Name: Shan noodles
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Burmese
Ingredients: salt; 2 tsp caster sugar; 2 spring onions, chopped; small handful of chopped fresh coriander; 1 tsp dried chilli flakes; 2 cm piece fresh galangal or root ginger, peeled; 2 cloves garlic; 400 g fresh wheat noodles (300 g dried); 3 shallots, chopped; peanut or vegetable oil; 250 g pork fillet, thinly sliced; 1 tbsp fish sauce

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Food and Travels

By Alastair Hendy

Published 2004

About

A bowl of green leaf soup or light broth sat alongside would be welcome - but only if you’ve got your authentic hat on. Bung something pickled in the veg department on top.

Ingredients

400 g fresh wheat noodles (300 g dried)
3 shallots, chopped

Method

Cook the noodles according to the packet, then drain, tossing them a little. Pound together the shallots, galangal and garlic with a good pinch of salt to make a paste. Fry the paste in 1 tbsp oil until softened, then toss through the pork, fish sauce and sugar. Stir-fry for 2-3 minutes or so, or un

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