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This is one of my favorite Korean recipes. It's authentic, healthy, and absolutely delicious.

Provided by kpopkiwi

Categories     World Cuisine Recipes     Asian     Korean

Time 45m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 12

3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 ½ tablespoons white sugar
2 tablespoons sesame oil
2 teaspoons minced garlic
8 ounces sweet potato noodles
4 ounces lean beef, cut into 2-inch long strips
6 ounces fresh spinach
salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 tablespoon vegetable oil, divided
1 small sweet onion, thinly sliced
4 mushrooms, stemmed and sliced
1 small carrot, cut into matchsticks

Steps:

  • Whisk soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, and garlic in a bowl until sugar is dissolved into sauce.
  • Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook sweet potato noodles in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 6 to 7 minutes. Rinse noodles under cold water and drain. Transfer noodles to a bowl, add 2 tablespoons sauce, and toss to coat.
  • Squeeze beef under running water until juices run clear. Mix beef and 1 tablespoon sauce together in a bowl.
  • Bring a pot of water to a boil. Cook spinach in the boiling water until just wilted, about 1 minute. Drain quickly and transfer spinach to a bowl of cold water to stop the cooking process. Squeeze excess water from spinach, place spinach in a large bowl, and season with salt and pepper.
  • Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; cook onion until fragrant but crisp, 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer onion to the bowl with spinach. Heat another 1 teaspoon oil in the same skillet. Cook mushrooms in the hot oil until lightly browned but still firm, 1 to 2 minutes; add to onion mixture. Heat remaining 1 teaspoon oil in the same skillet. Cook carrot in the hot oil until lightly browned but still crisp, 1 to 2 minutes; add to onion mixture.
  • Cook and stir beef in the same skillet until browned, 1 to 2 minutes; add to onion mixture. Cook and stir noodles in the same skillet until heated through, 1 to 2 minutes; add to beef-onion mixture. Add remaining sauce to beef-noodles mixture and toss to coat using your hands.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 201.4 calories, Carbohydrate 31.5 g, Cholesterol 7.2 mg, Fat 7 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 3.6 g, SaturatedFat 1.4 g, Sodium 367.8 mg, Sugar 4.9 g

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