Black Bean Noodles ( Jjajangmyoen )

Lately it’s been like a korean fest in our household . It’s really like we live in korea , we cook korean dish almost everyday for the past week , not to mention to make it complete , we even made our own kim chi ! So there i was , hungry for korean famous dish , black bean noodles , i happened to have the sauce on hand , bought it on my trip couple of weeks ago to the korean market .

This dish is surprisingly pretty easy and not messy to make . Just a little prep and voila ,it’s done , either you can eat it with noodles , or you can eat it with rice .

Here is the recipe

1/2 lb of pork shoulder , dice

1 cup of potato

1 cup of korean radish

2 cups of red onion

7 tbsp. of black bean paste

2 tbsp of sugar

1. Stir fry black bean paste for 1 minute with 1 tbsp vegetable oil , set aside , remove the extra layer of oil on top .Set aside .

2. In a wok , stir fry the pork until it’s cooked , then add potato and radish , stir fry for 2 minutes , add onion , stir fry for 2 minutes . Add 3 cups of water , 1 chicken bouillon cube , and then let it boil for 10-12 minutes medium heat . Once the vegies are done, add the black bean paste , and sugar . Let it boil again , add few tbsp. cornstarch mixed with water to thicken up the sauce .

3. Serve over oriental noodles or rice .