Ants Climbing a Tree-vermicelli
Ants climbing a tree-famous Chinese stir fried rice noodles
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 200 g mung bean vermicelli
- 1 cup minced beef or pork
- pinch of salt
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
- 1 tablespoon Doubanjiang
- 1/2 tsp. dou-chi (, optional)
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1/4 tsp. dark soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon scallion white ( , white part and green part minced separately)
- 2 cloves garlic ( , minced)
- 1 teaspoon minced ginger
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 cup water or chicken stock
Instructions
- 1
Marinade the minced beef or pork with pinch of salt. Soak Chinese vermicelli in warm water until soft around 10 minutes Move out and drain.
- 2
Heat up oil in wok and fry the ground pork until aromatic and crispy.
- 3
Add doubanjiang, minced garlic, dou-chi if using, sliced ginger and chopped scallion in wok and stir-fry over medium fire until the oil becomes red and you can smell the aroma.
- 4
Add soaked vermicelli, and add around 1 cup of water. Heat until it thickened once again. Add light soy sauce, dark doy sauce, and sugar. Give a big stir-fry to mix everything well. (There is no need to cook off all the liquid as the vermicelli continues to adsorb liquid after transferring out).
- 5
Sprinkle chopped green onions and serve hot.