boring! underseasoned! I followed the recipe & then added more of all the seasonings, plus sweet chili sauce. It ended up ok/fine, but not great. Still looking for the ultimate noodle recipe....
Everyday Fried Noodles (Tian Tian Chao Mian)
One of the best things about living in northern China is the abundance of noodles, and this simple, salty-sweet stir-fry of silken noodles and crisp-tender vegetables is one of my favorite ways to use them. When my friend Sun Guoying makes it, she introduces dry and wet ingredients to the wok in a strictly prescribed order. First, carrots and onions are stir-fried to draw out their sweetness and are then removed from the wok before they overcook. Next, ground pork is browned with minced ginger and garlic, which release their fragrance into the hot oil. Dark soy sauce and rice cooking wine—two staples of Chinese stir-frying—are added and boiled along with sugar to create a concentrated sauce that will cling to the parboiled noodles, which complete their cooking in the wok. What I love best are the grace notes added at the very end: the strips of fresh, salted cucumber and the drizzle of fragrant sesame oil.
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Credit: Todd Coleman
INGREDIENTS
½ small seedless cucumber, peeled and juliennedKosher salt, to taste
3 tbsp. canola oil
1 medium carrot, julienned
1 onion, thinly sliced
¼ lb. ground pork
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 1" piece ginger, minced
6 scallions, minced
1 ½ tbsp. dark soy sauce
1 ½ tbsp. rice cooking wine
1 ½ tsp. sugar
2 cups bean sprouts
6 oz. dried flat noodles, boiled and rinsed under cold water
1 tbsp. Asian sesame oil
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Toss cucumbers and a pinch of salt together in a small bowl; let sit 5 minutes. Heat a 14" wok (or stainless-steel skillet) over high heat until it begins to smoke. Add 1 tbsp. oil around edge of wok; swirl to coat bottom and sides. Add carrots and onions; cook until softened, about 1 minute. Transfer to a plate; set aside.2. Return wok to high heat and add remaining oil. Add pork, garlic, ginger, and half the scallions; cook, breaking pork into small pieces, until browned, 3–4 minutes.
3. Add soy sauce, wine, sugar, bean sprouts, and carrots and onions. Cook, stirring, until hot, about 30 seconds.
4. Add cucumbers, remaining scallions, noodles, and sesame oil; cook, tossing, until hot, about 1 minute. Season with salt.
Ratings & Reviews (10)
I loved this recipe. I used rice noodles, gave it a little heat with sambal and served it with stir-fried brocoli. I think the beauty of this dish is that it is simple but delicious- easy to make after a long day at work.
Delicious! Easy and flavorful.
This dish is so easy to make and very satisfying after a long day at work. So much better than Chinese Lo Mein! I had to order the noodles on-line...couldn't find it at my local Asian market.
I doubled this recipe using a 14oz box of wide rice noodles, and used a 15" cast iron skillet. I added a sliced serrano pepper with the garlic and ginger, then a big spoonful of black bean garlic sauce along with the soy sauce. I love noodles and this was so easy, and the method lends itself to easy variations.
Agreed, short on seasoning, but that is easy to remedy. I added a little extra soy sauce, some memmi and a little extra salt--served with sriracha. Quick and delicious, and easily adaptable to many palates (including toddler palate--he even ate the broccoli I added).
This dish was fun and delicious! I added some spice with 2-3 tbsp. spicy chili sauce and used plain rice wine vinegar instead of rice cooking wine (since I couldn't find it.) I used fettucine for the noodles and snow peas cause the market was out of bean sprouts. I'll definitely make this again. Don't know what the negative reviews are all about. Don't listen to them - try it for yourself.
Easy, easy, easy and sooooo tasty! I don't recall a restaurant leftover tasting better than this one.
My very picky pre-teen LOVES this! I did, however, add greens (Napa cabbage or bok choy) and julienned red pepper. I also used a whole pound of pork, and I added Sriracha chili sauce at the table for flavor. Really excellent!
I have say, I was very underwhelmed. Sure it was fine, but nothing special.
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