Dan Dan Noodles

🥘 Ingredients

Season the meat

• Shaoxing rice wine
  2 teaspoon
• ground pork
  4 oz
• light soy sauce
  2 teaspoon

Fry the toppings

• Ya Cai (or Zha Cai)
  1 tablespoon
• chilli flakes (or to taste)
  1 teaspoon
• ginger (minced)
  1 teaspoon
• neutral cooking oil
  2 tablespoon
• peanuts (skinless, coarsely crushed)
  2 tablespoon

Mix the sauce

• Chinese chilli oil (or to taste)
  2 tablespoon
• Chinese sesame paste
  1.5 tablespoon
• black rice vinegar
  1 tablespoon
• garlic (minced)
  2 cloves
• ground Sichuan pepper
  1/2 teaspoon
• light soy sauce
  2 tablespoon
• sugar
  1 pinch
• water
  1.5 tablespoon

Cook the noodles

• leafy green vegetable (i.e bok choy, choy sum, spinach, etc)
  1 handful
• noodles (fresh or dried)
  2 portions

Assemble the dish

• scallions (finely chopped)
  1 stalk

🍳 Cookware

• wok
• pot

Season the meat

1. 1

   Put ground pork in a bowl. Add light soy sauce and Shaoxing rice wine . Mix well and loosen the meat as much as possible.

   ground pork: 4 oz, light soy sauce: 2 teaspoon, Shaoxing rice wine: 2 teaspoon

Fry the toppings

1. 1

   Pour neutral cooking oil into a cold wok . Add peanuts and fry over low heat until they turn golden brown. Transfer the peanuts to a bowl (leave the oil in) and set aside.

   neutral cooking oil: 2 tablespoon, peanuts: 2 tablespoon (skinless, coarsely crushed)
2. 2

   In the remaining oil, stir-fry the marinated meat with ginger , Ya Cai and chilli flakes . Dish out when the meat is fully cooked. Set aside.

   ginger: 1 teaspoon (minced), Ya Cai: 1 tablespoon (or Zha Cai), chilli flakes: 1 teaspoon (or to taste)

Mix the sauce

1. 1

   In a bowl, mix Chinese sesame paste and water until it becomes semi-runny & smooth.

   Chinese sesame paste: 1.5 tablespoon, water: 1.5 tablespoon
2. 2

   Add garlic , light soy sauce , black rice vinegar , ground Sichuan pepper , Chinese chilli oil and sugar . Mix well and set aside.

   garlic: 2 cloves (minced), light soy sauce: 2 tablespoon, black rice vinegar: 1 tablespoon, ground Sichuan pepper: 1/2 teaspoon, Chinese chilli oil: 2 tablespoon (or to taste), sugar: 1 pinch

Cook the noodles

1. 1

   Bring a large pot of water to a full boil. Cook noodles following the instructions on the package.

   noodles: 2 portions (fresh or dried)
2. 2

   Add leafy green vegetable at the very end of the process.

   leafy green vegetable: 1 handful (i.e bok choy, choy sum, spinach, etc)
3. 3

   Once cooked, drain and rinse under cold water for a few seconds to remove excess starch.

Assemble the dish

1. 1

   Pour the sauce into two serving bowls. Add the noodles and the vegetable.
2. 2

   Top with cooked meat and peanuts. Garnish with scallions .

   scallions: 1 stalk (finely chopped)