Korean Sweet Potato Noodles Stir Fry

Jap Chae The Gang's Style

This dish was an inspiration from cooking with my girlfriend one night.  She's absolutely obsessed with Jap Chae, so I've been making it for her since we started dating.  What she loves so much about Jap Chae is the sauce!  I got the idea to take the noodles and after they are done cooking put them directly into the sauce so they absorb the sauce.  This takes your traditional Jap Chae from 5 stars to 11. I then decided to put in some more traditional ingredients like carrots and onions and then gave it some color with peas and our most favorite part is adding in rice cakes.  When you taste this dish, you instantly get sweet, garlicky  sesame flavor, the rice cakes add an amazing gummyness and the vegetables add an awesome bite.  When we put it on the menu at the Blaguard it was an instant hit, I hope you enjoy this dish as much as we do!

Ingredients:

Sweet Potato Noodles!

Korean Sweet Potato Noodles
Carrots Julienned (matchstick size)
Rice Cakes
Peas
Onions Julienned
Soy Sauce
Sugar
Sesame Oil
Garlic
Black Pepper

1. Ok so the first step to making this fantastic dish is getting your water to a boil in a large stock pot!
2. Once the water is to a boil add 1 tblsp of salt and set your timer to seven minutes!
3. Next add your noodles and start your timer.
4. While your noodles are cooking you can assemble your sauce!
5. This sauce is the KEY!  So make it right, it should be super sweet and garlicky!  In one bowl or pot add 1 cup of Soy Sauce, 1/2 cup of Sugar, 1/2 cup of pureed Garlic, 1/4 Sesame Oil. Mix!
6. Once the seven minutes are up move the noodles to your sauce and let them soak in the sauce for one minute.  Remove from your sauce and let cool on a sheet try! Save your leftover sauce!
7. You're almost done now!  It's just time to mix everything together.
8. Get a wok pan and set it to high heat! Add your leftover sauce or water and put in your rice cakes since they take the longest to cook.  Add your noodles, with your onions and carrots.  More sauce if need be or even water if you'd like, to keep everything from sticking.
9. Once the rice cakes have softened and everything looks happy season with a heavy hand of black peper. Enjoy!