Henan braised noodles
Pork 250g | Beans |
Soybean sprouts | tomato Half |
Ginger | Zanthoxylum bungeanum |
Light soy sauce | Old soy sauce |
Cooking wine |
Step 1
Stir-fry the peppercorns and ginger slices, add the meat slices and stir-fry until cooked, add a little cooking wine and continue stir-fryingStep 2
Cut the beans into sections, stir-fry with the meat slices, and addTwo spoons of light soy sauce and one spoon of dark soy sauce (this way the color of the noodles will look better)Step 3
Continue to add soybean sprouts and stir-fryStep 4
Finally, add the tomatoes and stir-fry until the juice is released. Add an appropriate amount of water to the pot and bring to a boil. Add an appropriate amount of salt to taste. Then continue to simmer over low heat to allow the flavors of the vegetables to fully blend.Step 5
While cooking, steam the noodles in a steamer over high heat for about ten minutes.Step 6
Put the steamed noodlesPour into the vegetable soup, mix thoroughly to coat the noodles with juice, then put the vegetables and noodles back into the steamer and steam for five minutes before serving.Step 7
There are two key steps: The first is to control the amount of water in the vegetable soup. The best situation is that there is basically no juice left after it is fully mixed with the noodles. The second more critical step is to mix the noodles and vegetables and steam them in a pot. The noodles must be placed one layer above the other so that the aroma of the vegetables can penetrate into the noodles to the greatest extent. Henan braised noodles cooking tipsUse fresh noodles that are thinner than ramen noodles; you can use long beans or garlic sprouts