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Spicy Dan Dan Noodles
Built around wheat noodles and ground pork -- the method starts by make the sauce in the bottom of two bowls: whisk the sesame paste.
This Asian spicy dan dan noodles builds its flavor from wheat noodles, ground pork and soy sauce, and comes together in about 25 minutes with medium-level technique. The method starts by make the sauce in the bottom of two bowls: whisk the sesame paste.
Ready in 25 minutes -- genuinely doable on a weeknight.
A few technique steps to focus on, but nothing that needs special equipment.
Built around wheat noodles, so the flavor comes from real ingredients, not a spice packet.
Ingredients
- 10 oz (280 g) wheat noodles
- 8 oz (225 g) ground pork
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp Chinese sesame paste or tahini
- 1 tbsp chili oil, plus more to taste
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1/2 cup stock or noodle water
- 2 scallions, sliced, toasted peanuts, 1 tbsp oil
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calculated from this recipe's own ingredient list; treat as an estimate, not a lab measurement.
Method
Make the sauce in the bottom of two bowls: whisk the sesame paste, soy sauce, chili oil, garlic, and sugar with the hot stock until smooth and pourable.
Heat the oil in a pan over high heat and cook the ground pork, breaking it up, 5-6 minutes until browned and slightly crisp. Add a splash of soy sauce to the pork.
Cook the noodles in boiling water per the packet, saving some noodle water, then drain.
Add the hot noodles to the bowls of sauce and toss well to coat (loosen with noodle water if thick).
Top with the crispy pork, scallions, and crushed peanuts.
Add more chili oil to taste and toss everything together just before eating.
The step worth not rushing: Heat the oil in a pan over high heat and cook the ground pork, breaking it up, 5-6 minutes until browned and slightly crisp. Add a splash of soy sauce to the pork.
