Dan Dan Noodles
- ⏱ 40 minutes
- Medium
- Serves 4
- 👥 2-cook recipe
Fresh noodles are served with a spicy sesame sauce, pork, preserved mustard greens, choy sum, peanuts, and green onions.
Adapted from RecipeTin Eats.
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Dan Dan Noodles
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COOK 1COOK 2
1Mise en place
Prep 2 garlic cloves: mince
Prep 16 choy sum stems: cut into 15cm pieces
Prep 30 g Sui Mi Ya Cai: preserved mustard greens,...
2Mise en place
3Plate and serve
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Dan Dan Noodles
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COOK 2COOK 1
1Mise en place
2Mise en place
Prep 185 ml chicken broth/stock: hot, low sodium
Prep 500 g white fresh noodles: medium thickness
Prep 2 green onions: finely slice
3Plate and serve
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Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Chinese sesame paste
- 1.5 tbsp Chinese chilli paste in oil
- 4 tbsp light soy sauce
- 2 garlic cloves (minced)
- 3 tsp white sugar
- 1/2 tsp Chinese five spice powder for Dan Dan sauce
- 1 tsp Sichuan pepper powder
- 3 tbsp chilli oil
- 185 ml chicken broth/stock (hot, low sodium)
- 2 tsp Hoisin sauce
- 1 tsp dark soy sauce
- 1 tbsp Chinese cooking wine
- 1/2 tsp Chinese five spice powder for pork sauce
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil for pork
- 250 g pork mince
- 1 tsp vegetable oil for mustard greens
- 30 g Sui Mi Ya Cai (preserved mustard greens, finely chopped)
- 500 g white fresh noodles (medium thickness)
- 16 choy sum stems (cut into 15cm pieces)
- 2 green onions (finely sliced)
- 1 tbsp peanuts (finely chopped, optional)
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1. Mise en place COOK 2
- Prep 2 garlic cloves: mince
- Prep 16 choy sum stems: cut into 15cm pieces
- Prep 30 g Sui Mi Ya Cai: preserved mustard greens, finely chop
- Prep 1 tbsp peanuts: finely chop, optional
Meanwhile… COOK 1
- Prep 185 ml chicken broth/stock: hot, low sodium
- Prep 500 g white fresh noodles: medium thickness
- Prep 2 green onions: finely slice
2. Mix Dan Dan sauce COOK 1
- In a bowl, mix the Chinese sesame paste, Chinese chilli paste in oil, light soy sauce, garlic cloves, white sugar, Chinese five spice powder for Dan Dan sauce, Sichuan pepper powder, and chilli oil, Gently stir in the hot chicken broth/stock, the oil should be sitting on the surface, Set aside
🤝 Cook 2 hands over the garlic cloves.
3. Mix pork sauce COOK 2
- In a bowl, mix together the Hoisin sauce, dark soy sauce, Chinese cooking wine, and Chinese five spice powder for pork sauce
4. Cook the pork COOK 2
- In a skillet or wok over high heat, heat the vegetable oil for pork
- Add the pork mince and cook, breaking it up as you go, until it changes from pink to white
- Add the pork sauce and cook for 1 minute
- Transfer into a bowl
5. Boil the water COOK 1
- Bring a large pot of water to the boil
- Cook the white fresh noodles according to the packet directions
- Add the choy sum stems for the last 1 minute of cooking
🤝 Cook 2 hands over the choy sum stems.
6. Heat the skillet COOK 2
- Return the skillet to the stove and reduce to medium heat
- Add the vegetable oil for mustard greens into the middle of the skillet
- Add the Sui Mi Ya Cai and stir for 30 seconds, just to warm through, Set aside
7. Drain noodles COOK 1
- Drain
🤝 Cook 2 hands the colander to Cook 1.
8. Plate and serve BOTH
- Ladle 1/4 of the Dan Dan sauce into a bowl, Pile in the noodles, top with the pork and Sui Mi Ya Cai, and place the choy sum on the side
- Sprinkle with the peanuts and green onions and serve
- To eat, mix it all up to coat the noodles well with the Dan Dan sauce, devour
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