DISH RESEARCH · Noodle dish
Japchae
Also known as: 잡채
Korean sweet-potato-starch noodles with beef, vegetables and sesame.
About Japchae
Maangchi’s japchae combines sweet-potato-starch noodles with beef, mushrooms and colourful vegetables. This profile selects filet mignon from her meat options and retains the separate preparation of the vegetable components.
Soy sauce, garlic and sugar season the noodles and beef. Toasted sesame oil and sesame seeds give the dish its pronounced sesame character, with black pepper supplying the seasoning.
The noodles are chewy and slightly slippery, contrasting with the vegetables and meat. Thin yellow egg-yolk strips finish the platter; red bell pepper is an optional colour accent.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Soy, Sesame, Egg.
Product-dependent or unconfirmed: Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Japchae
Maangchi’s Korean beef-and-vegetable japchae.
- Beef filet mignonProtein
- Dried shiitake mushroomsBaseIngredient page not linked
- GarlicAromatic
- SugarSweetener
- Soy sauceSeasoning
- Toasted sesame oilCooking medium
- Toasted sesame seedsGarnish
- Egg yolkGarnish
- SpinachBase
- Dangmyeon sweet-potato-starch noodlesBase
- Green onionAromatic
- OnionAromatic
- White mushroomsBase
- CarrotBase
- Red bell pepperBase · Optional
- Ground black pepperSeasoning
- Kosher saltSeasoning
- Vegetable oilCooking medium
- WaterLiquid
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Beef filet mignon: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader beef candidate; original filet mignon option selected over pork shoulder.
- Dried shiitake mushrooms: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Soy sauce: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Soy source-confirmed; Wheat (gluten) unconfirmed. Normal soy sauce confirms Soy; exact wheat-bearing brew formula unprovided.
- Toasted sesame oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Sesame source-confirmed. Broader sesame-oil candidate; toasted form.
- Toasted sesame seeds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Sesame source-confirmed
- Egg yolk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. List names one egg; actual jidan method uses yolk only, white not assigned another use.
- Spinach: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Dangmyeon sweet-potato-starch noodles: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Exact noodle product formula unprovided; named sweet-potato-starch identity retained.
- Green onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- White mushrooms: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Carrot: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Red bell pepper (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit optional list ingredient.
- Ground black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Kosher salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Vegetable oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Full botanical blend unprovided.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit warm shiitake soaking, spinach blanch/cold rinse and noodle boiling water.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- South KoreaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Korean Cuisine
- Joseon Royal CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.