Dan Dan Noodles

Sichuan noodles with chili oil, sesame and minced pork.

Ingredients

• 400 g Noodles
• 300 g Ground pork
• ¼ cup Sesame paste
• ¼ cup Chili oil
• 1 tbsp Sichuan peppercorns
• 3 tbsp Soy sauce
• 2 tbsp Black vinegar
• ¼ cup Preserved mustard greens
• 4 cloves Garlic
• 4 Spring onions
• 1 tsp Sugar
• ¾ cup Chicken stock

Method

1. Toast the peppercorns — Dry-toast the Sichuan peppercorns until fragrant, then grind — this numbing tingle is the point of the dish.
2. Fry the pork — Cook the pork hard with the preserved greens until dry and crisp at the edges.
3. Make the sauce — Whisk the sesame paste with soy, vinegar, chili oil, garlic, sugar and stock until smooth and pourable.
4. Cook the noodles — Boil until just tender and drain.
5. Assemble — Put the sauce in the bottom of the bowl, noodles on top, then the pork.
6. Dan Dan is ready — Add ground pepper and spring onion; toss thoroughly at the table before eating.

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