjulienned carrot⅔ medium-sized carrot
½ea. red bell peppercut into matchsticks
1cupspinach
Japchae sauce
2tbspsoy sauce
1tbspwater
½tbspsugaror 1 tbsp of agave syrup
1tspminced garlic1 medium clove
1tspchopped green onion⅓ stalk
½tbspsesame oil
black pepper to taste
For cooking
1tbspvegetable oil(any vegetable oil with high smoking point and neutral taste: avocado, grapeseed, rice bran, canola, sunflower, soy, etc.)
¼tspsaltto season onion & carrot while stir-frying
For garnish
½tsptoasted sesame seeds
Instructions
Add dried shiitake mushroom, dried black fungus mushroom, and dried glass noodles in a container. Fill it up with water and keep in the fridge overnight to rehydrate the ingredients.
Cut rehydrated noodles in half.
Squeeze water out of rehydrated shiitake mushrooms. Slice the shiitake mushrooms thinly and put it into a bowl.
Cut rehydrated black fungus mushroom into small pieces.
In a bowl, add "Japchae sauce" ingredients together and stir well.
Take ½ tablespoon of the sauce and mix with sliced shiitake mushroom. Set aside.
Cut & slice the vegetables: slice onion thinly. Julienne the carrot. And cut red bell pepper into matchsticks.
Rinse and drain spinach.
To stir-fry
Heat a pan over medium-high heat. Coat with 1 tbsp of vegetable oil.
Add sliced onion and julienned carrot. Season with ¼ tsp of salt. Stir-fry for 1-2 min. until onion is semi-translucent and the carrot starts to release the orange hue.
Add red bell pepper and marinated shiitake mushroom. Stir-fry for another min.
Add glass noodles, Japchae sauce, and black fungus mushroom all at the same time. Cook until the glass noodle is translucent.
Turn off the heat. Add spinach, stir & cook with the residual heat until the spinach is wilted.
If desired, add a drizzle of sesame oil and mix together.
Garnish with toasted sesame seeds and serve.
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Notes
★For gluten free, substitute soy sauce with tamari or gluten-free soy sauce