Recently, I was daydreaming (again) about Dan Dan Noodles and decided I should see if it’s doable at home, and hence the googling and some reading, I found an Authentic Asian recipe to follow. So here’s the more simplified noodle recipe you can try at home.
Flavourful Dan Dan Noodles
Dan Dan Noodles is an Asian comfort food you'll love to have when you got those those late night cravings for something Chinese.
Ingredients
Mince Ingredients
300 grams ground beef (minced beef)- ½ small star anise
- 1 sprinkle cinnamon powder
- 1 sprinkle clove powder
- 150 grams preserved vegetable - chopped fine-ish
2 tablespoons soy sauce - light- ½ tablespoon soy sauce - dark
- ¼ teaspoon sesame seed oil
Sauce Ingredients
4 cloves garlic - minced
2 teaspoons tahini- 4 tablespoons soy sauce - light
½ teaspoon black peppercorns - ground in a pestle and mortar
1 teaspoon sugar- 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 cup chicken stock (chicken broth or chicken bouillon) - hot
Topping Ingredients
1 tablespoon spring onions - sliced for garnish
1 tablespoon cilantro (coriander) - chopped finely for garnish- 400 grams la mian - fresh
1 handful spinach
Instructions
- Add some oil into a medium saucepan over medium heat, depending on how fatty your mince is. Add in all the meat ingredients stirring to combine evenly. Let cook, occasionally stirring, until the meat caramelises and takes on a crispy-ish exterior, about 10 to 15 minutes.
- While the meat is cooking and caramelising and multiplying umami, ready your sauce.
- Combine all sauce ingredients, except stock, in a small bowl, and mix to distribute ingredients evenly. Dish out equally between 4 serving bowls that will hold your final dish. Set aside.
- Heat your stock, and bring a medium saucepan filled with water to a boil. Keep the stock on a simmer to remain hot, and blanch the green veggies for about 5 seconds in hot water. Use tongs to remove veggies from each serving bowl.
- Divide the stock between the bowls and mix with the other sauce ingredients. Now the water should be back to the boil again; add the noodles to the boiling water, according to packet instructions, to blanch briefly (I’d estimate about 2 to 4 minutes). Drain everything through a colander, and divide noodles equally between the bowls.
- Top with the mince. Garnish with chopped spring onion and cilantro.
Nutrition
Calories: 188kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 19gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 50mgSodium: 1912mgPotassium: 401mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 733IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 57mgIron: 3mg
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