Easy Noodles With Soybean Paste Recipe

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Beijing Cuisine

Noodles With Soybean Paste is the best noodle snack in Beijing. It can be a complicated process, but we can also make it in a simple way with fewer ingredients. But all of them balance all ingredient aroma, including meat’s, sauce’s, and vegetable fragrance. You can always find authentic Chinese taste in it.

40 minutes
Serves 2
Easy

Ingredients

250g noodles
250g pork
125g soybean paste
100g bean sprouts
1/2 cucumber
1 green onions
2 cloves garlic
vegetable oil
dark soy sauce
vinegar

Directions

Kitchen Tips

1. For the best mouthfeel and taste, the ratio of pork’s fat and lean meat should be about 1:1.

2. For making the soybean paste sauce, adding too much water make less aroma, vice versa. So practice and adjust the ratio to the best taste.

3. Using small heat to stir-fry the soybean paste sauce makes it more flavorful and aromatic.

4. Add side dishes if you like, such as sliced mushroom, asparagus lettuce, and carrot.

Steps

1 Done 5 minutes	Pour soybean paste and dark soy sauce into a bowl. Add 75 ml water, stir well.
2 Done 5 minutes	Cut the cucumber into strips. Mince green onion and garlic into pieces. Wash bean sprouts.
3 Done 15 minutes	Preheat the pot. Add oil to fry minced green onions for 30 seconds. Add minced pork and stir-fry until medium-well. Add soybean paste, stir-fry over low heat for 8 minutes to make the sauce. Remove from heat and set aside.
4 Done 5 minutes	Use another pot, add water and blanch bean sprouts for 5 minutes. Remove from hot water and drain.
5 Done 5 minutes	Add noodles and boil until cooked. Remove from heat, then raise in cold water. Put into a bowl.
6 Done 5 minutes	Put bean sprouts, cucumber strips on the noodle. Then, pour on the soybean paste sauce. Sprinkle with minced garlic and a little vinegar.