2009-05-12 Tuesday - chapchae beef

chapchae beef

• ingredients: beef (steak tips), napa cabbage, shiitake mushrooms, spinach, onion, carrots, jalapeño pepper, green pepper, soy sauce, sesame oil
• mix beef with soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, korean red pepper flakes, tapioca starch
• cook carrots, cut into strips, in peanut and sesame oil
• add onion, sliced into half-rings, and beef broth and/or more oil
• add sliced jalapeño and chopped green pepper
  
• cook for a while, then add chopped napa cabbage and more sesame oil and korean red pepper flakes
• when softened and almost done, remove from pot
• brown beef in sesame oil and remove while still RARE
• cook sliced mushrooms and spinach in sesame oil and beef broth
• put vegetables and beef back into pot, add more korean red pepper flakes if needed
  
• serve with japanese rice!

YAY-GOOD!  Papa ate lots. :)