Hi guys, I'm Seonkyoung Longest Welcome to Asian a Home!
Today, I'm super excited because
I'm about to break my fast with one of my favorite noodle dish from
Sichuan, China! Called Dan Dan Mian!
Dan Dan Mian~ Dan Dan Noodles
So, Dan Dan noodles are actually Situal street food
it started as a street food You know, like, China back, a long time ago
they were like, the street food was like on their shoulder
You have to carry like this and was like "Who wants some Dan Dan Noodles?"
kind of thing, and like When the seller was like
"Uh, carrying the soup is so heavy!" like, "Let's not carry the soup!"
That's why Dan Dan noodles like... the street doesn't have much soup
you know, for the seller... SELFISH!
Just kidding, lol Anyways,
Dan Dan noodles history is very fun, and I just wanted to share it real quick
for Dan Dan noodles, we're going to start with 1/2 lb of ground pork
and yes, you can use ground chicken or beef if you want
and here, I'm going to 3 cloves of garlic that I chopped earlier
This is actually 5 cloves, so I need to make sure I'm adding only 2/3 of it...
Because the rest of it we are using it for the sauce
About 1 tsp of chopped fresh ginger 1 tbsp of Shaoxing wine, Chinese cooking wine
If it's really hard to find for you, then go ahead and use dry sherry
It's very easy to find at the regular grocery store
or if you don't want to consume alcohol, just skip this part
1 tbsp of soy sauce and a pinch of black or white pepper
whatever you prefer Now, mix everything together
This looks good to go I'm going to set aside right here
You don't have to marinate like overnight or for an hour or anything because
it's ground meat. Do you know what I mean? I just want the flavors to just combine together
about 10 to, you know, like 15 minutes while I'm doing other stuff
So Next
we're going to make the sauce for Dan Dan noodles for that, we will need tahini
Tahini, well, it's actually really easy to find at regular grocery store
If you just ask a person, "Where's tahini?" Usually, the store is put into different
spots all the time so I'm not sure
where your store decided to put it on If you can find the tahini from a Chinese brand...
because Chinese brands actually use toasted sesame seeds
not just like white, non-toasted one So this is the color difference between
the toasted one and not-so-toasted sesame seeds tahini
So if you can find this Chinese brand one that will be the best
but you can use just regular ones as well I actually
tried the regular one, too, and it tastes just fine
If you already have, you know, peanut butter or almond butter in your
refrigerator you can use that too but I mean, the flavor will be
slightly different, but, you know what I mean 2 tbsp of "preferred" toasted sesame tahini
or regular tahini or peanut butter
1 tsp of dark soy sauce Oops
a little over 1 tsp, it's ok 1 1/2 tbsp of soy sauce
1/2 tbsp of sugar and my homemade chili oil
So I highly, highly recommend to make this chili oil for this recipe
My chili oil has garlic, ginger, green onion and Sichuan peppercorn
nice and spicy So delicious for this recipe
So check out the recipe right here or down below
If you have chili oil, only the oil and no chili flakes then
add a little additional of... maybe 1 to 2 tbsp of chili flakes
Nothing like
My chili oil So good
I'm so addicted to my own chili oil, to be honest
3 tbsp Oh, yeah
I mean, if this is too much spicy, you can just add 2 tbsp but
come on now, let's add 3 tbsp a little extra, why not
Oh, Jacob is gonna hate me
the last ingredient is some toasted and ground Sichuan peppercon
Sichuan peppercorn you can really easily find at your
Chinese grocery store or online I will put the link down
below where you can purchase There's no really a substitution
for this one because there's no peppercorn like this
What is so special about it is that makes your tongue go numb
In Chinese, they call "Mala" it's like making your tongue numb
it's a totally different style of spiciness
First, a couple of experiences with this Mala spicy
you know, Sichuan peppercorn maybe a little strange to you, but
very addictive You can add 1
tsp, but if you really love Mala taste go ahead and add 3 tsp or even more
I'm going to go with 2 tsp today Because my chili oil already has
Sichuan peppercorn too that's why
This is what the signature Sichuan food, you know the flavor and the fragrance and everything
Now go ahead and mix the sauce They look mad
This sauce looks mad and this is for 2 portions (servings)
My mouth is already watering because I know
how good this is Taste the sauce
Oh yea..... WOOOOO!!
Oh my goodness, I'm in love right now!
Whooooo! I'm going to set aside
Cut up pickled or preserved mustard green cabbage So this is very popular ingredients around like,
Eastasia countries China, Vietnam, Thailand
So, you will need about 2 oz of pickled mustard green
Even though it's already chopped one I'm going to go ahead and chop one more time
This type of preserved mustard green is required to eat
after cooked a little bit At least this one
Not the really fresh in the refrigerator like the Vietnamese brand
but this one, either you need to blanch in a hot water or
like me, I'm just going to stir-fry with my pork boop boop boop!
at the last minute, so you know what I mean? That's what I'm going to do
I'm just going to set aside right here So all the ingredients are pretty ready to go
I'm just going to go ahead and bring water, a large pot of water to a boil to cook my noodles
and I'm just going to start cooking the pork I'm going to heat up my wok over high heat
and add a tablespoon of cooking oil Add the marinated pork
That looks delicious now, I'm going to add
2 oz of chopped pickled mustard
or preserved mustard just stir everything together
And this is it! Turn off the heat
The pork is ready to go. I'm just going to keep it warm in the wok
and my water is boiling, so I'm going to start cooking my noodles
which is this one right here This is actually the same noodles
I used for my Jjamppong or when I'm making Jjajangmyeon
you can check all the recipes down below. I'll put the link down below
This is just fresh Chinese egg noodles If you cannot find this, it's totally fine
use whatever noodles that is available for you
even spaghetti will do, ok? Or udon noodles will do
to assemble the Dan Dan noodles you will need some sauce on the bottom
that's the way to do it you will need about 3 to 4 tablespoons,
about like half of this sauce per serving because this is for 2 servings
I'm going to make 1 in a white bowl and 1 in a black bowl
so, you know, like whooo!
I don't know, it's kind of fun for me
Now I'm going to add chopped garlic you could actually add chopped garlic
to the sauce mixture but I totally forgot,
so I'm just doing it right now 1 clove of chopped garlic per serving
My cooked noodles that I drained I cooled it down a little bit,
so it's easier to handle for me but you don't have to really cool down, you can just
straight from the hot water put into the bowl and arrange your greens right on top
And the pork mixture we made earlier About that much
Half This is 2 portions, ok?
About 1/4 cup of hot chicken stock so this will loosen all the noodles
and the sauce and the meat when you mix the noodles, ok?
Garnish with some chopped green onion and either crushed like nice and fine
crushed peanuts or some sesame seeds
Guys, this is pretty much it I mean... it looks right now kind of look kind
looks mild Well, you know the
devil is inside, lol! Oh my goodness!
Ok, I'm going to make it in a black bowl as well let's see how they look different
Ummmm~ HMMMMM~
So this is not only spicy from the chili
but also spicy from Mala spicy from Sichuan peppercorn
Oh, you get to eat it, I gotta mix mine
Trying to hurry I don't want to disrespect it
Um~ smells so delicious
My mouth... is watery
uhhhh mine is not mixed!!!
Here, eat this Thank you
Just remember
I put a lot more sauce and chili oil in there So another word is... eat it at my own risk
That one really extra spicy that one
It i.... cough COUGH WHOOOO!! Give me that one back
It's good though It's really good, but it is ...
I don't think I can handle it
It was just my first bite The first bite's always more spicy
I know this is very high contain in oil
that's why, um
a lot of Chinese food served with hot tea to melt down oil, it will get out of your system
Where's our hot tea?
(Sniffs)
Let me have that one. I want extra spicy Oh, it is extra spicy. It is so good though
Ahhh (sniffs) Ahhh Elementry over here
compare to that one (Sniffs) oh, my nose
Totally different that Japanese Tantanmen
Tantan Ramen
This is the original
and Japanese one has soup because they are
trying to make it as a ramen version, but usually Dan Dan Noodles, there's no soup
because um, back then, in China
they still sell the noodle dishes on the street It's almost like a delivery service
So they will put a bucket of noodles, meat, and toppings on this site
and the other side is soup Can't move around, really have, right?
So, they decided, "Oh, if we get rid of the soup, it will be so much lighter to carry around,
and I can carry more noodles to sell more" So that's how Dan Dan noodles' born
There's no soup, just sauce to mix It's a good idea
So it's spicy, but then it's like a cooling feeling from the numbing feeling from the
Sichuan peppercorn I love that feeling
And the tahini it makes it a little bit creamy too
How did you get on your neck?
This is the BEST Dan Dan noodles I've ever had Me too!
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