Ingredients
- 200g Korean sweet potato starch noodles (dangmyeon)
- 200g rib eye fillet steak
- 1 carrot
- 100g baby spinach
- 1/4 red capsicum
- 1/2 onion
- 100g mushrooms
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1 tablespoon Minced garlic
- 3 tablespoons Sesame Oil (approx)
- 1 teaspoon Rice wine (mirin)
- 1/2 teaspoon Black pepper (approx)
- 5 tablespoons Soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon Honey
- 1 tablespoon Brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon Sesame seeds
- 2 large eggs
- Cooking oil
- 1/2 a head of Broccoli
Method
- Slice rib eye steak into strips.
- Make a marinade for the beef strips using:• 1 tablespoon soy sauce• 1 teaspoon rice wine (mirin)• 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper1 teaspoon sesame oil
- Add the beef strips and marinate together in a bowl and mix gently. Cover the bowl with cling wrap and set it aside while you’re working on other ingredients.
- Prepare the vegetables:• Cut carrots and capsicum into strips (julienned).• Thinly slice onion and mushrooms.• Cut the brocoli into pieces.
- Then make a marinade (this will be used for the mushrooms and the noodles), mix in a small bowl:• 4 tablespoon soy sauce• 1 tablespoon honey• 1 tablespoon brown sugar• 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
- After making marinade, add 1 tablespoon of this mixture in with the sliced mushrooms, mix this together to coat the mushroom and then set aside for now.
- Blanch the spinach in rolling boiling water (5 to 10 seconds). Drain the water and quickly cool it down by running it under cold tap water. Squeeze the spinach to remove any excess water and put it into a mixing bowl.
- Season the spinach with:• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt• 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic• 1 teaspoon sesame oilPut the spinach into a large mixing bowl where we will be adding the rest of the prepared ingredients in later.
- Boil some water in a large pot. Once the water starts to boil, add the sweet potato noodles and boil them for 6 to 7 mins (or according to packet instructions). Drain the water. Rinse the noodles in cold water to cool down and let the water drain for 1 to 2 mins.
- Cut the noodles with a pair of kitchen scissors a couple of times. (Between 15 to 20 cm length is good). Move the noodles into a mixing bowl and pour in the rest of the marinade that was left over from the mix made for the noodles and mushrooms. Mix the noodles and marinade well. Set it aside until we cook this later.
- Take turns individually cooking the ingredients in order of lightest to darkest colour (to minimize the colour transfer and avoid washing up in between)- this will be using only one non-stick pan/skillet with oil added as needed throughout the cooking process.
- First, beat 2 eggs with a fork, then cook on both sides before setting aside (this will be added in once with the other ingredients later).
- Then cook the onion. Add more oil if necessary. Use a pinch of salt and cook over medium heat until onion is soft (1-2 minutes). Once cooked, you can transfer it to the large bowl that contains the baby spinach.
- Cook the carrot. Add more oil if necessary. Use a pinch of salt and cook over medium heat until soft (1-2 minutes). Once cooked, you can transfer it to the large bowl that contains the other ingredients.
- Cook the broccoli. Add more oil if necessary. Use a pinch of salt and cook over medium heat until soft (1-2 minutes). Once cooked, you can transfer it to the large bowl that contains the other ingredients.
- Cook the capsicum. Add more oil if necessary. Use a pinch of salt and cook over medium heat until soft (1-2 minutes). Once cooked, you can transfer it to the large bowl that contains the other ingredients.
- Then cook the marinated mushroom. Add more oil if necessary. Stir fry until this is cooked (1-2 minutes). Once cooked, you can transfer it to the large bowl that contains the other ingredients.
- Add more oil if necessary. Pour in the marinated meat and stir fry until it is cooked (2-5 minutes, depending on preference) over medium heat. Transfer it to the large mixing bowl with the other ingredients
- Add more oil if necessary. Stir fry the marinated noodles until the noodles are well coated with the sauce (2-3 mins) over low to medium heat. Transfer it to the large mixing bowl.
- Slice the cooked egg into small strips. Add them into the large mixing bowl with the other ingredients
- Add "finishing touch” ingredients – 1 tablespoon of sesame oil and 1 tablespoon of sesame seeds into the large mixing bowl.
- Gently mix all of the ingredients together using either clean hands or other utensil such as spoons or salad servers. (Be careful as the ingredients will still be hot!)
- Serve up and enjoy! Note: I have tried both cooking the vegetables together and separately, and there was much more flavour cooking and seasoning everything separately. If you want to speed up the process and save time. you can cook all of the vegetables together).
Product used in recipe
- Obento - Mirin Seasoning
- Yeo's - Pure Sesame Oil
- Lee Kum Kee - Premium Soy Sauce
