Easiest Way to Prepare Delicious Dan Dan Mian (Dan Dan Noodles)
by Lucas Brewer
Dan Dan Mian (Dan Dan Noodles)
Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, dan dan mian (dan dan noodles). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have dan dan mian (dan dan noodles) using 22 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Dan Dan Mian (Dan Dan Noodles):
Take Pork Topping
Take 1 lb ground pork
Prepare 1 tbsp. minced ginger
Take 1 1/2 tbsp fermented soy bean paste
Make ready 2 tbsp Shaoxing Wine
Get 1/2 tsp sugar
Prepare 1 tbsp cooking oil
Get 1/2 cup Sui Mi Ya Cai (pickled mustard greens)
Get 2 green onions
Take Noodle Sauce
Make ready 1/2 cup Chinese Cooked Sesame Paste
Make ready 1/3 cup light soy sauce
Take 1/4 cup Chinkiang Vinegar
Take 4 cloves garlic, minced
Take 2 green onions, minced
Get 2 tbsp honey
Take 1 tsp Red Sichuan peppercorns (toasted & ground)
Get 1 tsp Green Sichuan peppercorns (toasted & ground)
Get 6-8 portions fresh Chinese wheat noodles
Take 8 Tbsp chicken stock
Prepare Chili oil (see recipe)
Prepare Green onion and cilantro for garnish
Instructions to make Dan Dan Mian (Dan Dan Noodles):
Pork topping and Sauce can be prepared well in advance and stored in the fridge
Mix pork with ginger, fermented soy beans, shaoxing wine, sugar. Let stand for 10-20min while prepping sauce. - (pictured: fermented soy beans)
Toast green and red peppercorns in wok at high heat. Keep them moving and toast for about 2 min until fragrant (not burnt). Grind the toasted peppercorns with spice grinder or mortar and pestle
Prepare sauce by whisking sesame paste (make sure you mix the paste in the jar before measuring it out) and soy sauce together in bowl. Add the Chinkiang vinegar. Keep stirring until mixed. Then mix in the garlic, green onion, honey, and ground Sichuan peppercorns.
Once pork has marinated for 10-20 min, heat a wok on high heat with 1tbsp of cooking oil. When hot, add the marinated pork mixture. Keep it moving and cook until it starts to sear some of the pieces.
Add the Sui Mi Ya Cai and green onions. Reduce heat to medium and cook until moisture is evaporated.
Cook noodles according to their instructions (usually you want to cook hot and fast, and then cool down with cold water at the end so they stay chewy).
Before noodles are finished, prepare each dish by portioning 3-4 tbsp of sauce in bottom of each dish. Add as much chili oil as you like to add heat.
Once noodles are done, work quickly to ensure dish is hot when served. Portion noodles into each prepared dish, top with extra chili oil, 1 tbsp chicken stock, garnish with cilantro and green onion.
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