Japchae (Korean Sweet Potato Starch Noodles with Vegetables and Beef)

Name: Japchae (Korean Sweet Potato Starch Noodles with Vegetables and Beef)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 8 ounces, boneless beef short ribs, trimmed; 2 teaspoons plus ¼ cup, soy sauce, divided; 2 tablespoons plus ¼ teaspoon, sugar, divided; 2¼ teaspoons, minced garlic, divided; 1 teaspoon, pepper, divided; 4¼ teaspoons, toasted sesame oil, divided; 1¾ teaspoons, kosher salt, divided; 1 , (10-ounce) bag curly-leaf spinach; 6 ounces, shiitake mushrooms, stemmed and sliced ¼ inch thick; 8 ounces, dangmyeon; 1¾ teaspoons, vegetable oil, divided; 1 , small onion, halved and sliced thin; 3 , scallions, cut into 2-inch pieces; 2 , carrots, peeled and cut into 2- to 2½-inch-long matchsticks (1 cup); 1 , small red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and cut into ⅛-inch-wide strips; 2 tablespoons, sesame seeds, toasted, divided

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2022

Japchae—springy, garlicky, salty-sweet strands strewn with a dazzling spectrum of vegetables and meat—is Korea’s all-purpose crowd-pleaser.

SERVES4

TIME1½ hour

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Japchae, one of Korea’s most popular noodle dishes, is first and foremost a celebration of colorful vegetables: spinach, carrots, red bell peppers, mushrooms, onions, and scallions, each of which is cut thin and then lightly sautéed and sea...

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