Aunt Claires Chop Chae Jop Chae Recipes

Steps:

• Note: Noodles should be (2) 3" bundles of Dangmyun, Korean potato starch noodle. This is the only noodle that should be used for the dish, they are translucent gray color and are hard.
• 1. Boil a large pot of water and drop the dangmyun in for 3-4 minutes (Test before removing; noodle should be soft but still chewy).
• 2. Strain noodles, reserving hot water to be put back in pot. Rinse noodles with cold water and put in large bowl #1. Cut noodles with scissors so they are more manageable. Add mixture of 1T sesame oil, 1T soy sauce and 1T corn syrup. Mix well. (I always just use my hands. Messy, but the noodles are slippery and it coats them the best).
• 3. Return water in pot to a boil. Drop in entire bag of spinach, boil for one minute only. Remove, strain and squeeze out all water with hands. Place spinach in large bowl #2 along with 1/2T sesame oil and 1/2T soy sauce.
• 4. Meanwhile in a pan, heat olive oil (not sesame oil!) and stirfry veggies one at a time in the following order: carrot, onion, mushroom, then green onion. Be sure to cook just to crisp tender and don't let them burn. After each is done, put them in bowl #2 with the spinach. Stir after each addition.
• 5. If you choose to add meat (traditionally beef), you should slice it very thinly and stir fry it with a little soy sauce, sugar, and garlic to taste. Add it to bowl #2.
• 6. Pour noodles into bowl #2 with the veggies and mix.
• 7. Make a mixture of 4T soy sauce, 4T sugar, 2T sesame oil, and 2t pepper. Stir well, and pour immediately over the noodles. Mix well with your hand or tongs until all the noodles take on a uniform color.
• 8. Make sure to taste along the way, and make adjustments accordingly. Hope you enjoy~!

Steps:

• Blanch spinach in boiling water for 3 minutes. Drain. When cool squeeze out excess water,set aside.
• In large dutch oven fill 3/4 full with water. Bring to boil, remove from heat. Add Korean vermicelle to water and set aside for 10 minutes. Drain and rince with cold water. Cut into about 4 inch long pieces.
• Cut onions into 1/8 wedges, separate pieces.
• Slice sirloin tip into strips 2 inches long 1/4 inch thick (partially freeze to make slicing easier).
• Mix soy sauce, pepper,sesame seeds, sesame oil, brown sugar and garlic powder. set aside.
• In large wok or skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of peanut oil (adding more as needed when stir frying) over high heat.
• Stir fry each ingredient seperately- carrots,mushrooms,onions and beef .Add all into very large bowl after stir frying.
• Add vermicielle and spinach to bowl with stir fry ingredients.
• Pour soy sauce mixture over and mix well.
• Serve at room temperature.