China

Zhajiangmian

Name: Zhajiangmian
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 400 g Wheat noodles; 300 g Minced pork; 2 tbsp each Yellow soybean paste & tianmianjiang; some of each Spring onion, garlic, ginger; 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine; 1 Cucumber, in strips; 1 tsp Sugar

Beijing noodles with fried bean sauce

Zhajiangmian – “noodles with fried sauce” – is a classic of Beijing cuisine and the Chinese original from which the Korean jjajangmyeon descended.

Minced pork is braised in fermented soybean paste and spooned over hand-pulled noodles, garnished with fresh cucumber strips.

Servings3

Time40 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Wheat noodles400 g
Minced pork300 g
Yellow soybean paste & tianmianjiang2 tbsp each
Spring onion, garlic, gingersome of each
Shaoxing wine1 tbsp
Cucumber, in strips1
Sugar1 tsp

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Fry garlic, ginger and spring onion in oil.
Add the minced pork and fry until crumbly.
Stir in the bean pastes and wine, toast briefly.
Simmer gently with a little water and sugar.
Cook the noodles, spoon over the sauce, garnish with cucumber.

Make it original

Yellow soybean paste and tianmianjiang make zhajiangmian – in the Asia Boutique.

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