Name: Dan Dan Noodles
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: chinese
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons Sichuan peppercorns; 1 cinnamon stick; 2 star anise; 1 cup oil; 1/4 cup crushed red pepper flakes; 3 teaspoons oil; 8 oz. ground pork; 2 teaspoons sweet bean sauce or hoisin sauce; 2 teaspoons shaoxing wine; 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce; 1/2 teaspoon five spice powder; 1/3 cup sui mi ya cai; 2 tablespoons sesame paste (tahini); 3 tablespoons soy sauce; 2 teaspoons sugar; 1/4 teaspoon five spice powder; 1/2 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorn powder ((we ground whole Sichuan peppercorns in a mortar and pestle)); 1/2 cup of your prepared chili oil ((scary, but yes!)); 2 cloves garlic ((very finely minced)); ¼ cup hot cooking water from the noodles; 1 pound fresh or dried white noodles ((medium thickness)); 1 small bunch leafy greens ((spinach, bok choy, or choy sum)); chopped peanuts; chopped scallion ((optional))

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Dan Dan Noodles

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 6 · 1h 30m total

Servings

Calories

48% of a 2,000 cal day

955KCAL

Protein

21g42% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat67g

86%

Saturated15g

76%

Unsaturated52g

—

Total Carbs68g

25%

Fiber8g

27%

Total Sugars5g

—

incl. Added Sugars2g

Starch55g

—

Sodium2090mg

91%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

An authentic Sichuan noodle dish with a spicy, numbing sauce, ground pork, and sesame paste. A classic with warming spices and complex flavors.

Ingredients

6 SERVINGS

For the Chili Oil:

2 tbspSichuan peppercorns
1cinnamon stick
2star anise
1 cupoil
¼ cupcrushed red pepper flakes

For the Meat and Sui Mi Ya Cai:

3 tspoil
8 ozground pork
2 tspsweet bean sauce — or hoisin sauce
2 tspshaoxing wine
1 tspdark soy sauce
½ tspfive spice powder — ground
⅓ cupsui mi ya cai — chinese preserved mustard greens

For the sauce:

2 tbspsesame paste (tahini)
3 tbspsoy sauce
2 tspsugar
¼ tspfive spice powder
½ tspSichuan peppercorn powder — ground
½ cupyour prepared chili oil
2garlic — very finely minced
¼ cuphot cooking water from the noodles

For the Noodles & Veg:

1 lbfresh white noodles — medium thickness, or dried white noodles
1 bunchspinach — leafy greens, or bok choy or choy sum
peanuts — chopped
scallion — chopped, optional

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Method

1h 30m total

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