Jjajangmeyon Korean Black Bean Noodles

Ingredients

• Canola oil

  1 tbsp or 14g

• Chicken breast

  Broilers or fryers, meat only, raw

  2 full breast (both fillets) or 472g

• Salt

  Table

  ½ tsp or 3g

• Garlic

  Raw

  4 cloves, minced or 12g

• Scallions

  Spring onions or scallions (includes tops and bulb), raw

  2 medium or 30g

• Ginger

  Spices, ground

  100g

• Black Bean Paste

  Assi

  16 tsp or 160g

• Onions

  Raw

  1 large or 150g

• Cabbage

  Raw

  1 head, large or 1.25kg

• Organic Chicken Stock

  Wegmans

  1 cup or 240g

• Brown sugar

  1 ½ tbsp or 14g

• Cornstarch

  1 ½ tbsp or 12g

• Water

  Plain, clean water

  1 ½ tbsp or 22g

• Udon Noodles

  Roland

  2 servings or 112g

• Cucumber

  With peel, raw

  1 cucumber or 301g

• Potato

  Flesh and skin, raw

  1 potato, large or 369g

• Egg

  Whole, fresh eggs

  6 extra large or 336g

Directions

1. Heat a wok over hight heat; add pork cubes and salt. Stir fry until pork is golden brown crispy, about 5 minutes. You will see a couple tablespoons pork fat in bottom of wok, then add garlic, green onion and ginger. Stir fry for a minute or until you can smell aroma.
2. Now, add black bean paste and stir fry for a minute; add onion and cabbage and stir fry for 3 minutes or until vegetables are slightly soften.
3. Add rice wine and stir until all alcohol evaporates. Add chicken stock and sugar, stir to combine. Bring it to boil and reduce heat to medium, simmer for 15 to 20 minutes without cover.
4. Mix cornstarch and cold water in a small mixing bowl, pour into Jjajang sauce while you are stirring. You will see the sauce is instantly thicken and glossy. Jjajang is ready to serve!
5. Bring a big pot of water to boil and cook noodles by following directions of package you are using. Drain, rinse under cold water and drain completely.
6. In a serving bowl, add noodles and top with jjajang sauce. If you like to, add julienne cucumber and fried egg. Enjoy!
7. Recipe by: Seonkyoung Longest (source: http://seonkyounglongest.com/jjajangmyeon/)

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