Zha Jiang Mian (Beijing “Fried Sauce” Noodles)

Name: Zha Jiang Mian (Beijing “Fried Sauce” Noodles)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: chinese
Ingredients: 1 pound skin-on pork belly (you can substitute fatty ground pork or a fatty cut of pork butt/shoulder); 2 tablespoons water - 30 ml; ⅓ cup neutral oil (such as vegetable, canola, or avocado oil - 80ml); 6 scallions (finely chopped, white and green parts separated); 5 slices ginger (⅛-inch/3mm thick); 3 star anise pods; 6 bay leaves; 1 small cinnamon stick; 2 teaspoons Sichuan peppercorns; 4 tablespoons Shaoxing wine; 1½ tablespoons dark soy sauce; ¼ cup sweet bean sauce (tianmianjiang - 甜面酱); 3 heaping tablespoons ground bean sauce; 1 cup water; 1 teaspoon sugar (optional); ½ teaspoon salt (optional, you can always add it later); 8 ounces dried wheat noodles ((or 1 pound fresh wheat noodles)); 1 cup julienned carrot; 1 cup julienned cucumber; 4 cloves garlic ((minced, optional))

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 8 · 40m total

Servings

Calories

26% of a 2,000 cal day

512KCAL

Protein

11g21%

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat40g

51%

Saturated12g

60%

Unsaturated28g

—

Total Carbs31g

11%

Fiber3g

10%

Total Sugars6g

—

incl. Added Sugars2g

Starch22g

—

Sodium495mg

22%

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

Beijing noodles topped with a silky, savory sauce made from braised pork belly and fermented bean paste. A deeply flavored, aromatic noodle dish that varies by family tradition.

Ingredients

8 SERVINGS

1 lbskin-on pork belly — or fatty ground pork or fatty cut of pork butt/shoulder
2 tbspwater — 30 ml
⅓ cupneutral oil — 80 ml
6scallions — finely chopped, white and green parts separated
5ginger
3star anise pods — whole
6bay leaves
1small cinnamon stick
2 tspSichuan peppercorns
4 tbspShaoxing wine
1½ tbspdark soy sauce
¼ cupsweet bean sauce (tianmianjiang - 甜面酱)
3 tbspground bean sauce — heaping
1 cupwater
1 tspsugar — optional
½ tspsalt — optional
8 ozdried wheat noodles — or fresh wheat noodles
1 cupjulienned carrot
1 cupjulienned cucumber
4garlic — minced, optional

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Method

40m total

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Nutrition is estimated by Chive from the ingredients above, per serving.

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