What to have for lunch: Zha Cai Pork Noodles, a savory-flavored noodle dish. Although the ingredients are simple, it's a bowl of noodles that almost everyone loves. It's refreshing and appetizing, and some even say that when they're sick and have no appetite for anything, only Zha Cai Pork Noodles are something they can eat a large bowl of.
Zha Cai Pork Noodles
Zha Cai Pork Noodles
Main ingredients: 60g pork, 80g pickled mustard tuber, 100g raw noodles
Other ingredients: 1 large bowl of stock
Seasonings: 0.5 tsp salt, an appropriate amount of scallion, 0.5 tsp cooking wine, 2 tsp light soy sauce, 0.7 tsp sugar, an appropriate amount of water
How to make Zha Cai Pork Noodles
1. Shred the pork, add Seasoning 1 (1 tsp light soy sauce, 0.2 tsp sugar, 0.5 tsp cooking wine, 0.5 tsp salt), mix well, and marinate for a short while.
2. Heat a wok with oil, add the shredded pork, and stir-fry until the color changes.
3. Add the shredded pickled mustard tuber and stir-fry evenly.
4. Add Seasoning 2 (1 tsp light soy sauce, 0.5 tsp sugar, an appropriate amount of chopped scallions), stir-fry evenly, then scoop out and set aside.
5. In another pot, add an appropriate amount of water and a little salt. Bring to a boil, then add the noodles.
6. Once the water in the pot comes back to a boil, add a small bowl of cold water.
7. Bring to a boil again, then reduce to medium-low heat and cook until the noodles are done. Remove and drain.
8. Bring the stock to a boil, pour it into a bowl, add the cooked noodles and an appropriate amount of the stir-fried Zha Cai pork mixture.
Pro Tips
1. When cooking noodles, adding a little salt to the water makes them more chewy.
2. Pickled mustard tuber contains salt, and salt was also added when marinating the pork, so no more salt is needed when stir-frying.
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