Basic Info:
Fried vegetables
with potato noodles basically have mushrooms, meat, carrot, spinach, onion and
potato noodles. After frying all the vegetables and noodles, soy sauce, sault,
ginger powder and olive oil are needed to make the noodles more soft and tasty.
People usually have japchae when it is someone’s birthday or when they have memorial ceremonies for ancestors.
Historical Facts:
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| Japchae with various kinds of vegetables |
The name “Japchae” came from China where
“jap” means many, various, mixed and “chae” means vegetables. The Chinese
recipe book made in 1670 contains a similar food with japchae with various
kinds of mushrooms and noodles fried together, which shows how japchae was
influenced by Chinese traditional food.
During Joseon
Dynasty in the reign of Gwanghae-gun, a man called Lee Choong offered a bribe,
japchae, to the king. Since the king had enjoyed the taste of japchae, he
became nobility and the king started to order the cooks in his castle to make
the same one as Lee Choong brought. This story was the beginning of how japchae
got famous in Joseon Dynasty.
CCOT:
During the time period of 1600 to 1700s,
Korean recipe book explained that japchae did not have potato noodles, but a
little bit of flour mixed within vegetables. Also, the vegetables included
dried ginger, balloon flower root, etc. which are easily obtained in the
mountains or farming places. It shows how poor peasants enjoyed having japchae
as well with different ingredients. On the other hand, these days, japchae has
noodles for sure with meat. It shows how Korea became wealthier than before.
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| Japchae made by my mother |
Experience:
I’ve always tried japchae when it was my birthday or memorial ceremonies. Since japchae has long noodles, people in the past
believed that you would live a long life as those long noodles if you have
japchae many times. I like it when japchae has beef in it because it tastes
good with potato noodles and various vegetables.
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