Japchae is one of our all-time favorite dishes, made w/ gluten free sweet potato glass noodles that are to- die for and we served it w/Bulgogi (thinly sliced steak) JAPCHAE -1 pound dried Korean sweet potato noodles @Amazon -5 teaspoons sesame oil -2 tablespoon cooking oil -1/2 cup thinly sliced onions -4 carrots, cut into matchsticks -10 cloves garlic, finely minced -5 stalks green onions, cut 1″ -1 cup mushrooms, thinly sliced -1 lb spinach 8 tablespoons @San-J Tamari gluten-free soy sauce 8 teaspoons sugar -2 tablespoon sesame seeds Fill a large pot with water and boil. When water is boiling, add the noodles and cook for 6 minutes. Stirring so they don’t stick together. Drain and rinse with cold water to stop cooking. Toss with 2 tsp of the sesame oil. Use kitchen shears to cut noodles into shorter pieces, about spaghetti length. Set aside. Blanch spinach for 2-3 minutes. Strain. Rinse w/cold water. Squeeze out all liquid. Chop once in half. Sprinkle with salt, 1 tsp sesame oil. 1/2 tsp salt. Mix well. Set aside. In bowl, mix soy sauce & sugar together. Add the cooking oil to a heated wok on high heat. Fry onions fo 1-2 mins and remove. Repeat w/carrots & bell peppers. Add in mushrooms (and a little salt and extra oil if needed so this can cook down for about five minutes. Throwing the garlic at this point as well and then remove.Add noodles into the wok on high heat, along with the sugar soy sauce mixture. Stir fry for a few minutes until the noodles are cooked through. Dump veggies into the wok, mix well to combine. Cook for another 1-2 minutes. Taste. Turn off heat, toss with sesame seeds and the remaining 1 1/2 tsp of sesame oil. Easy Beef Bulgogi (Serves 2–4) Ingredients: 1 lb beef (tenderloin, sirloin, or skirt), thinly sliced 4 garlic cloves, minced 2 green onions, chopped 2 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp sugar 3 tbsp water 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds ½ tsp black pepper Directions: 1. Mix garlic, green onion, soy sauce, sugar, water, sesame oil, sesame seeds & pepper until sugar dissolves. 2. Add beef, mix well, marinate 30+ mins in fridge. 3. Cook on pan or grill over medium heat until caramelized & cooked through. #koreanfood #glutenfree #bulgogi #japchae #glutenfreerecipes @HexClad @Sooki Foods - @seattlehanddoc