Dan Dan Noodles 丹丹面条
Ingredients
Chili Oil
- 2 tbsp Sichuan peppercorns
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 star anise
- 1 cup oil
- ¼ cup Crushed Red Pepper
Meat and Sui Mi Ya Cai
- 3 tsp Oil
- 225 g Ground pork
- 2 tsp Hoisin sauce
- 2 tsp Shaoxing wine
- 1 tsp Dark soy sauce
- ½ tsp Five spice powder
- ⅓ cup Sui mi ya cai
Sauce
- 2 tbsp Sesame paste
- 3 tbsp Light soy sauce
- 2 tsp Sugar
- ¼ tsp Five spice powder
- ½ tsp Sichuan peppercorn powder ground whole Sichuan peppercorns in a mortar and pestle
- ½ cup of your prepared chili oil scary, but yes!
- 2 cloves Garlic very finely minced
- ¼ cup Hot cooking water from the noodles
Noodles & Veg
- 450 g White noodles fresh or dried medium thickness
- 1 Small bunch leafy greens spinach, bok choy, or choy sum
- Peanuts chopped
- Scallions chopped
Instructions
Chili oil
- In a small pot, add the Sichuan peppercorns, cinnamon stick, star anise, and oil. Over medium low heat, slowly heat to 325 degrees, and then turn off the heat.
- Wait 6 – 7 minutes, then remove the peppercorns, cinnamon stick, and star anise with a slotted spoon.
- Add the crushed red pepper flakes and allow them to steep in the hot oil. It should start smelling fragrant, almost like popcorn.
- Allow the oil to cool. This makes more chili oil than you’ll need, but you’ll be glad to have it on hand for use in other dishes. Store in a glass jar and keep refrigerated.
Meat mixture
- In a wok, heat a teaspoon of oil over medium heat, and brown the ground pork.
- Add the sweet bean sauce, shaoxing wine, dark soy sauce, and five spice powder. Cook until all the liquid is evaporated. Set aside.
- Heat the other 2 teaspoons of oil in the wok over medium heat, and sautee the sui mi ya cai (pickled vegetable) for a few minutes. Set aside.
Sauce
- Mix together all the sauce ingredients. Taste and adjust seasoning if you like. You can loosen it with more hot water, add more Sichuan peppercorn powder, etc.
Noodles and veggies
- Cook the noodles according to package directions and drain. Blanch the greens in the noodle water, and drain.
- Divide the sauce among four bowls, followed by the noodles and the leafy greens. Add the cooked pork and sui mi ya cai over the top. Sprinkle with chopped peanuts (optionaand scallions.
- Mix everything together and enjoy!
- DONE!