I have always liked eating Japchae I love it and even my children like it. When I decided to try making some at home, I discovered that it is not as easy as procuring the ingredients from a supermarket. There’s presoaking involved, and there are a lot of ingredients to slice, chop, and prepare. What is a buy mom of three to do?
Enter the Instant Pot and all those worries of too much prep and waiting time are over! And the best news is I will be sharing with you this secret.
25-minute japchae recipe
Just a word of caution though, this is the MOST BASIC Japchae, and it is not as elaborate as the one being sold in your favorite Korean resto. This is the “I am craving for japchae and I want it now” version. If you want more easy to cook recipes you may find some here.
Fastest Japchae ever? Yes, it is possible to make Japchae in less than 25 minutes. So let us not waste time and get started!
Ingredients for a quick and easy japchae
First prepare all your ingredients. If you could get the pre-cut dangmyeon or japchae noodles then that will save you even more time. The only special equipment you will ever need is your Instant Pot!
Ingredients:
180 grams dangmyeon or japchae noodles either pre-cut or cut to fit the diameter of the instant pot
1 carrot thinly sliced
½ bulb of onion, thinly sliced
1 bell pepper sliced thinly-sliced
shitake mushroom (about half a cup)
Baby spinach (as much as you like)
OPTIONAL: PRE-COOKED sliced beef or ground beef, or chicken, or lean pork (about half a cup)
Sauce: (pre-mix this in a bowl)
1 cup water
1.5 tbsp Brown Sugar
2 tbsp Oyster Sauce
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp sesame oil
Pinch of Salt and Pepper
Garnish: Sliced leeks and sesame seeds
Procedure in cooking Japchae
Now we will proceed to the cooking part. This is going to be so easy, especially when the ingredients have all been prepared prior to assembly.
Layer the Dangmyeon in criss-cross fashion so that they will not clump together. Add in the carrots, onion, shitake and pre-cooked meat if you are adding some. Pour in the pre-mixed sauce and set to 4 minutes high pressure.
Once pressure cooking is done, do a quick release, and reset into sauté mode. Add in the bell pepper slices and baby spinach plus the onion leeks and sauté for about two minutes.
If the noodles seem clumpy, then add in a tablespoon of water or two and try to unstick the noodles that got clumped together. Remove from heat and drizzle the sesame seeds and serve!
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