Hiyashi Tan Tan Men: Japanese Cold Spicy Noodles

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Number of servings: 2

This noodle dish is inspired by the famous Sichuan dish dan dan noodles, but served chilled. Curious to the taste of this bicultural dish? Try now and discover the best of both worlds!

INGREDIENTS

• 300g Sichuan noodles
• ½ pak choi
• 10g Sichuan preserved vegetables
• 2 tsp vinegar
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 4 tbsp sesame paste
• 2 tbsp crispy chilli in oil
• 10cm of spring onion
  
  

Onion oil:

• 100g spring onions
• ¼ onion
• 1 garlic clove
• 5g ginger
• 150g sunflower oil
  
  

Seasoned minced meat:

• 60g minced meat of pork
• ½ tbsp sunflower oil
• ½ tbsp cooking wine
• ½ tbsp soy sauce
• ½ tbsp sweet bean sauce (tianmianjian)

Soup:

• 1 tsp Chinese chicken powder
• 280ml water
• soy milk

PREPARATION – PART 1
Onion oil
Prepare the onion oil by frying all the ingredients in list A on low stove setting for about 30 minutes. Drain the onions and pour the remaining oil in a jar. Place aside and use in a variety of dishes, such as fried rice, dumplings or stir-fried vegetables!

Seasoned minced meat
Prepare the minced meat by frying it in oil on the medium setting of the stove while stirring until the meat is done. Add cooking wine and soy sauce. Then, add half a tbsp of sweet bean sauce and fry until the moist has evaporated. Turn the heat off, and once the mixture has cooled down, place it in a closed container in the refrigerator. Ready to use for many dishes containing minced meat.

Soup
Prepare the soup by dissolving 1 tsp of Chinese chicken powder in 280ml of water. Add soy milk to your preference. Once evenly mixed, turn of heat and let cool down.

PREPARATION – PART 2
Step 1
Separate the pak choi leaves and wash properly. Boil the pak choi then make sure to drain the water when the pak choi done but still has a bite.

Step 2
Cut the Sichuan preserved vegetables and spring onion into small bits and place in a bowl. Add onion oil, vinegar, soy sauce and sesame paste to a bowl and mix. Make sure to add the ingredients in that specific order, so that it will mix properly.  

Step 3
Boil water in a pot and prepare Sichuan noodles according to packaging. Drain the noodles in a colander while rinsing with cold water. Add the mixture of step 2 to the soup and stir. Place the noodles in the soup and top with minced meat and pak choi. Garnish with chilli in oil to your own preference.