This spicy noodle dish will definitely warm you up! Savoury ground pork in a hot and intensely flavoured sauce. You may remember this noodle dish as the one that almost killed Dude. Adjust the amount of chili oil depending on how spicy your chili oil is and how spicy you like it.
East meets west. A delicious mash up of a Chinese peanut sauce and spaghetti. It’s an explosion of flavour. You and your family will love this super simple to make meal in a bowl!
Makes 4-6 servings
Ingredients
1 pound ground pork
1 tablespoon vegetable or canola oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons ginger, grated
1 pound dry wheat noodles or spaghetti
½ English cucumber, julienne
2 stalks green onion, chopped
1 tablespoon roasted sesame seeds
For the Sauce
4-6 tablespoons roasted sesame paste or peanut butter
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
2 tablespoons sugar
½ teaspoon ground sichuan peppercorn
1 teaspoon chili oil
Instructions
- In a large pot, cook the noodles according to the package instructions.
- In a small bowl, combine the sauce ingredients. Set aside.
- In a wok or large frying pan on medium heat, add vegetable or canola oil. Add ground pork, flattening it out to form a patty. Let it sear for 1 minute and flip over. Sear for another minute before breaking it up. Cook until the pork is completely cooked through and sizzling in its own fat, stirring occasionally. This will take approximately 5-7 minutes.
- Push the meat aside and add garlic and ginger. Stir fry for 30 seconds, until fragrant.
- Pour in the sauce and heat through. Turn off the heat.
- Immediately add cooked noodles and combine until all the strands of noodle are coated with sauce. Add pasta liquid if needed.
- Serve noodles garnished with cucumber, green onion and sesame seeds.
Dry Dan Dan Noodles
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground pork
- 1 tablespoon vegetable or canola oil
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tablespoons ginger grated
- 1 pound dry wheat noodles or spaghetti
- ½ English cucumber julienne
- 2 stalks green onion chopped
- 1 tablespoon roasted sesame seeds
For the Sauce
- 4-6 tablespoons roasted sesame paste or peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground sichuan peppercorn
- 1 teaspoon chili oil
Instructions
- In a large pot, cook the noodles according to the package instructions.
- In a small bowl, combine the sauce ingredients. Set aside.
- In a wok or large frying pan on medium heat, add vegetable or canola oil. Add ground pork, flattening it out to form a patty. Let it sear for 1 minute and flip over. Sear for another minute before breaking it up. Cook until the pork is completely cooked through and sizzling in its own fat, stirring occasionally. This will take approximately 5-7 minutes.
- Push the meat aside and add garlic and ginger. Stir fry for 30 seconds, until fragrant.
- Pour in the sauce and heat through. Turn off the heat.
- Immediately add cooked noodles and combine until all the strands of noodle are coated with sauce. Add pasta liquid if needed.
- Serve noodles garnished with cucumber, green onion and sesame seeds.