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Dan Dan Noodles
Recipe by Dev
This traditional Chinese noodle dish is super easy to make and packs a punch with Sichuan chilli oil and spicy sesame stock throughout. The best thing is that it can be eaten the next day and it will still taste just as delicious!
- Steps
- Ingredients
Ingredients
Sichuan Chilli Oil
Spicy Sesame Sauce
Pork and Preserved Mustard Greens
To Serve
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Steps
- For the Sichuan Chilli Oil, combine oil, peppercorns, bay leaves, star anise and cinnamon in a small saucepan over low heat for 10 minutes.
- Increase saucepan to high heat for 2 minutes. Pass the oil through a fine sieve into a small bowl. Add chilli powder and chilli flakes to the oil and mix well. Set aside.
- For the Spicy Sesame Sauce, place stock in a small saucepan over high heat to warm.
- Combine all ingredients, including warm stock in a medium bowl and whisk until smooth and emulsified. Set aside.
- For the Pork and Preserved Mustard Greens, heat half the oil in a wok over high heat. Add pork and cook for 3 minutes or until browned.
- Add hoisin, shaoxing, dark soy and five spice, stir and cook for 1 minute. Transfer mince to a bowl and set aside.
- Heat remaining oil in the same wok and stir fry mustard greens for 30 seconds. Return pork to the wok, stir and set the wok aside, covered to keep warm.
- Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil. Add noodles and cook for 1 minute or until al dente. Lift noodles from the water and drain in a colander. Set aside.
- Add choy sum to the same saucepan, cook for 20 seconds then drain from the water.
- To serve, divide Spicy Sesame Sauce between serving bowls. Top with noodles, choy sum, Pork and Preserved Mustard Greens, halved egg, coriander and spring onion. Serve Sichuan Chilli Oil on the side.
