Dan Dan Noodles(担担面)
Famous for its nutty & pungent taste, Dan Dan noodles can be easily replicated in your home kitchen. Try my easy-to-follow recipe!
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 4 oz ground pork (or beef)
- 2 teaspoon light soy sauce
- 2 teaspoon Shaoxing rice wine
- 2 tablespoon neutral cooking oil
- 2 tablespoon peanuts (skinless, coarsely crushed)
- 1 teaspoon ginger (minced)
- 1 tablespoon minced Ya Cai (or Zha Cai (see note 1))
- 1 teaspoon chilli flakes (or to taste)
- 1½ tablespoon Chinese sesame paste (see note 2)
- 1½ tablespoon water
- 2 cloves garlic (minced)
- 2 tablespoon light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon black rice vinegar
- ½ teaspoon ground Sichuan pepper
- 2 tablespoon Chinese chilli oil (or to taste)
- 1 pinch sugar
- 2 portions noodles (fresh or dried)
- 1 handful leafy green vegetable (i.e bok choy, choy sum, spinach, etc )
- 1 stalk scallions (finely chopped)
Instructions
- 1
Put the ground pork in a bowl. Add soy sauce and rice wine. Mix well and loosen the meat as much as possible.
- 2
Pour oil into a cold wok. Add peanuts and fry over low heat until they turn golden brown. Transfer the peanuts to a bowl (Leave the oil in) and set aside.
- 3
In the remaining oil, stir-fry the marinated meat with minced ginger, Ya Cai and chilli flakes. Dish out when the meat is fully cooked. Set aside.
- 4
In a bowl, mix sesame paste and water until it becomes semi-runny & smooth.
- 5
Add garlic, soy sauce, vinegar, ground Sichuan pepper, chilli oil and sugar. Mix well and set aside.
- 6
Bring a large pot of water to a full boil. Cook noodles following the instructions on the package.
- 7
Add the vegetable at the very end of the process.
- 8
Once cooked, drain and rinse under cold water for a few seconds to remove excess starch.
- 9
Pour the sauce into two serving bowls. Add the noodles and the vegetable.
- 10
Top with cooked meat and peanuts. Garnish with scallions.