Maple Zha Jiang Mian
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Ingredients
- 5 ⅓ oz pork mince
- 1 cucumber, sliced into thin strips
- ⅓ leek, sliced into thin strips
- 2 ⅔ oz noodles
- 3 tsp cooking oil
- ⅓ oz spring onion, cut into bite-size pieces
- ⅖ cup bamboo shoots, cut into bite-size pieces
- 3 shitake mushrooms, cut into bite-size pieces
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- ½ tsp soy bean sauce
- 1 tbsp + ½ tsp tianmian sauce
- 1 tbsp + 3 ½ tsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp + ½ tsp pure maple syrup (preferably dark syrup for its robust taste)
- 1 cup vegetable stock
- 2 tsp potato starch
- 1 ½ tsp sesame oil
Method
- Heat the cooking oil in a pan, then add the pork mince, making sure to break it up into separate pieces.
- Add the garlic and soy bean sauce and fry until fragrant, then add the tianmian sauce, 30ml / 1 tbsp + 2 tsp soy sauce and maple syrup and fry until the liquid is almost absorbed.
- Add the bamboo shoots, shitake mushrooms and spring onions to add to the pan. Stir-fry briefly, then add the vegetable stock and simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Thicken with the potato starch and add 2.5ml / ½ tsp sesame oil for flavour.
- Boil the noodles according to the packet instructions, then cool in cold water, drain and mix in 7.5ml / 1 ½ tsp soy sauce and 5ml / 1 tsp sesame oil.
- Serve the noodles in a bowl, top with the pork and vegetable mixture and finally garnish with the cucumber and spring onion.
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