Thursday, June 15, 2017

Sweet Potato Noodle with Zucchini noodle

This original recipe is from Korean Japchae, but I wanted to reduced the amount of carbohydrates, I mixed in zucchini noodles.
When I made the zucchini noodles, I used VEGGETTI's spiral vegetable cutter. It is the fast, easy way to turn vegetables into delicious things like noodles. You can make fancy veggie noodles just like an upscale restaurant.
Japchae is one of  the most popular and common traditional Korean foods - combining noodles, veggies and eggs tossed in a sweet soy sauce.  Also, it is a go to dish for holidays and special occasions, like having people over for dinner. One of the ingredients of this food is dried sweet potato noodles, which may be unfamiliar to you. But, dried sweet potato noodles can be found in most Asian grocery stores. They are incredibly chewy, but healthy and delicious.
My homemade Japchae is easy and delicious. It's loaded with healthy zucchini and mushroom. Enjoy!

Ingredients
8 oz                                   dried sweet potato noodles (Japchae noodles)
1/2                                     bell pepper
1/2                                     onion, thinly sliced
4-5                                     mushrooms, sliced
1 1/2 T                               vegetable oil
1/4 lb                                 beef, sliced 
1                                        Zucchini
1/2 t                                   sesame seeds
1 C                                    spinach, cleaned
salt to taste

Sauce
4 T                                     soy sauce
2 T                                     coconut sugar
2 T                                     water
1 t                                      white wine
1/5                                     apple, grated
1 T                                     sesame seed oil
1/5                                     onion, grated
2-3 cloves                         garlic, grated
pepper to taste

Directions
Mix sauce ingredients.
Soak dried sweet potato noodles in cold water for 1 hour.
Make the zucchini noodles with the VEGGETTI. 
How to use VEGGETTI?  click. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysB1BeiXMGg
Heat up the oil in a skillet and add onion, mushroom and bell pepper and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes.
Add beef and half of the sauce and stir-fry.
When the meat is almost done, add soaked sweet potato noodles, zucchini noodles  and spinach with remaining sauce and salt to taste.
Stir well to combine and  sprinkle with sesame seeds.

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