In recent years, I've been addicted to Korean dramas. Naks! Haha, feeling teenager. Anyway, no one can debate how interesting K-Dramas are. More and more people from all over the world started watching K-Dramas, K-Pop stars, etc. Most of their K-dramas have light and feel-good stories. You don't end up watching a movie with a heavy heart.
Anyway, because of my addiction to K-Dramas it opened up to knowing their type of cuisine or food, too. Watching the actors eat their food in a movie/series heartily makes you want to try it out. This was what lead me to research some Korean recipes.
Japchae is one of the foods that I wanted to try. I have also a Korean friend who cooks and shares Korean food with us, so I got to taste it once. It tasted so good, much like our Pinoy Pansit bihon and sotanghon. The only difference is the preparation and the kind of noodles used.
Japchae is made from sweet potato glass noodles. It's thicker than our sotanghon noodles and more chewy in texture. Instead of stir frying the noodles with all the other ingredients like we do with sotanghon gisado, you just mix the cooked sweet potato noodles (cold ) with the rest of the ingredients. You just have to balance the sugar and soy sauce content for flavor.
It is a hearty meal by itself. It already has the noodles, some meat ( I used stir-fried beef), eggs, and different kinds of vegetables. Or if you want, you can make it as a side dish and pair it with more meat and rice. I cook it from time to time when I crave Korean food. Try it out!
