🇰🇷 Korean Vegetarian

Zucchini Japchae

Name: Zucchini Japchae
Prep time: 12 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 17 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 150 g Spinach; 3 cloves, minced Ginger; 3, sliced Spring Onions; 2 tbsp Soy Sauce; 2 tbsp Sesame Oil; 250 g Noodles; 3 Zucchini; 250 g Glass Noodles

🇰🇷 Korean

Slurpable noodles tossed with zucchini and a bold sauce — fast, glossy and wildly satisfying. About 17 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 12 min Cook 5 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Spinach150 g
Ginger3 cloves, minced
Spring Onions3, sliced
Soy Sauce2 tbsp
Sesame Oil2 tbsp
Noodles250 g
Zucchini3
Glass Noodles250 g

Optional extras

Perilla Leaveshandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Boil the noodles a minute shy of the packet time, drain, and toss with a splash of the Sesame Oil so they don't clump.
2
Heat the rest of the Sesame Oil in a wok until it shimmers, then flash the garlic for a few seconds.
3
Add the zucchini and cook until just done, then splash in the soy sauce.
4
Slide the noodles in and toss vigorously for 60 seconds so every strand picks up the sauce.
5
Finish off the heat with spring onions and spring onions.

Chef's tip

Taste and adjust the salt at the end; sauces concentrate as they reduce.

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Watch how it's made

Video: How to make traditional Japchae / Tips to cook noodles perfectly by Chef Jia Choi · on YouTube