Name: Noodles with Bean-Paste Meat Sauce (炸醬麵)
Yield: Serves 6 to 8 generously.
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1½ cups shredded celery; 1 teaspoon sesame oil; 4 large cloves garlic, minced or mashed; 5 tablespoons bean paste; ½ cup water; 2 teaspoons sugar; 1 tablespoon sesame oil; 1 tablespoon dry sherry; 2 cups fresh bean sprouts; 1 large firm, slender cucumber; 2 cups shredded romaine lettuce; 1 large whole scallion, finely chopped; 4 tablespoons oil; 1 pound ground pork; 1 pound noodles, boiled

Preparation info

Serves
6 to 8
generously.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Key to Chinese Cooking

By Irene Kuo

Published 1977

About

Served with an array of crisp raw vegetables, this is a typical one-dish northern noodle meal. Although it involves the preparation of three separate components—the noodles, garnishes, and meat sauce—each can be done in advance.

Ingredients

1 pound noodles, boiled
1 pound ground pork
4 <

Asia
China
Noodles

Method

Noodles

Cook fresh noodles or spaghetti or linguine according to the instructions. Rinse, drain, and set aside. When ready to serve, plunge them into a pot of boiling water to boil briefly till hot. Drain them well.

Garnishes

Cut off the ends and peel the cucumber; halve and deseed it. Cut the halves diagonally into

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