hot and sour noodles [酸辣粉]
Suan La Fen, hot and sour noodles, is a popular Sichuan noodle soup. It's spicy, savoury, tangy, and super addictive.
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- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 1 serving
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 1 serving dried sweet potato noodles
- 1 scallion, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, finely minced
- 1/2 tbsp chilli oil
- 1 tbsp Chinese black vinegar
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp dark soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp Sichuan chilli flakes (or regular chilli flakes)
- 1/2 tsp toasted sesame seeds
- 1/4 tsp sugar
- 1/8 tsp ground Sichuan peppercorns
- a pinch white pepper powder
- 1 cup chicken/ pork bone/ vegetable broth
- roasted peanuts
- chopped scallion or coriander
- pickled mustard greens (or any pickled Chinese vegetables)
- 2 tsp cooking oil
- 100 g minced pork
- 2 tsp Shaoxing cooking wine
- 1 tsp dark soy sauce
Instructions
- 1
Cook the noodles according to package instructions. Drain, rinse in cold water and set aside.
- 2
To the bottom of your noodle bowl, add garlic, chili flakes, sesame seeds and Sichuan peppercorn powder. Then add the scallions on top. Heat 3 tbsp cooking oil and pour over the ingredients to sizzle.
- 3
Stir the ingredients, then add chili oil, black vinegar, soy sauces, sugar, and white pepper.
- 4
Pour the hot stock into the bowl and mix well. Add the noodles, then your toppings, and serve!
- 5
Heat up some cooking oil on a pan and add the minced pork.
- 6
Break the pork apart with a spatula and cook for a few minutes, then add the shaoxing wine and dark soy sauce. Stir-fry until cooked, transfer to a plate and set aside.