Zhajiangmian—Minced Pork Noodles

• Meat

  • 400 g Pork

• Produce

  • 1 Carrots
  • 1 Cucumber, fresh
  • 1 inch Ginger, root
  • 5 Green onion
  • 1 Scallion, white
  • 4 Shitake mushrooms

• Condiments

  • 1 1/2 tbsp Bean sauce, sweet
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Soybean paste

• Pasta & Grains

  • 500 g Noodles, fresh

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 1 1/2 tbsp Oil

• Liquids

  • 1/3 cup Water

Found on chinasichuanfood.com

Description

Ingredients

• 500g fresh noodles
• fresh cucumber as needed, shredded
• carrots as needed , shredded
• scallion white as needed, shredded
• 400g minced pork (highly recommend using minced pork with with fat, not pure lean meat)
• 4 shitake mushrooms, finely chopped
• 1 inch root ginger, finely chopped
• 5 green onion, finely chopped
• 1 and 1/2 tablespoons sweet bean sauce (not a dessert, named as TianmianJiang in Chinese)
• 1 and 1/2 tablespoons soybean paste
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 and 1/2 tablespoon oil

Directions

• In a small bowl, combine water, sweet bean paste and soybean paste well and set aside.
• Heat up around 1/2 tablespoon cooking oil in wok, stir fry finely chopped ginger, green onion, pork, mushroom and scallion until almost cooked(when the pork starts to change color). Transfer out.
• Heat up 1 tablespoon of oil again; pour the sauce prepared in step 1. Bring all the content to a boiling. Return stir fried pork.
• Slow down the fire to simmer for around 10 minutes. Turn up the fire to thicken the sauce. Stir occasionally during the process.
• Cook carrot shreds in boiling water for around 1 minute. Transfer out;
• Cook fresh noodles in boiled water for 5 minutes or follow the instruction on the package.
• Transfer the noodles to serving bowls and lay side vegetables firstly and then the sauce. Garnish with some green onions and serve immediately.
• Mix well with the gravy before enjoying.

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