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Dan Dan Noodles

Ingredients

Sauce

  • ¼ cup Wok Sauce
  • 2 to 3 tablespoon Sesh Oil
  • ¼ cup tahini see recipe notes
  • 2 tablespoon soy sauce
  • ½ cup water
  • 1 teaspoon rice vinegar see recipe notes

Pork

  • 500 g Pork Mince
  • ¼ cup Wok Sauce
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon Sesh Oil

To serve

  • 300 g dried wheat noodles see recipe notes
  • 1 bunch bok choy
  • 3 tablespoon chopped peanuts or cashews
  • coriander and/or spring onion to garnish

Instructions

To prepare the sauce

  • In a small saucepan combine all the sauce ingredients 
  • Mix together over a medium heat and simmer for 2 minutes 

Pork

  • Break up the pork mince into a hot pan with a drizzle of oil over a medium high heat 
  • Brown the pork, breaking up the mince well with a wooden spoon. You are looking for a fine texture of mince 
  • Keep browning until the mince starts to caramelize, this takes about 10 minutes 
  • Add the wok sauce, sesh oil and soy sauce. Cook off for another minute or so 

Assembly

  • Cook noodles in a pot of boiling water as per cooking instructions on the packet and drain well 
    See notes for more info regarding the noodles. We used these noodles from our local Asian grocer 
  • Chop the bok choy finely. You can either blanch it towards the end of the noodles cooking or you can add to the mince to wilt slightly 
  • To build the noodles traditionally the spicy sauce is spooned into a bowl 
  • Then add the noodles and then top with the mince and greens 
  • The noodles are then tossed through the sauce in the bowl at the table 
  • You can then garnish with the chopped peanuts and coriander or spring onions 

Notes

This recipe really benefits from using tahini or you can get sesame paste at an Asian supermarket but if you don’t have tahini you could substitute for smooth peanut or cashew butter 
Traditionally Chinese black vinegar is use but we just substituted for rice vinegar or you could use balsamic 
For the noodles you need to use a standard white wheat or egg noodle. Do not use rice noodles. You can also use fresh noodles found in the fridge section of an Asian supermarket. Blanch these in boiling water prior to serving