Making japchae (Korean stir fried noodles and vegetables)

Full recipe: www.maangchi.com This time I make delicious job chae (also spelled japchae, jabchae, chapchae, chopchae or jobchae), Korean-style stir fried noodles and vegetables. Ingredients: • Starch noodles ("dangmyun") • 150 grams of beef • 1 bunch of spinach • 1 medium size carrot • 1 medium size onion • mushrooms (5 dried shiitake and 1 package of white mushrooms) • 3 cloves of garlic • 7-8 green onions • soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar, pepper, and sesame seeds See my website for photos and details of ingredients: www.maangchi.com Makes 4 servings. How to prepare your ingredients before stir frying: 1. Soak 5 dried shitake mushrooms in warm water for a few hours until they become soft. Squeeze the water out of them and slice thinly. 2. Slice a package of white mushrooms (2 cups' worth). 3. Cut a carrot into thin matchstick-shaped pieces 5 cm long. 4. Cut 7 -8 green onions into 7 cm long pieces. 5. Slice one onion thinly. 6. Slice 150 grams of beef into thin strips. Now let's start! 1. Boil 2 bunches of noodles in boiling water in a big pot for about 3 minutes. When the noodles are soft, drain them and put in a large bowl. 2. Cut the noodles several times by using scissors and add 1 tbs of soy sauce and 1 tbs of sesame oil. Mix it up and set aside. *tip: Take one sample and taste it to see whether or not it's cooked properly. If it feels soft, it's finished. 3. In the boiling water, add a bunch of spinach and stir it gently for 1 minute. Then take it out and rinse it in ...