Dan Dan Noodles

Name: Dan Dan Noodles
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 tsp Sichuan peppercorns; 1 tbsp sunflower oil; 250 g pork mince; 3 tbsp Sichuan preserved mustard greens (ya cai); 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine or dry sherry; 1 tsp dark soy sauce; 3 tbsp light soy sauce; 3 tbsp Chinese sesame paste or tahini; 4 tbsp chilli oil, with its sediment; 1 tbsp Chinkiang black vinegar; 2 tsp sugar; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 400 g fresh wheat noodles; 4 baby pak choi, halved; 3 tbsp roasted peanuts, crushed; 2 spring onions, sliced

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Prep15 min

Cook15 min

Total30 min

Sichuan street noodles once sold from a carrying pole: wheat noodles over a sauce of chilli oil, sesame paste, black vinegar and numbing Sichuan pepper, topped with crisp-fried pork mince and preserved mustard greens.

Ingredients

Serves:4

1 tsp Sichuan peppercorns
1 tbsp sunflower oil
250 g pork mince
3 tbsp Sichuan preserved mustard greens (ya cai)
1 tbsp Shaoxing wine or dry sherry
1 tsp dark soy sauce
3 tbsp light soy sauce
3 tbsp Chinese sesame paste or tahini
4 tbsp chilli oil, with its sediment
1 tbsp Chinkiang black vinegar
2 tsp sugar
2 cloves garlic, crushed
400 g fresh wheat noodles
4 baby pak choi, halved
3 tbsp roasted peanuts, crushed
2 spring onions, sliced

Nutrition (estimated)

high confidence

918kcal · per serving

39.7g

Protein

93.2g

Carbs

43.5g

Fat

Recipe total: 3672 kcal · P 158.6g · C 372.8g · F 174.1g

Estimated from 16 of 16 ingredients

Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.

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Steps

1
Toast the Sichuan peppercorns in a dry pan over medium heat for 2 minutes until fragrant, then grind them finely.
2
Heat the oil in a wok over high heat and fry the pork mince, breaking it up, for 6–8 minutes until it is brown and crisp and its fat has rendered out.
3
Add the mustard greens, Shaoxing wine and dark soy sauce and fry for 1 minute more until dry. Set aside.
4
Divide the light soy sauce, sesame paste, chilli oil, vinegar, sugar, garlic and half the ground pepper between four bowls and stir each into a smooth sauce.
5
Cook the noodles in plenty of boiling water as the packet directs, adding the pak choi for the last minute, and drain.
6
Pile the noodles and pak choi onto the sauce and top with the pork, peanuts, spring onions and the rest of the pepper.
7
Toss at the table so the sauce coats every strand; it should cling, not pool, and the pepper should leave a light tingle on the lips.

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Questions and answers

How long does Dan Dan Noodles take to make?

About 30 minutes: 15 min prep and 15 min cooking.

What ingredients do you need for Dan Dan Noodles?

16 ingredients: Sichuan peppercorns, sunflower oil, pork mince, Sichuan preserved mustard greens, Shaoxing wine or dry sherry, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, Chinese sesame paste or tahini, chilli oil, Chinkiang black vinegar, sugar, garlic and 4 more.

How many servings does this Dan Dan Noodles recipe make?

4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.

How many calories are in a serving of Dan Dan Noodles?

About 918 kcal, with 39.7 g protein, 93.2 g carbohydrate and 43.5 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.

What cuisine is Dan Dan Noodles?

Dan Dan Noodles comes from Chinese cuisine.

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