Old Friend Pork Noodles
Old Friend Pork Noodles is a home-style staple dish at difficulty 3/5 (Intermediate), about 927 kcal. Old Friend Pork Noodles are sour, spicy, fresh, and savory. Ingredients and step-by-step instructions are below, with notes for home cooking.
3 / 5
★★★☆☆
927 kcal
Ingredients
- Rice noodles
- Pork
- Pickled bamboo shoots
- Chopped chili
- Salted fermented black beans
- Garlic
- Cooking wine
- Light soy sauce
- Sugar
- Rice vinegar
- Salt
- Oil
- Cornstarch
- White pepper
Steps
- Place the pork in a bowl and season with cooking wine, salt, light soy sauce, cornstarch, and white pepper. Set aside.
- Heat a wok without oil. Add the pickled bamboo shoots and stir-fry until most of the water is evaporated. Leave a space in the center of the stir-fried bamboo shoots.
- Add 10ml - 15ml of cooking oil, along with all the garlic, chopped chili, and salted fermented black beans, into the center of the wok. Push everything into the center and stir-fry to release the fragrance.
- Add the seasoned pork into the wok and continue stirring in 10ml of light soy sauce for one minute.
- Add 5ml of rice vinegar, 10ml of light soy sauce, and 450ml of water. Bring to a boil.
- Once the water boils, add the pre-soaked rice noodles and continue to cook for 3 minutes before serving in a bowl.
Notes
Old Friend Pork Noodles are sour, spicy, fresh, and savory. The rice noodles are smooth and textured with the rich aroma of fermented black beans and pickled bamboo shoots, representing the typical Nanning home-cooking taste. Pork provides high-quality protein, while the rice noodles quickly replenish carbohydrates. This has a medium cooking difficulty; remember to soak the rice noodles in advance. Skilled cooks can have the dish ready in about 40 minutes.
Estimated Cooking Difficulty: ★★★
Estimated Calories: 927 kcal
Group: Old Friend Pork Noodles
Calculations per serving:
- Rice noodles (250g: remember to soak in 50°C warm water for 30 minutes)
- Pork (50g)
- Pickled bamboo shoots (50g)
- Chopped chili (15g: consider adjusting amount to personal preference)
- Salted fermented black beans (30g)
- Garlic (10g)
- Cooking wine (10-20ml)
- Light soy sauce (15ml)
- Sugar (5g: you can omit if you dislike sweetness)
- Rice vinegar (5ml)
- Salt (5g)
- Oil (15ml)
- Cornstarch (15ml)
- White pepper (10g)
- Remember that the rice noodles must be soaked to taste good; if not soaked, they will be hard to eat!
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