Here’ s recipe, from The Electric Kitchen, Hawaiian Electric Co.’s weekly column:
Jajamyeon (black bean sauce noodles)
2 tablespoons oil
4 ounces ground pork
1 cup small-dice onion
1 cup small-dice potato
1/2 cup small-dice zucchini
1/2 cup julienne cabbage
4 cloves garlic, smashed or chopped
3/4 cup chungjang sauce (Chinese black bean sauce)
1 tablespoon sugar
2 cups water
1 tablespoon cornstarch and water, mixed to make a slurry
1 pound cooked fresh saimin or ramen noodles
1/2 cup julienne cucumber
1/2 cup julienne green onions
On high, heat large pan and add oil. When oil lightly smokes, add pork and saute 1 minute. Add onion, potato, zucchini and cabbage; saute another minute, then add garlic, chungjang, sugar and water.
Bring mixture to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes. Thicken with slurry to desired thickness.
Separate cooked noodles into 2 bowls; divide sauce equally over noodles and garnish each bowl with the cucumber and green onion. Serves 2.
