Dan Dan noodles

Name: Dan Dan noodles
Prep time: 45 min
Total time: 105 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 tsp sugar; 2 tbsp salted peanuts; 2 tbsp tahini (sesame paste); 3 garlic cloves; 1 tbsp ginger; 1 pak choi; 1 spring onions incl. green parts; 250 g minced meat (pork); ½ dl peanut oil; ½ tbsp sesame oil; 2 tbsp rice vinegar; 250 g ramen noodles; 2 tsp sesame seeds; 1 tsp chilli flakes; 1 tsp 5-spice mix; 1 tsp Szechuan pepper; 4 tbsp soy sauce

main dish

Total: 1 hr 45 min. | Active: 45 min.

lactose-free

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Dan Dan noodles are warming comfort food! The creamy, spicy sauce, noodles and aromatic mince meat come together to create a hearty meal that is among my firm favourites. The smooth sauce made from chilli oil, sesame paste and Sichuan pepper guarantees an explosion of flavour. Spring onions and roasted peanuts round off the dish.

Recipe by:
Daniela Bieder – daniela CULINAIRE

Ingredients

for 4 people

Chilli oil
2 tsp	sesame seeds
1 tsp	chilli flakes
½ tsp	5-spice mix
½ tsp	Szechuan pepper, crushed
½ dl	peanut oil

Meat
250 g	minced meat (pork)
2	garlic cloves, finely grated
1 tbsp	ginger, finely grated
1 tbsp	soy sauce
½ tbsp	sesame oil
1 tsp	sugar
½ tsp	Szechuan pepper, crushed
½ tsp	5-spice mix

Sauce
2 tbsp	tahini (sesame paste)
3 tbsp	soy sauce
2 tbsp	rice vinegar
1 tsp	sugar
1	garlic clove, finely grated

Noodles
250 g	ramen noodles
1	pak choi, leaves broken off, halved lengthwise
	salted water, boiling
1	spring onion incl. green part, cut into thin rings
2 tbsp	salted peanuts, coarsely chopped

How it's done

Chilli oil

In a small, heat-resistant bowl, mix the garlic with all the other ingredients up to and including the pepper. Heat the oil in a small pan, pour over the spices, leave to cool. Cover the chilli oil and leave to infuse for at least 1 hr.

Meat

In a bowl, mix the meat with all the other ingredients up to and including the five-spice. Fry the meat in a non-stick frying pan for approx. 10 mins., stirring occasionally.

Sauce

In a bowl, mix the tahina with all the other ingredients up to and including the garlic, add the chilli oil, mix.

Noodles

Add the noodles and pak choi to the boiling salted water, reduce the heat, leave the noodles to soak for approx. 3 mins. Set aside approx. 100 ml of the cooking water, drain the noodles. Add the noodles and cooking water to the sauce, mix. Plate up the noodles with the mince meat, spring onion and peanuts.

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